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US: Give Me That Old-Time Geo-Politics
However much President George W. Bush's "Freedom Agenda" asserted itself into U.S. foreign policy in the wake of the Iraq invasion three years ago, traditional geo-politics - and the Realpolitik that goes with it - is making a remarkably strong comeback.POLITICS-US: Give Me That Old-Time Geo-Politics
However much President George W. Bush's "Freedom Agenda" asserted itself into U.S. foreign policy in the wake of the Iraq invasion three years ago, traditional geo-politics - and the Realpolitik that goes with it - is making a remarkably strong comeback.POLITICS-US: Terrorism Still Thriving, State Department Says
Four years into the "global war on terror", terrorism appears to be thriving, according to the 2005 edition of the annual "Country Reports on Terrorism" released here Friday by the U.S. State Department.RIGHTS-US: Impunity Endures Two Years After Abu Ghraib
Two years after the abuse by U.S. soldiers of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq first came to light, accountability for what turns out to have been a widespread pattern of mistreatment at several detention sites, including torture and at least eight homicides, remains elusive, according to a new report released by three major human rights groups here Wednesday.NIGERIA: Discrimination Against ‘Non-Indigenes’ Threatens Civil Peace
The Nigerian government must take the lead in ending discrimination against millions of "non-indigenes" - citizens who cannot show that their family roots are native to the community in which they live - in part to better secure the country's increasingly fragile unity, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released here Tuesday.ENVIRONMENT: Six Grassroots Activists Awarded ‘Green Nobel’
Six grassroots activists - including three who, at great personal risk, exposed illegal logging in their home countries of Liberia, Brazil, and Papua New Guinea - have been awarded this year's prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.POLITICS-US: Six Months to Midterm Elections, Bush’s Popularity at Record Low
Another bad week for U.S. President George W. Bush, who almost exactly three years ago was preparing to don a flight jacket for his triumphal "Mission Accomplished" tour of the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to celebrate his conquest of Iraq.POLITICS-US/CHINA: Guest Hu Coming to Lunch
When U.S. President George W. Bush breaks bread with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, for lunch at the White House Thursday, their diplomatic - if not their culinary - plates will almost certainly be full to overflowing.POLITICS-US: Amid Threats, Some Republicans Seek Talks on Iran
Amid a new escalation in threats between the United States and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme, some prominent Republicans are calling for the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to engage Tehran in direct talks.POLITICS-US: Rumsfeld’s Fall Drags Hawks in Its Wake
Despite White House efforts to put an end to the controversy, the battle over the fate of Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld shows little sign of abating.POLITICS-US: Rumsfeld’s Fall Drags Hawks in its Wake
Despite White House efforts to put an end to the controversy, the battle over the fate of Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld shows little sign of abating.POLITICS-US: To Battle Stations! To Battle Stations!
Led by a familiar clutch of neo-conservative hawks, major right-wing publications are calling on the administration of Pres. George W. Bush to urgently plan for military strikes - and possibly a wider war - against Iran in the wake of its announcement this week that it has successfully enriched uranium to a purity necessary to fuel nuclear reactors.POLITICS-US: New Military Offensive Against Rumsfeld
Three years after the fall of Baghdad and the city's disastrous plunge into chaos, U.S. military brass appears engaged in a new campaign: getting rid of Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld.POLITICS-US: Iran Showdown Tests Power of “Israel Lobby”
One month after the publication by two of the most influential international relations scholars in the United States of a highly controversial essay on the so-called "Israel Lobby", their thesis that the lobby exercises "unmatched power" in Washington is being tested by rapidly rising tensions with Iran.POLITICS-US: Psy-War or Serious? Washington Mulls Iran Attack
Three years after the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces, Washington is abuzz about new reports that the administration of Pres. George W. Bush is preparing to attack Iran, possibly with nuclear weapons.POLITICS-US: Psy-War or Serious? Washington Mulls Iran Attack
Three years after the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces, Washington is abuzz about new reports that the administration of Pres. George W. Bush is preparing to attack Iran, possibly with nuclear weapons.POLITICS-US: Washington Cuts All Aid to Palestinian Authority
One week after the Palestinian Authority (PA) swore in its new Hamas-led government, the United States Friday announced that it will suspend all direct aid to the PA while sharply increasing humanitarian assistance to the people under its control.IRAQ: US Efforts to Oust Jaafari May Backfire
Efforts by the United States to split the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) and deny interim Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari his claim to head the next government could well prove counter-productive to long-term U.S. objectives in both Iraq and the larger region, according to some specialists here.SUDAN: U.S. Lawmakers Expand Sanctions Against Regime
While political pressure is building on U.S. President George W. Bush to do more to stop what he calls "genocide" in Darfur, recent events suggest that the National Islamic Front (NIF) government of Sudan is not particularly concerned.HEALTH-US: Govt Watchdog Criticises Bush’s AIDS Plan
The priority given to abstinence-only strategies in U.S. Pres. George W. Bush's global HIV/ AIDS programme may be undermining the overall effectiveness of his administration's multi- billion-dollar AIDS-prevention efforts, according to a study released here Tuesday by Congress' Governmental Accountability Office (GAO).POLITICS-US: Bush’s War Hawks Edged Out of the Nest
Although still united in pushing for confrontation with Iran, the coalition of hawks that propelled U.S. troops toward Baghdad three years ago appears to have finally run out of steam.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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