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POLITICS-US: Bush Presidency Enters Terminal Phase
There may be moments during their summit at his family's compound in Kennebunkport, Maine when U.S. President George W. Bush looks with envy on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, whose popularity at home guarantees him vast influence even as he prepares to leave office just nine months from now.POLITICS: U.S. Image Abroad Still Sinking
Consistent with its performance since at least 2002, the global image of the United States sank further over the past year, particularly among predominantly Muslim countries in the Middle East and Asia, according to the latest Pew Global Attitudes Project (GAP) survey released here Wednesday.
POLITICS-US: Bush Suffers More Defections on Iraq
In a potentially significant setback to U.S. President George W. Bush's efforts to sustain Republican support for his "surge" in Iraq, three key senators this week have called on the White House to revise U.S. strategy there before September.CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: On the Brink of Collapse?
The lives and well-being of hundreds of thousands of civilians are threatened by a rising tide of violence and lawlessness in Central African Republic (CAR), according to Amnesty International, which called Tuesday for the immediate deployment of U.N. peacekeeping force there.
POLITICS-U.S.: Visit by Vietnamese Prez Signals Normalisation
Friday's unprecedented - albeit relatively low-profile - visit to the White House by a Vietnamese head of state marks the culmination of a lengthy normalisation process between two countries that ended their war 32 years ago.
MIDEAST: Will Bush/Blair Intensify Peace Efforts?
Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush has asked outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair to act as the Quartet's special envoy for Middle East peace are adding to speculation that Washington plans to intensify peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians, despite last week's takeover of Gaza by Hamas.POLITICS-US: Appeal for a “Just Security” Foreign Policy
Insisting that U.S. foreign policy of the past six years has clearly failed, a left-leaning Washington think tank is calling for the adoption of a comprehensive new approach to international relations called "Just Security" in which the U.S. would act "as a global partner, not a global boss."
POLITICS-US: Bush Faces Crises from Palestine to Pakistan
Four years after the emergence of the first signs of a serious insurgency in Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush finds himself beset with major crises stretching from Palestine to Pakistan.POLITICS-US: Gates Overhauls Rumsfeld’s Pentagon
Friday's announcement that Gen. Peter Pace will not be nominated for a second term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces marks the latest in a series of moves by Pentagon chief Robert Gates to transform the leadership of the Pentagon and consign his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, to distant memory.RIGHTS: Groups Sue U.S. Over Fate of 39 “Disappeared”
Three human rights groups sued the U.S. government Thursday to force it to disclose what it knows about the fate of more than three dozen detainees in the "global war on terror" who are believed to have been held by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in secret prisons at some point over the past five years and who remain unaccounted for.POLITICS-US: Aide’s Sentence Caps Star-Crossed Year for Cheney
Tuesday's sentencing to 30 months in prison of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby by a federal judge for lying to government investigators about his role in leaking the identity of a CIA operative marks the latest in a series of blows to Vice President Dick Cheney.POLITICS-US: Arab, Jewish Communities Share Peace Goals
Almost exactly 40 years after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the Arab and Jewish communities of the United States appear largely agreed on the general outlines of a final peace settlement for the Middle East and the importance of Washington playing a stronger role in bringing it about.POLITICS-US: Arab, Jewish Communities Share Peace Goals
Almost exactly 40 years after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, the Arab and Jewish communities of the United States appear largely agreed on the general outlines of a final settlement and the importance of Washington playing a stronger role in bringing it about.POLITICS-US: Bush’s Iraq-Korea Analogy Sparks New Debate
While President George W. Bush appears, however belatedly, to be embracing recommendations by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group (ISG) to begin withdrawing U.S. combat troops by early 2008, he has implicitly rejected the ISG's call to renounce any intention to establish permanent military bases in Iraq.POLITICS-US: Surge Dirge
Despite President George W. Bush's victory last week in his protracted battle with Congressional Democrats for unconditional funding for the Iraq war at least through September, his administration appears to have given up hope that it can maintain his "surge" strategy well into next year and even beyond.POLITICS-US: Surge Dirge
Despite President George W. Bush's victory last week in his protracted battle with Congressional Democrats for unconditional funding for the Iraq war at least through September, his administration appears to have given up hope that it can maintain his "surge" strategy well into next year and even beyond.
HEALTH: Bush Urges Doubling of Anti-AIDS Funding
U.S. President George W. Bush Wednesday called for Congress to double spending on his global AIDS programme to 30 billion dollars from fiscal 2009 through 2013.
SUDAN/US: Activists Greet Bush’s “Plan B” Sceptically
U.S. President George W. Bush ordered the implementation of his long-awaited "Plan B" against Sudan here Tuesday, but activists said the new sanctions were unlikely to induce Khartoum to permit the long-delayed deployment of a joint African Union (AU)-U.N. force of 23,000 peacekeeping troops and police to Darfur.POLITICS-US: Intel Agencies Warned of Post-War Risks
Two major studies prepared by the U.S. intelligence community and distributed to senior officials in every relevant agency two months before Washington's invasion of Iraq warned of many of the problems that have turned the U.S. occupation there into the worst foreign policy crisis since at least the Vietnam War.POLITICS-US: Intel Agencies Warned of Post-War Risks
Two major studies prepared by the U.S. intelligence community and distributed to senior officials in every relevant agency two months before Washington's invasion of Iraq warned of many of the problems that have turned the U.S. occupation there into the worst foreign policy crisis since at least the Vietnam War.POLITICS-US: Public, Republicans Disown Iraq War
Even as Congress moved to approve President George W. Bush's request for continued funding of the Iraq war through the end of this fiscal 2007, a major new poll released Thursday found that public disillusionment with the war has reached record highs.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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