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US/INDONESIA: Renewal of Military Ties Angers Rights Groups
This week's decision by the U.S. State Department to effectively normalise military ties with Indonesia is coming under strong attack by human rights groups and their allies in Congress, who say the move is premature.POLITICS-US: A Close Call for Al-Jazeera?
The White House emphatically denied a report by a British tabloid Tuesday that U.S. President George W. Bush considered bombing the headquarters of the al-Jazeera satellite television station in Qatar during the U.S. Marine assault on Falluja in April 2004.POLITICS-US: Cheney Tries to Raise the Stakes
Amid growing pressure to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and mounting charges by Democrats that senior administration officials misled the nation into war there, Vice President Dick Cheney appears to have taken charge of defending his boss and taking on the critics.POLITICS-US: Cheney Tries to Raise the Stakes
Amid growing pressure to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and mounting charges by Democrats that senior administration officials misled the nation into war there, Vice President Dick Cheney appears to have taken charge of defending his boss and taking on the critics.POLITICS-US: More Wheels Spin Off Iraq Policy
In a major new blow to President George W. Bush's determination to "stay the course" in Iraq, an influential Democratic hawk with close ties to the uniformed military has called for Washington to begin withdrawing U.S. troops immediately.POLITICS-US: Elites Chastened by Iraq War
U.S. opinion leaders who expressed strong confidence in Washington's global leadership in the late 1990s have been chastened by the Iraq war, which has also spurred a sharp rise in isolationist sentiment in the general public, according to the latest in a series of surveys released here Tuesday by the Pew Research Centre for the People and the Press.RIGHTS-HAITI: OAS Urged to Rein In Police, Peacekeepers
A dozen U.S. rights groups, attorneys and activists have submitted petitions to the human rights arm of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to take urgent measures to protect Haitian civilians from U.N. peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police.RIGHTS-HAITI: OAS Urged to Rein In Police, Peacekeepers
A dozen U.S. rights groups, attorneys and activists have submitted petitions to the human rights arm of the Organisation of American States (OAS) to take urgent measures to protect Haitian civilians from U.N. peacekeepers and the Haitian National Police.POLITICS-US: Republicans Cut and Run from Iraq and Bush
Although he dislikes foreign travel and formal summits, U.S. President George W. Bush must be relieved to be spending this week as an honoured guest in several Asian capitals. According to the stereotype, Asians are unfailingly polite.NIGERIA: Judge Orders Gas Flaring to Stop Immediately
In a breakthrough for environmental and human rights activists, a federal high court judge in Nigeria has ruled that gas flaring in the Niger Delta violates the rights to life, health and dignity of the region's residents and ordered the practice halted immediately.EDUCATION-US: Slowly Reversing the 9-11 Slump
The plunge in the number of foreign students enrolling in U.S. colleges and universities after the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks appears to have leveled off over the past year, according to the latest edition of "Open Doors", the annual survey of the Institute of International Education (IIE) released here Monday.MEDIA-US: Controversial WMD Reporter and NY Times Divorce
Was she an innocent dupe who was played mercilessly by exile chieftain Ahmed Chalabi and his neo-conservative and Pentagon backers who led the march to war with Iraq in March 2003?POLITICS-US: State Elections Add to Republican Gloom
In a new setback to U.S. President George W. Bush's political standing that is certain to fuel the growing disarray within the ruling Republican Party, voters in two politically important states - Virginia and New Jersey - elected Democrats as governors in Tuesday's off-year elections.POLITICS: Deterioration in Darfur Brings Calls for Stronger Force
Increased fighting and instability in Sudan's western region of Darfur are spurring renewed calls for the United States, NATO and the U.N. to urgently provide more support to the African Union's peace mission (AMIS) there and strengthen its mandate to effectively defend innocent civilians against the violence.POLITICS-US: Cheney Under Siege
Has U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney become so much of an albatross around his boss' neck that he will have to go?HONDURAS: Greasing Palms to Plunder Forests
Illegal logging by corrupt interests tied to major political figures is devastating the rapidly disappearing pine and mahogany forests of Honduras, particularly in northeastern Olancho province, according to a major report released here Thursday by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Centre for International Policy (CIP).RIGHTS-US: Rumsfeld Rejects U.N. Access to Guantanamo
Amid growing concern over the fate and conditions of inmates engaged in a lengthy hunger strike at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday said he would not permit U.N. investigators to interview detainees there.RIGHTS-US: Rumsfeld Rejects U.N. Access to Guantanamo
Amid growing concern over the fate and conditions of inmates engaged in a lengthy hunger strike at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Tuesday said he would not permit U.N. investigators to interview detainees there.POLITICS-US: Cheney Circles the Wagons
With his closest aide for the past five years facing arraignment in federal court Thursday on five counts of perjury and obstruction of justice, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney appears to be hunkering down with a familiar cast of faces.POLITICS-US: Bush Hopes to Save Face with New Court Pick
By swiftly nominating Judge Samuel Alito to the decisive "swing" seat on the nine-justice Supreme Court, U.S. President George W. Bush Monday appeared determined to accomplish two urgent tasks.POLITICS-US: A Formidable Hawk Goes Down
Losing I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, perhaps the most influential national security official without a formal cabinet rank, marks a serious blow to the George W. Bush administration and particularly to the hawks who led the drive to war in Iraq.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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