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DEVELOPMENT: Richest Donors Silent on New UN Disaster Fund
Just one week before its formal launch, the United Nations' new global emergency fund, which is designed to jump-start relief operations within hours of natural disasters or other humanitarian emergencies, has received pledges worth less than half of the 450 million dollars the world body says it needs.POLITICS: Poll of US Troops in Iraq Underlines Growing Pressure to Withdraw
The findings of an unprecedented poll of U.S. troops in Iraq are certain to add to steadily growing pressures on the administration of President George W. Bush to accelerate Washington's withdrawal from a country that is increasingly seen as being on the verge of civil war.POLITICS: Poll of US Troops in Iraq Underlines Growing Pressure to Withdraw
The findings of an unprecedented poll of U.S. troops in Iraq are certain to add to steadily growing pressures on the administration of President George W. Bush to accelerate Washington's withdrawal from a country that is increasingly seen as being on the verge of civil war.POLITICS: Bush Seeks to Draw India, Pakistan Closer to U.S.
U.S. President George W. Bush hopes his maiden tour of India and Pakistan this week will draw both South Asian giants more firmly into Washington's orbit, as well as help restore his battered foreign policy image back home.POLITICS-US: Public Sees Bush as Getting No Respect Abroad
A large majority of the U.S. public believes that Pres. George W. Bush, whose carefully cultivated image of no-nonsense cowboy toughness has been a hallmark of his presidency, has become the Rodney Dangerfield of international politics, according to the latest in a series of annual surveys by the Gallup polling firm.IRAQ: U.S. Holds Its Breath in Aftermath of Mosque Bombing
Two days after the bombing of one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines in Iraq, analysts and officials here are holding their breath, desperately hoping that a rapid descent into a sectarian civil war in Iraq can still be avoided, if not reversed.POLITICS-US: Neo-Con Superhawk Earns His Wings on Port Flap
Love him or hate him, Frank Gaffney is effective.POLITICS-US: “Leninists!” Cries Neo-Con Nabob, Suing for Divorce
The Washington foreign policy elite finds itself on pins and needles this week awaiting a response from the neo-conservative heavyweights at the Weekly Standard magazine to a scorching denunciation by one of their most venerable fellow-travelers, Francis Fukuyama, in Sunday's New York Times Magazine.SUDAN: Khartoum Accused of Exporting Darfur Violence to Chad
The three-year-old scorched-earth counterinsurgency campaign conducted by the Sudanese government and Arab militias in Darfur has moved across the border into Chad, where tens of thousands of civilians have already been forced to flee their homes, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).POLITICS-US: Cartoon Crisis Echoes “Why They Hate Us” Debate
While Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes flies off on her second tour of the Middle East Friday, she must feel at least some relief that Europe - rather than the United States - has been the main target of the two-week outpouring of anger in the Islamic world that has come to be called the "cartoon crisis".POLITICS: Bush Faces Big Choices as Hamas Takes Reins
On the eve of Hamas' takeover of the Palestinian parliament, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush still appears uncertain about how hard a line to take with the movement it has long considered a terrorist organisation.IRAQ: Sunni Insurgents Seen as Increasingly Unified
Despite reports of growing tensions and even occasional clashes between Islamists and nationalists, the predominantly Sunni insurgency in Iraq appears increasingly united and confident of victory, according to a new report released here Wednesday by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG).POLITICS-U.S.: Cheney’s Law – Shoot First, Ask Questions Later
Saturday's shooting by Vice President Dick Cheney of a quail-hunting companion on a ranch in Texas is certain to provide talk-show hosts and stand-up comedians with a veritable bonanza of jokes that could last weeks./CORRECTED REPEAT*/U.S.: Top Mideast Analyst Accuses Bush of Politicising Iraq Intel
The U.S. intelligence community's top Middle East analyst from 2000 to 2005 has accused the George W. Bush administration of distorting and politicising intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war.POLITICS-U.S.: In Public’s Eyes, Iran Biggest Foreign Menace
The escalating crisis over Iran's nuclear programme appears to have persuaded the U.S. public that Tehran now poses a greater threat to the United States than any other country, or even al Qaeda, according to recent surveys.POLITICS-U.S.: In Public’s Eyes, Iran Biggest Foreign Menace
The escalating crisis over Iran's nuclear programme appears to have persuaded the U.S. public that Tehran now poses a greater threat to the United States than any other country, or even al Qaeda, according to recent surveys.ENVIRONMENT-U.S.: Evangelical Leaders Call for Government Action on Warming
Breaking with some of their colleagues in the Christian Right, a group of more than 85 U.S. evangelical Christian leaders called on Congress Wednesday to enact legislation that would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, which most scientists believe contribute to global warming.POLITICS-U.S.: Special Forces, Big-Ticket Weapons Dominate Defence Plans
While the Pentagon emerged as the big winner Monday among U.S. government agencies in next year's budget sweepstakes, its failure to choose among the threats it says it must defend the country against may prove costly in the long run, both financially and operationally, according to analysts here.POLITICS-U.S.: Guns Over Butter, Abroad and at Home
Despite his administration's growing concerns about preventing the collapse of states in strategic parts of the world, U.S. President George W. Bush has proposed cuts in development and disaster assistance while increasing the defence budget by almost seven percent.POLITICS-HAITI: U.S. Hopes for Smooth Elections
U.S. officials and analysts here are hoping that Haiti's elections next Tuesday will run smoothly and bring to power a credible government two years after Washington itself helped oust the last elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.SUDAN: US Urged to Push Darfur Resolution at UN
Human rights, Africa activists and others are pressing for the George W. Bush administration to use Washington's presidency of the U.N. Security Council this month to gain approval of a resolution authorising the urgent deployment of a large U.N. peacekeeping force to Sudan's Darfur region to protect civilians against further violence by government-backed Arab militias, the Janjaweed.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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