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UNITED STATES: U.S. Ending Ban on Advanced Weapons for Latin America
The decision by President Bill Clinton to allow a U.S. defence contractor to provide Chile with technical data on sophisticated warplanes is the first step in reversing a 20- year policy of barring the sale of advanced weapons to Latin America, according to political analysts./IPS ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN/ BIODIVERSITY: New Map Highlights Conservation Priorities
Governments, citizens, and corporations must intensify efforts to conserve more than 200 eco-regions which are home to more than 80 percent of the world's known plant and animal species, according to a survey released here Thursday.ENVIRONMENT: New Map Highlights Conservation Priorities
Governments, citizens, and corporations must intensify efforts to conserve more than 200 eco-regions which are home to more than 80 percent of the world's known plant and animal species, according to a survey released here Thursday.ENVIRONMENT: New Book Attacks Notion of European Superiority
Why did Europeans conquer peoples of the Third World and not the other way around?ENVIRONMENT: New Book Attacks Notion of European Superiority /REPEATING FOR THOSE NEEDING/
Why did Europeans conquer peoples of the Third World and not the other way around?GUATEMALA-LABOUR: Union Recognition Marks Breakthrough in Maquila Sector
Labour activists here are hailing the recognition of a Guatemalan union by a major U.S. shirt manufacturer as a breakthrough in the fight for corporate responsibility and stronger unions in overseas assembly plants.US-Zaire: Washington to Ditch Mobutu After 35 Years.
After 35 years of loyal - if embarrassing - support, the United States is preparing to bid adieu to its closest African ally of the cold war, Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko.US-AFRICA: Bipartisan Group Calls for More Aid, Deeper Engagement
The United States should sharply increase both its aid and attention to Africa in light of historic changes on the continent, according to a bipartisan group of 68 top U.S. Africa and foreign policy experts.U.S.-MEXICO: U.S. Senate Averts Crisis As It Upholds Clinton Certification
A virtually unanimous U.S. Senate helped defuse growing tension with Mexico Thursday by deciding against challenging President Bill Clinton's recent certification that Mexico is a full-fledged ally in the war against drugs.U.S.-AFRICA: Bipartisan Group Calls for More Aid, Deeper Engagement/REPEATING FOR THOSE NEEDING
The United States should sharply increase both its aid and attention to Africa in light of historic changes on the continent, according to a bipartisan group of 68 top U.S. Africa and foreign policy experts.U.S.-AFRICA: Bipartisan Group Calls for More Aid, Deeper Engagement
The United States should sharply increase both its aid and attention to Africa in light of historic changes on the continent, according to a bipartisan group of 68 top U.S. Africa and foreign policy experts.U.S.-INTELLIGENCE: Withdrawal of CIA Nominee Marks New Setback for Agency
The withdrawal of President Bill Clinton's nominee for the Central Intelligence Agency's top job marks a new setback for the spy organisation where morale is reported to have reached its lowest level ever.ZAIRE-U.S.: Washington Calls for Ceasefire, Democratic Transition
The administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton is calling on both the insurgent alliance and the government in Zaire to declare a ceasefire and begin talks, now that the city of Kisangani is firmly under rebel control.U.S.-FOREIGN POLICY: Internationalists Offer New Policy Prescriptions
On the 50th anniversary of the birth of Washington's Cold War foreign policy, U.S. internationalists of various stripes and persuasions say the administration of President Bill Clinton must do more to adjust to new global realities.ZAIRE-U.S.: U.S. Opposes U.N. Force, Starts Pulling Plug
The administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton appears to have started pulling the plug on Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, Washington's staunchest Cold War African ally.U.S.-HUMAN RIGHTS: The ‘X’ Files and 30 Years of Third World Repression
Less than a month before six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper, and her daughter were gunned down in cold blood by Salvadoran Army troops in October 1989, a young man surfaced in Washington with a shocking story./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ UNITED STATES: Corporaions Mount Anti- Sanctions Campaign
In the opening shot of a long- anticipated campaign by big U.S. corporations, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is calling for the United States to abandon its widespread use of unilateral economic sanctions.U.S.-MEXICO: Angry U.S. Congress Takes the Initiative
Angered by President Bill Clinton's decision to "certify" Mexico as an ally in the war against drugs, lawmakers here are taking action which is almost certain to upset ties between the two nations, and even Clinton's hemispheric trade strategy.U.S.-TRADE: Corporations Mount Anti-Sanctions Campaign /REPEAT/
In the opening shot of a long- anticipated campaign by big U.S. corporations, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is calling for the United States to abandon its widespread use of unilateral economic sanctions.U.S.-TRADE: Corporations Mount Anti-Sanctions Campaign
In the opening shot of a long- anticipated campaign by big U.S. corporations, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) is calling for the United States to abandon its widespread use of unilateral economic sanctions.DRUGS-USA: Threat by Growth in Popularity of Heroin
After success in slowing the production and traffic in cocaine last year, U.S. anti-drug officials are more concerned now at the rising popularity of heroin among drug users here and abroad.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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