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MIDEAST: Bush Faces Major Choice Amid Escalation
The sudden opening Wednesday by Lebanon's Hezbollah militia of a second front in Israel's ongoing campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza presents the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush with an escalating crisis that, until now, it has preferred to ignore.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Bush Faces Major Choice Amid Escalation
The sudden opening Wednesday by Lebanon's Hezbollah militia of a second front in Israel's ongoing campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza presents the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush with an escalating crisis that, until now, it has preferred to ignore.RIGHTS-US: Pentagon Switch on Geneva Elicits Hope, Scepticism
Tuesday's announcement by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush that detainees held by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and elsewhere will be treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions has provoked both hope and scepticism from human rights activists.AFGHANISTAN: Girls’ Schools Under Siege
Despite popular support for girls' education, attacks by a resurgent Taliban and other groups in southern and southeastern Afghanistan are forcing the closure of schools throughout the region and beyond, according to a new report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).POLITICS-MIDEAST: Growing Calls for U.S. to Step In
Amid worsening violence between Palestinian fighters and the Israeli military in Gaza, calls are mounting here for the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to take a stronger role in ending the escalating conflict.POLITICS-US: Requiem for Bush’s Unipolar Dream?
A week before the Group of Eight (G8) summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, U.S. President George W. Bush finds his power and authority - both at home and abroad - at their lowest ebb.NORTH KOREA: Will Missile Tests Lead to New Talks?
Although it may raise regional tensions in the short run, Wednesday's test-firing by North Korea of at least seven missiles, including its multi-stage, inter-continental Taepodong-2 rocket, could speed resumption of long-stalled diplomatic efforts to curb Pyongyang's nuclear-arms programme, according to some experts here.POLITICS-US: “Decent Respect” Might Help Image Woes Abroad
It was in 1776 that a group of British colonists living along the Atlantic seaboard of North America felt compelled to offer a public justification for their "Declaration of Independence" from their mother country out of "a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind".SUDAN/CHAD: Stronger Intervention Urged as Violence Spreads
Nearly two months after the signing of a peace accord between Sudan and a rebel group in Darfur, the humanitarian situation there appears to have worsened, while Khartoum-backed Janjaweed militia continue to attack towns and villages in neighbouring Chad.RIGHTS-US: “Unlawful Combatants” Do Have Rights, Court Rules
In a major defeat for President George W. Bush with potentially far-reaching implications for his conduct of the "war on terror", the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday ruled that military tribunals established by the Pentagon to try suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba violated the U.S. constitution.SUDAN/CHAD: Stronger Intervention Urged as Violence Spreads
Nearly two months after the signing of a peace accord between Sudan and a rebel group in Darfur, the humanitarian situation there appears to have worsened, while Khartoum-backed Janjaweed militia continue to attack towns and villages in neighbouring Chad.DEVELOPMENT: Buffett Donation Makes Gates Even Bigger Player
With the decision by mega-investor Warren Buffett to contribute some 31 billion dollars of his personal fortune, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, already a major player on the global health scene, is set to become even more powerful.POLITICS: U.N. Drug Report Claims Crackdown Is Paying Off
Global opium production, particularly in Southeast Asia, fell during 2005, while cocaine production was broadly unchanged compared to 2004, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which released its "2006 World Drug Report" here Monday.POLITICS: “Great Divide” Seen in Muslim and Western Opinions
A "great divide" separates the worldviews of Muslims and Westerners, according to the results of a major new survey which suggests that European Muslims, who held the most tolerant views, could be a bridge between the two groups.POLITICS: “Great Divide” Seen in Muslim and Western Opinions
A "great divide" separates the worldviews of Muslims and Westerners, according to the results of a major new survey which suggests that European Muslims, who held the most tolerant views, could be a bridge between the two groups..INDONESIA: Military Business Interests Fuel Abuses
Until the Indonesian military is barred from pursuing its own business interests, civilian control over its activities will be limited, and human rights will suffer as a result, according to a major new report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).U.S.: Bush Hitches Republicans’ Political Star to Iraq
With less than six months before the mid-term Congressional elections, U.S. President George W. Bush and his top aides are gambling heavily - some would say recklessly - that Iraq will not be the political liability for Republicans that most pundits have believed it would be.RIGHTS: Iraq Exodus Ends Four-Year Decline in Refugees
An exodus of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis escaping growing violence in their homeland last year increased the total number of refugees around the world to some 12 million, according to the World Refugee Survey 2006 released here Wednesday by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI).POLITICS: U.S. Image Abroad Takes a New Turn South
Three years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the image of the United States in Europe and the Islamic world has resumed its post-war slide, according to the latest in a series of surveys of public opinion in 14 countries released here Tuesday by the Pew Global Attitudes Project (PGAP).POLITICS-US: “New American Century” Project Ends with a Whimper
Is the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which did so much to promote the invasion of Iraq and an Israel-centred "global war on terror", closing down?POLITICS: Advocacy Groups Take Their Own Medicine
The leaders of 11 major international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) this week decided to practice what they preach to governments and business by endorsing an "Accountability Charter" for themselves.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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