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US-IRAN: Khatami Cabinet Choices Boosts Detente Prospects /REPEATING FOR SOME POINTS/
The new Iranian cabinet - handpicked by President Mohammed Khatami - should bolster prospects for detente between Teheran and Washington if it is approved by the Iranian parliament this week, say political analysts.US-IRAN: Khatami Cabinet Choices Boosts Detente Prospects
The new Iranian cabinet - handpicked by President Mohammed Khatami - should bolster prospects for detente between Teheran and Washington if it is approved by the Iranian parliament this week, say political analysts.U.N.-WOMEN: U.N. Launches Fund to Preven]TuiVu = 06170510 OSL002 NNNN
Four years after Washington first imposed sanctions against Nigeria's military regime, officials here have launched informal discussions about reviewing U.S. policy, according to knowledgeable sources.U.S.-U.N.: Clinton and Albright Sell Out the U.N. /CORRECTED REPEAT/
It was a week that the ultra-right chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jesse Helms, will no doubt remember and celebrate as long as he lives.UNITED NATIONS: Clinton and Albright Sell Out the U.N.
It was a week that the ultra-right chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jesse Helms, will no doubt remember and celebrate as long as he lives./ATT EDS: The following item is under EMBARGO and may not be printed or otherwise reproduced before 0001GMT Monday, Jun. 16/
Some 40,000 street children in Kenya must deal with abuse and harassment by the police and within the juvenile justice system, according to a new report released here Monday by Human Rights Watch.U.S.-ARMS: Disarmament Activists Hail Congressional Advances
Disarmament campaigners here are hailing two major advances made in the U.S. Congress in the past few days.U.S.-ARMS: Disarmament Activists Hail Congressional Advances
Disarmament campaigners here are hailing two major advances made in the U.S. Congress in the past few days.U.S.-INDONESIA: Jakarta’s Rebuff Leaves Washington Wondering
Last week's decision by Indonesia to cancel an order for nine U.S. F-16 warplanes and reject its army's participation in Washington's advanced international military training programme is interpreted in two ways by analysts here.U.S.-AID: What a Difference 50 Years Make
With U.S. foreign aid at a 50-year low, what remains of the Foreign Policy Establishment here spent the past week in nostalgic celebration of the birth of the Marshall Plan./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ PACIFIC: Analysts Remain Bullish on Growth Prospects
The economies around the Pacific Rim -- from Chile and Canada in the Americas to China and Korea in Asia -- should enjoy moderately higher growth rates over the next two years, according to a new report released here Tuesday by two pan- Pacific agencies.U.S.-CONGO: Washington to Offer Aid With Strings
President Bill Clinton has sent a high- level mission with offers of aid to the Congo's new government led by President Laurent Kabila.U.S.-TRADE: Clinton’s ‘Fast-Track’ Delay Worries Supporters
The decision by President Bill Clinton to delay asking Congress for "fast-track" authority to negotiate new, market-opening trade agreements is giving free-trade boosters in the U.S. Congress the jitters.PACIFIC-ECONOMY: Analysts Remain Bullish on Growth Prospects
The economies around the Pacific Rim -- from Chile and Canada in the Americas to China and Korea in Asia -- should enjoy moderately higher growth rates over the next two years, according to a new report released here Tuesday by two pan- Pacific agencies.TRADE: Welfare State Seen As Necessary To Keep Trade Open
As the just-concluded French elections helped demonstrate, "globalisation" is posing major challenges to societies whose governments have traditionally increased the social benefits of citizens hurt by international economic competition./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ AFRICA: U.S. Speciaists Call for Stronger Steps on Debt, Trade
A group of 58 U.S. economic specialists on Africa is urging the administration of President Bill Clinton to take stronger measures to support debt relief for poor African countries and to open the U.S. market to African products.U.S.-AFRICA: U.S. Specialists Call for Stronger Steps on Debt, Trade
A group of 58 U.S. economic specialists on Africa is urging the administration of President Bill Clinton to take stronger measures to support debt relief for poor African countries and to open the U.S. market to African products.ZAIRE-US: Washington Frets Over Kabila
Nine months ago, he was an obscure gold smuggler, paying off local army officers and leading a tiny, rebel enclave of a few hundred followers near Lake Tanganyika. Today, his troops are in control of Kinshasa - having ousted former President Mobutu Sese Seko from the capital of Zaire after a 32 year reign.ZAIRE-U.S.: Now Washington Frets Over Kabila
Nine months ago, he was an obscure gold smuggler, paying off local army officers and leading a tiny, rebel enclave of a few hundred followers near Lake Tanganyika.U.S.-BURMA: Sanctions Campaign Keeps Rolling
Despite President Bill Clinton's decision last month to ban new U.S. investment in Burma, local grassroots movements across the United States continue their own action against companies doing business in the Southeast Asian nation.U.S.-AMERICAS: Washington’s Uncertain Trumpet on Trade
As corporate executives and trade ministers from all over the Americas gather this week in Belo Horizonte, the big question must be whether and how hard U.S. President Bill Clinton will fight for expanding free-trade agreements in the hemisphere.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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