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POLITICS-US: House Republicans Vote to Suspend U.N. Contributions
In a direct rebuff to the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, the House of Representatives Friday voted 221-184 to automatically suspend half of U.S. contributions to the United Nations unless it immediately implements a sweeping list of some 39 specific reform measures.POLITICS-HAITI: Another Regime-Change Aftermath in Trouble
While the violence in Iraq continues unabated, the situation in Haiti, where the George W. Bush administration also played a key role in engineering regime change, is going from bad to desperate, according to increasingly worried analysts here.BANGLADESH: HRW Charges Gov’t Complicity in Ahmadi Persecution
Secularism and religious tolerance in Bangladesh are increasingly threatened by the government's appeasement of extremist Muslim groups that are actively persecuting the minority Ahmadiyya community, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thursday.POLITICS-US: U.N. Reform Task Force Opposes Withholding Dues
The United States must take a leadership role in enacting and financing sweeping reforms at the United Nations, but should not threaten the world body with withholding its dues in order to ensure compliance, according to the co-chairmen of a high-level bipartisan task force that released its own recommendations for U.N. reform here Wednesday.RIGHTS: Nearly 8 Million Refugees “Warehoused” Without Rights
Seven of every 10 of the world's roughly 11.5 million refugees have been "warehoused" for five years or more in countries that have denied them basic rights guaranteed under the 1951 Refugee Convention, according to the 2005 edition of the "World Refugee Survey" released Wednesday by the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI).POLITICS-US: Concern Grows Over Guantanamo, Detention Practices
Two weeks after the Bush administration began attacking Amnesty International for calling the U.S. detention practices against suspected terrorists "the gulag of our times," it finds itself increasingly on the defensive on the issue.POLITICS-U.S.: Iraq News Is Bleak, Even for Pentagon’s ‘Early Bird’
Readers of the Pentagon's 'Early Bird' news file, a daily compilation of around 50 stories circulated throughout the U.S. national-security bureaucracy, could be forgiven Monday for reaching for the Rolaids, a popular over-the-counter medication for queasy stomachs.POLITICS-US: Iraq News Is Bleak, Even for Pentagon’s ‘Early Bird’
Readers of the Pentagon's 'Early Bird' news file, a daily compilation of around 50 stories circulated throughout the U.S. national-security bureaucracy, could be forgiven Monday for reaching for the Rolaids, a popular over-the-counter medication for queasy stomachs.POLITICS-US: Campaign Contributions Might Aid Anxious Allies
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who has sent 20,000 troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, got warm words, a press conference, and dinner.POLITICS-U.S.: ‘Evolution’ Preferred Over ‘Revolution’ in Arab Lands
The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush should back up its pro-democracy rhetoric in the Middle East with more action and consistency, according to new bipartisan report that also urges Washington to encourage "evolutionary," rather than "revolutionary" change in Arab lands.POLITICS-US: "Evolution" Preferred Over "Revolution" in Arab Lands
The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush should back up its pro-democracy rhetoric in the Middle East with more action and consistency, according to new bipartisan report that also urges Washington to encourage "evolutionary," rather than "revolutionary" change in Arab lands.ENVIRONMENT: Mesh Nets Push Many Whales, Dolphins to Extinction
Nine species of dolphins and porpoises living in coastal waters from Argentina to Zanzibar could become extinct within just a few decades unless urgent action is taken to sharply reduce their deaths as a result of gillnet fishing, according to a new report released here Thursday by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).POLITICS-U.S.: Congress Moves to Cut U.N. Funding
In a move virtually certain to add to strains between the U.S. Congress and the United Nations, the International Relations Committee (HIRC) of the House of Representatives Wednesday approved a sweeping bill that, if passed into law, will require Washington to withhold up to half of assessed U.S. contributions to the world body unless it implements specific reforms.RIGHTS-UZBEKISTAN: Rights Group Calls Andijan Deaths a "Massacre"
Last month's violence in Andijan, Uzbekistan amounted to a "massacre" by government forces against mostly unarmed civilians, according to a new report released here Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).RIGHTS-SUDAN: ICC to Probe Darfur Killings
In a step hailed by human rights activists, the prosecutor of the new International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Monday that he is starting an investigation into suspected crimes against humanity in the Darfur region of Sudan.REPEAT/POLITICS-U.S.: Right’s Hostility to NGOs Glimpsed in Amnesty Flap
The flap over Amnesty International's characterisation of U.S. overseas detention facilities and practices as a "gulag of our times" offers important insights into the deep distrust of the George W. Bush administration and its far-right and neo-conservative supporters towards some non-governmental organisations (NGOs).POLITICS-U.S.: Right-Wing Hostility to NGOs Glimpsed in Amnesty Flap
This week's flap over Amnesty International's characterisation of U.S. overseas detention facilities and practices as a ''gulag of our times'' offers insights into the Bush administration's and its neo-conservative supporters' deep distrust of some non-governmental organisations (NGOs).POLITICS-U.S.: ‘Realists’ Press for Bush to Engage Iran, North Korea
Hawks in the administration of President George W. Bush may think that they are tough, but their dreams of ''regime change'' in Iran and North Korea are increasingly deluded, not to say dangerous, according to their hard-edged realist rivals who have become increasingly outspoken in recent weeks.POLITICS-SUDAN: Bush Once Again Cites ‘Genocide’ in Darfur
Breaking nearly six months of silence on the issue, U.S. President George W. Bush reaffirmed Wednesday his belief that ''genocide'' is taking place in Darfur, Sudan, but gave no indication that his administration is prepared to pursue aggressive efforts to stop it.RIGHTS-U.S.: Bush, Cheney Attack Amnesty International
Stung by Amnesty International's condemnation of U.S. detention facilities in Iraq and elsewhere overseas, the administration of President George W. Bush is reacting with indignation and even suggestions that terrorists are using the world's largest human rights organisation.POLITICS-U.S.: Military Finds Itself in Twilight Zone
On the day that U.S. citizens honoured the nation's war dead, the U.S. armed forces found themselves in a twilight zone somewhere between glory and hell.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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