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U.S.-AID: Congress acts on foreign aid, cripples population funding
After months of bickering, the U.S. Congress Friday was set to approve a 12 billion-dollar foreign aid bill which will bring the amount of U.S. assistance going to poor countries to its lowest level in memory.ENVIRONMENT-BRAZIL: World Bank Board rejects NGO appeal
The World Bank's executive board Thursday turned down an appeal by Brazilian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to have the Bank's inspection panel formally investigate a troubled Bank project in Brazil's Amazon.KOREAS-U.S.: U.S. in quandary over possible starvation in North Korea/REPEAT
U.S. diplomats will urge South Korea this week to take more seriously warnings of major starvation in North Korea, according to officials here who are preparing a modest U.S. food-aid package for Pyongyang.KOREAS-U.S.: U.S. in quandary over possible starvation in North Korea
U.S. diplomats will urge South Korea this week to take more seriously warnings of major starvation in North Korea, according to officials here who are preparing a modest U.S. food-aid package for Pyongyang.CULTURE-USA: Hollywood Apocalypse
With the approach of the millennium -- and the intensification of anxieties afflicting the shrinking middle class -- the spectre of an apocalyptic end to human life, or at least the "American Way of Life", is haunting the world's last remaining superpower.UNITED STATES: U.S. Faces Challenges From Second-Tier Powers
The United States may be the world's last superpower, but these days it is not getting the respect it thinks that status deserves.FINANCE: World Bank Soft-Loan Facility in Limbo
With the White House and Republican-led Congress still at war over how to reduce the U.S. federal deficit, the fate of the largest source of concessional loans to the world's poorest countries remains in limbo.FINANCE: World Bank Soft-Loan Facility in Limbo
With the White House and Republican-led Congress still at war over how to reduce the U.S. federal deficit, the fate of the largest source of concessional loans to the world's poorest countries remains in limbo.U.S.-AID: U.S. Diplomacy, Foreign Aid in Limbo-Land
If U.S. foreign service morale was not already at record lows, the protracted impasse between President Bill Clinton and the Republican-led Congress over a seven-year budget plan has plunged it into the cellar.U.S.-AID: U.S. Diplomacy, Foreign Aid in Limbo-Land
If U.S. foreign service morale was not already at record lows, the protracted impasse between President Bill Clinton and the Republican-led Congress over a seven-year budget plan has plunged it into the cellar.SAUDI ARABIA-U.S.: Bombs in Saudi Arabia shake up Washington
The car bomb which reportedly claimed the lives of at least five U.S. military advisers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Monday are likely to raise new questions about the durability of one of Washington's oldest, closest, richest and most important allies.HAITI: U.S. Confirms Withholding of Aid owing to Aristide’s Coolness Towards Implementing Promised Structural Reforms
For the first time, the United States admitted publicly here this week that it was withholding promised assistance to Haiti because the government of President Jean- Bertrand Aristide has failed to meet conditions laid down by the Clinton administration.U.S.-POLITICS: Good news for Democrats/UPDATE
Wednesday brought some of the brightest news Democratic Party loyalists have heard since President Bill Clinton unseated George Bush four years ago, ending 12 years of Republican control of the White House.U.S.-POLITICS: Good news for Democrats
Democratic Party loyalists woke up Wednesday with some of the brightest news they've heard since President Bill Clinton unseated George Bush four years ago, ending 12 years of Republican control of the White House.U.S.-POLITICS: Good news for Democrats/UPDATE
Wednesday brought some of the brightest news Democratic Party loyalists have heard since President Bill Clinton unseated George Bush four years ago, ending 12 years of Republican control of the White House.U.S.-POLITICS: Good news for Democrats
Democratic Party loyalists woke up Wednesday with some of the brightest news they've heard since President Bill Clinton unseated George Bush four years ago, ending 12 years of Republican control of the White House.U.S.-BOSNIA: Clinton aides step up campaign to sell deployment
Stung by Congressional attempts to limit its foreign policy authority, the administration of President Bill Clinton is stepping up efforts to create a public consensus in favour of deploying U.S. troops to help police a ceasefire in Bosnia.U.S.-BOSNIA: Clinton aides step up campaign to sell deployment
Stung by Congressional attempts to limit its foreign policy authority, the administration of President Bill Clinton is stepping up efforts to create a public consensus in favour of deploying U.S. troops to help police a ceasefire in Bosnia.UNITED STATES-NGOS: Rightwing Republicans launch attack on NGOs
Having vented their fury on the federal government, right-wing Republicans in the U.S. Congress now have a new target in their sights: non-governmental organisations (NGOs).UNITED STATES-NGOS: Rightwing Republicans launch attack on NGOs
Having vented their fury on the federal government, right-wing Republicans in the U.S. Congress now have a new target in their sights: non-governmental organisations (NGOs).CUBA-U.S.: Senate clears weakened sanctions bill
The U.S. Senate Thursday finally approved a substantially weakened Cuba sanctions bill, one day after right-wing Republicans were forced to delete its toughest provisions.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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