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U.S.-ARMS: 8 Billion Dollars of Surplus Arms Given Away by U.S.
Since the end of the Cold War, the Pentagon has given away more than seven billion dollars worth of surplus military equipment, mostly to developing nations, according to a new report by a U.S. disarmament group.U.S.-POLITICS: Clinton Well-Protected on Foreign Policy Front
If the November elections were determined by foreign policy, President Bill Clinton has little to fear, according to recent polls and public opinion experts.U.S.-POLITICS: With Dole Behind, Corporate Funders Look Again
With Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole still lagging badly in the public opinion polls, corporate funders who had hoped for a Republican sweep in November's elections are having second thoughts.U.S.-CHINA: Gun-smuggling case held unlikely to harm ties more
The arrests in San Francisco this week of two officials of China's state-owned arms companies on gun- smuggling charges have added to U.S.-Sino tensions.U.S.-CHINA: Gun-smuggling case held unlikely to harm ties more
The arrests in San Francisco this week of two officials of China's state-owned arms companies on gun- smuggling charges have added to U.S.-Sino tensions.U.S.-ARMS: Clinton grabs offensive on missile defence /REPEATING FOR THOSE NEEDING/
Just weeks after introducing a bill to fund an ambitious anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system, Republicans, led by their all-but-certain presidential candidate, Senator Robert Dole, find themselves on the defensive over their favourite weapons system.U.S.-CHINA: Dole aligns himself with Clinton, Bush on Trade Preferences
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole has promised to back President Bill Clinton in his upcoming bid to extend preferential trade treatment for China.U.S.-CHINA: Dole aligns himself with Clinton, Bush on Trade Preferences/CORRECTED REPEAT
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole has promised to back President Bill Clinton in his upcoming bid to extend preferential trade treatment for China.REFUGEES: Worldwide Refugee Burden Eases, But Trend May Not Be Positive
The worldwide refugee population fell slightly in 1995 in what could be a reflection of worrisome trends toward host countries closing their borders to people fleeing political or ethnic conflict, according to a new report.U.S.-MIDDLE EAST: White House visits intended to strengthen peace, Peres
This week's double visit here by Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Palestine Authority (PA) President Yasser Arafat is designed to strengthen the ongoing peace process, above all by bolstering Peres' election chances.U.S.-U.N.: Congress clears more money for U.N., cuts for population/CORRECTED REPEAT
U.S. lawmakers have agreed to provide almost 200 million dollars more to the United Nations this year than they had planned just a few months ago./DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 3/ VENEZUELA: G-10 industrialised countries release study on how best deal with Mexican-like financial crises
As Venezuela and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced an agreement that should return the South American country to the good graces of the world financial markets, industrialised countries released a study on how best to deal with Mexico-like financial crises.FINANCE: IMF Clears Venezuela Loan as G-10 Supports Crisis Measures
As Venezuela and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced an agreement that should return the South American country to the good graces of the world financial markets, industrialised countries released a study on how best to deal with Mexico-like financial crises./RELIGIOUS BULLETIN 1/ ALGERIA-UNITED STATES: U.S. urges acts, as well as words of reconciliation
Encouraged by last November's unexpectedly successful elections, the United States is urging the Algerian government of President Liamine Zeroual to back up its words of national reconciliation with action.FINANCE: Wolfensohn hopeful on debt plan
World Bank President James Wolfensohn says he expects that a firm deadline for the adoption of a new debt initiative for up to 20 of the world's poorest and most heavily indebted countries will be set at the Bank's annual spring meeting this coming week.ALGERIA-U.S.: U.S. urges acts, as well as words of reconciliation
Encouraged by last November's unexpectedly successful elections, the United States is urging the Algerian government of President Liamine Zeroual to back up its words of national reconciliation with action.U.S.-ASIA: Clinton trip to reinforce ties with Japan, South Korea
Amid continuing tensions with China, U.S. President Bill Clinton is set to travel to Asia this week to bolster Washington's strategic ties to Japan and South Korea.FINANCE: Countries providing better information faster
In the wake of the Mexican peso meltdown in late 1994, most "emerging market" countries are providing better and more timely information to investors, according to a worldwide association of private and commercial banks.CHINA-FINANCE: Activist says World Bank supports military in Xinjiang
A prominent Chinese-American human rights activist is charging that the World Bank has supported a vast military organisation in China's poor, far-western province of Xinjiang.U.S.-AID: Congress wants to cut lowest foreign aid request in memory
Key Republican lawmakers have put Secretary of State Warren Christopher on notice that they will slash at least one billion dollars from the lowest foreign-aid request submitted by a president in memory.CHINA-U.S.: Storm Warnings over the ‘Pacific Century’
Twelve years ago, then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan headed to China, celebrating the advent of the 'Pacific Century'.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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