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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.LATAM-US: Bush Policies Stoke Anti-Yanqui Sentiment
While anti-U.S. sentiment has deep roots in Latin America, particularly among populist and left-wing parties that are winning elections there, specific policies pursued by the administration of Pres. George W. Bush and the Republican-led Congress are fueling the growing alienation from Washington, according to a new report.INDONESIA: U.S. Lifts Ban on Sale of Lethal Arms
Moving with unusual speed, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush officially normalised military relations with Indonesia Wednesday when the State Department posted a formal notice permitting the sale of lethal military equipment to Jakarta for the first time in seven years.POLITICS-US: Public Ever More Sceptical About Bush’s Crusade
The vast majority of the U.S. public appears to have grown thoroughly disillusioned with Pres. George W. Bush's crusade to spread democracy abroad, according to a new survey by one of the country's premier public opinion analysts.RIGHTS-US: Legal Immigrants Reject Criminalising Undocumented
Large majorities of legal immigrants in the United States strongly oppose Congressional legislation that would criminalise and deport undocumented immigrants and authorise the construction of walls and other barriers along the border with Mexico, according to an unprecedented survey released here Tuesday.RIGHTS-US: Legal Immigrants Reject Criminalising Undocumented
Large majorities of legal immigrants in the United States strongly oppose Congressional legislation that would criminalise and deport undocumented immigrants and authorise the construction of walls and other barriers along the border with Mexico, according to an unprecedented survey released here Tuesday.ARGENTINA: Kissinger Moved to Back Junta 30 Years Ago
Two days after the coup d'etat that brought a brutal military junta to power in Argentina, then U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ordered his subordinates to "encourage" the new regime by providing financial support, according to a previously classified transcript released here by the independent National Security Archive (NSA).IRAQ: Are U.S. Intentions More “Base” Than Honourable?
Pres. George W. Bush has long assured the world that his intentions in Iraq are strictly honourable - to set the country on a clear and stable path toward democracy and withdraw U.S. troops as soon as Iraqi forces can take control, "and not one day more".RELIGION-US: Evangelical Christians Most Distrustful of Muslims
Evangelical Protestants tend to view Islam much more unfavourably than do mainline U.S. Protestants and Catholics, according to a new analysis of recent public opinion surveys published here Wednesday by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.POLITICS-US: Most Now Say Iraq Invasion Was a “War of Choice”
Three years after Pres. George W. Bush ordered U.S. troops into Iraq, public confidence in the operation is dwindling ever smaller, as is the belief that Bush's stated reasons for going to war were sincere, according to a new poll released here Wednesday by the University of Maryland's Programme on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).ENVIRONMENT-US: States Calculate Global Warming Pricetag
In a new sign of growing concern about the impact of global warming on the health of the U.S. economy, the insurance commissioners of the 50 U.S. states last week voted unanimously to establish a task force on the possible impact of climate change on the insurance industry and its consumers.POLITICS-US: Forum Over Substance
If the medium is the message, then U.S. President George W. Bush's choice of forum to launch a new public campaign to defend his beleaguered Iraq policy should be troubling to those, particularly in Europe, who had hoped that his administration was moving toward a more even-handed stance in the Arab-Israeli conflict.POLITICS-US: Forum Over Substance
If the medium is the message, then U.S. Pres. George W. Bush's choice of forum to launch a new public campaign to defend his beleaguered Iraq policy should be troubling to those, particularly in Europe, who had hoped that his administration was moving toward a more even-handed stance in the Arab-Israeli conflict.POLITICS-US: Mass Casualties in Collapse of Port Deal
Thursday's effective collapse of the deal to sell operations in six major U.S. ports to a Dubai-owned company following a strident three-week Congressional campaign against it threatens so many different important interests that it is difficult to make a full accounting.AFRICA: Group Slams Janus Face of U.S. Policy
When some 6,000 U.S.-led NATO forces land next June for two weeks of manoeuvres in Cape Verde, will they be rehearsing more for rapid deployment in humanitarian emergencies, as in Darfur, Sudan, or for securing oil supplies and access to other key African resources?RIGHTS: U.S. State Dept. Names Iran Among Worst Violators
Releasing the latest edition of its annual human rights "Country Reports", the U.S. State Department Wednesday named Iran and China as among the world's "most systematic human rights violators" in 2005, along with North Korea, Burma, Zimbabwe, Cuba and Belarus.POLITICS-US: Old Divides Resurface as Bush Sinks
As U.S. President George W. Bush's standing in public opinion polls plumbs new depths, his fellow Republicans are finding it ever more difficult to maintain their unity on key hot-button issues, such as foreign policy, immigration and civil liberties.POLITICS-US: Relations with Russia Moving in “Wrong Direction”
Fifteen years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, bilateral ties between Russia, its successor state, and the United States are "headed in the wrong direction", according to a new report released here this week by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).POLITICS-U.S.: Nuclear Pact with India Seen as Surrender
While U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Thursday's nuclear accord with India as a major breakthrough in forging a "strategic partnership" with the South Asian giant, the pact has been broadly denounced by non-proliferation experts here as a devil's bargain.POLITICS-US: Nuclear Pact with India Seen as Surrender
While U.S. President George W. Bush hailed Thursday's nuclear accord with India as a major breakthrough in forging a "strategic partnership" with the South Asian giant, the pact has been broadly denounced by non-proliferation experts here as a devil's bargain.AFRICA: Warming Threatens Key Water Sources
Declines in rainfall caused by global warming threaten rivers and other local sources of fresh water in densely populated areas of Africa, according to a new study published here by Science magazine Friday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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