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POLITICS-US: Bush Picks Loyalist for “Swing” Court Seat
Increasingly under siege on a range of fronts from Iraq to hurricane reconstruction, President George W. Bush Monday nominated White House Counsel Harriet Miers, a long-time loyalist, to a critical and possibly decisive seat on the powerful nine-member U.S. Supreme Court.POLITICS-US: Think Tank Issues Two-Year Iraq Exit Plan
In an apparent bid to unify fractious Democrats behind a consensus plan on Iraq, a think tank with strong links to the administration of former President Bill Clinton has called for a two-year "strategic redeployment" of U.S. forces there that would ensure their almost total withdrawal by January 2008.FINANCE: Tax Cuts, Oil Appetite Eroding U.S. Sovereignty
A combination of huge tax cuts, an insatiable appetite for foreign imports, especially oil, and record government spending is steadily eroding U.S. independence and freedom of action, according to a "special report" released Thursday by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).DEVELOPMENT: And the Alternative Nobel Prize Goes To…
Social activists from Mexico, Malaysia, Botswana and Canada have won the 2005 "Right Livelihood Award", an honour meant to celebrate groups and individuals who show outstanding vision and work on behalf of the natural world and its people.POLITICS-US: Public Sceptical About Bush’s Democracy Crusade
The U.S. public is deeply sceptical about the priority President George W. Bush has put on promoting democracy abroad, and its experience in Iraq has made it more so, according to a detailed new survey released Thursday by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) and the Programme on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) of the University of Maryland.HEALTH: “Factory Farms” Churn Out Pollution and Disease
The explosive spread of factory farming of meat and poultry from North America and Europe to developing countries, particularly in Asia and Latin America, is posing a serious threat to human and animal health and surrounding ecosystems, according to a new report released here Wednesday by the Worldwatch Institute.POLITICS: Bush Loses Favour With Latin American Elites
The image of the United States under President George W. Bush has suffered in Latin America, as well as the Islamic world and Europe, according to a survey released by the Zogby International polling firm in cooperation with the Miami Herald and the University of Miami School of Business Administration.POLITICS: Cuban Terror Case Erodes US Credibility, Critics Say
The decision Tuesday by a U.S. immigration judge in Texas to deny Venezuela's request to extradite Luis Posada Carriles, whom Caracas has dubbed "the Osama bin Laden of Latin America", was greeted with surprise and disappointment by Latin America activists and even some former U.S. officials.POLITICS-US: In Blow to GOP Discipline, “The Hammer” Falls
After a year of dismissing as "politically motivated" charges that he had repeatedly violated Congressional ethics rules, the troubles of Republican Majority Leader Tom DeLay dramatically escalated Wednesday when he was forced to temporarily resign his post after being indicted by a Texas grand jury for his role in helping the Republican Party win control of that state's legislature in the 2002 elections.POLITICS-IRAQ: Can the US Military Presence Avert Civil War?
The growing spectre of a full-scale civil war in Iraq - and the likelihood that such a conflict will draw in neighbouring states - has intensified a summer-long debate here over whether and how to withdraw U.S. troops.POLITICS-IRAQ: Can the US Military Presence Avert Civil War?
The growing spectre of a full-scale civil war in Iraq - and the likelihood that such a conflict will draw in neighbouring states - has intensified a summer-long debate here over whether and how to withdraw U.S. troops.RIGHTS-US/IRAQ: Whistleblowers Describe Routine, Severe Abuse
As a military jury in Texas considers the fate of Lynndie England, the low-ranking reservist pictured in the notorious photos of the abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in late 2003, two sergeants and a captain in one of the U.S. Army's most decorated combat units have come forward with accounts of routine, systematic and often severe beatings committed against detainees at a base near Fallujah from 2003 through 2004.POLITICS-US: FDR Revival?
Sixty years after his death, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the policies he pursued - both at home and abroad - during his record 12-year presidency appear to be enjoying something of a comeback.POLITICS: North Korea Deal Seen as Starting Point Only
This week's Six-Party agreement on the principles for denuclearising the Korean peninsula is being greeted somewhat warily here, with most experts stressing that the accord marks only the beginning of what is likely to be a protracted negotiating process that could take years, rather than months, to achieve.POLITICS-US: Uncertain Anniversary for Iraq War Champions
It was four years ago today that a little-known group called the "Project for the New American Century" published an open letter to U.S. President George W. Bush advising him on how precisely he should carry out his brand-new "war on terrorism".POLITICS-US: Uncertain Anniversary for Iraq War Champions
It was four years ago today that a little-known group called the "Project for the New American Century" (PNAC) published an open letter to President George W. Bush advising him on how precisely he should carry out his brand-new "war on terrorism".RIGHTS-UZBEKISTAN: Andijan Killings Set Off Massive Crackdown
The government of Uzbekistan has been engaged in unprecedented efforts, including massive detentions, torture and forced confessions, to persuade its people and the outside world that Islamist extremists were responsible for a bloody massacre in Andijan last May, according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW).FINANCE: IMF Policies Thwart Poverty Goals – Report
If U.S. President George W. Bush is serious about his enthusiastic embrace last week at the United Nations of democracy and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to slash global poverty, he will press his treasury secretary and other members of the governing board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting here this week to stop imposing strict spending limits on poor-country governments.POPULATION: Bush Jihad Against UNFPA Enters Fourth Year
For the fourth year in a row, U.S. President George W. Bush has refused to contribute to the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), providing 25 million dollars of the 34 million dollars that Congress had earmarked for the agency to the child survival and health account of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).AFGHANISTAN: Elections May Be Less Than Free
While Afghanistan's parliamentary elections Sunday are expected to go relatively smoothly, the freedom with which they are being carried out is being questioned by many observers.POLITICS-US: Sailing Toward Lame Duck Land on Katrina’s Waters
More than two weeks after Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans, U.S. President George W. Bush is looking increasingly like a political "lame duck", struggling hard to stay afloat on a rising tide of pessimism and popular discontent.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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