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POLITICS-US: Bush Energy Proposals, Speech Underwhelm
U.S. President George W. Bush's proposals to boost government spending on clean energy technologies, like much of the rest of his State of the Union Address, received a tepid reaction from analysts here Wednesday who described the speech as uncharacteristically timid.POLITICS-US: Alito Confirmation Marks Shift to the Right
The U.S. Senate's confirmation Tuesday of Judge Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court marks a clear victory for Pres. George W. Bush and, even more, for the right-wing movement dedicated to reversing many of the gains made by women and minorities over recent decades.POLITICS: Most Iraqis Doubt US Will Ever Leave
Large majorities of Iraqis believe that the United States has no intention of ever withdrawing all its military forces from their country and that Washington's reconstruction efforts have been incompetent at best, according to a new survey released here Tuesday.SYRIA: Assad Keeps Footing Amid Political Tremors
Despite a U.N. probe into his possible role in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and a public challenge to his rule by a prominent Syrian politician in exile, Syrian President Bashar Assad appears likely to endure for the foreseeable future, according to experts here.POLITICS-MIDEAST: Hamas Upset Rattles Bush Strategy
The stunning victory of the Islamist Hamas party in parliamentary elections Wednesday in the Palestinian Authority (PA) poses stark new challenges to U.S. President George W. Bush's hopes of advancing an Israeli-Palestinian peace process and promoting democracy throughout the Arab Middle East.POLITICS: Rich Nations More Negative About Global Institutions
Citizens of the world's wealthiest countries are more negative about global institutions such as the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and transnational corporations than their counterparts in the world's poorer regions, according to a new poll of 32 nations released Tuesday by the BBC World Service.POLITICS-US: The Demagogue Neocons Love to Hate
"Let us state the obvious," wrote Reuel Marc Gerecht, the resident Persian Gulf specialist at the neo-conservative American Enterprise Institute in the Weekly Standard's feature article Monday. "The new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is a godsend."RIGHTS: Iraq Tops Nations With Minorities at Grave Risk
Iraq tops a list of countries whose minorities find themselves most at risk of persecution and even mass killing at the start of 2006, according to a new threat index released Thursday by the London-based Minority Rights Group International (MRG).RIGHTS: US, European Hypocrisy Left “Leadership Void”
The Bush administration's "global war on terrorism" continued to set back the cause of human rights in 2005, according to a major U.S. rights group, which said that U.S. and European hypocrisy in carrying out that war led to a "global leadership void" that had been taken advantage of by more opportunistic powers, particularly Russia and China.POLITICS-US: Two Groups Sue to Stop Wiretaps
Two major U.S. civil liberties groups Tuesday filed lawsuits calling on federal courts to order the George W. Bush administration to halt a National Security Agency (NSA) programme that has intercepted the overseas telephone and email communications of hundreds, possibly thousands, of U.S. citizens without a court-approved warrant.VENEZUELA: US Neo-Cons Accuse Chavez of Anti-Semitism
Despite objections by major Jewish organisations in Venezuela and the United States, some influential U.S. neo-conservatives are charging President Hugo Chavez with anti-Semitism, which they say is consistent with the country's friendly relations with Iran.SUDAN: Rights Group Says Top UN Envoy Needed on Darfur
With the security situation in Darfur deteriorating, a major U.S. human rights group Thursday called on U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to appoint a high-level envoy to help negotiate a settlement to the nearly three-year-old violence in western Sudan that Washington has labeled "genocide".AFGHANISTAN: Broad Support Found for Govt, Foreign Troops
If U.S. President George W. Bush is looking for good news, he should be talking less about Iraq and more about Afghanistan, according to the latest survey results from that country.MEDIA-US: Iraq, Natural Disasters Dominated TV News in 2005
Led by Hurricane Katrina, natural disasters and Iraq dominated the U.S. television news during 2005, accounting for almost half of the content of the three major network news shows over the course of the year, according to the latest annual round-up of the weekday evening news by the New York-based Tyndall Report.POLITICS-US: Sharon’s Demise Gives Analysts the Jitters
Nearly a week after a massive stroke effectively removed Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from Israeli politics, the outlook in Washington is mostly worried and pessimistic.POLITICS-US: Bush Bypasses Senate on Two Crony Appointments
Resorting once more to controversial "recess" appointments, U.S. President George W. Bush has named two political cronies to key administration positions without Senate approval.POLITICS-US: The House That Jack Built Tumbles Down
Tuesday's guilty plea by Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff to fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy to bribe public officials threatens to unravel a network of right-wing lobbyists and lawmakers whose rise since the early 1990s was fueled as much by cash and influence-peddling as by ideological conviction.POLITICS-US: Military Confidence in Bush Hits New Low
Although morale among members of the professional corps of the U.S. military remains generally high, their confidence in President George W. Bush and other civilian government leaders slipped substantially during 2005, according to major new survey by the "Military Times".POLITICS-US: Military Confidence in Bush Hits New Low
Although morale among members of the professional corps of the U.S. military remains generally high, their confidence in U.S. President George W. Bush and other civilian government leaders slipped substantially during 2005, according to major new survey released Monday by the "Military Times".POLITICS-US: Anti-Imperialists Beware – Bush Is Reading Again
The Reader-in-Chief is at it again, and anti-imperialists around the world have reason to be concerned.US/NORTH KOREA: Reform Rollback May Bolster Bush Hardliners
Growing indications that North Korea's central government is reasserting its control over the national economy may be strengthening hardliners in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush who have long favoured a policy of "regime change" in Pyongyang.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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