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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.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Raises Stakes with North Korea
Increasingly frustrated over its failure to get North Korea back to the negotiating table, the administration of President George W. Bush is taking new steps virtually certain to escalate tensions with the third spoke in his original ''axis of evil,'' analysts said.POLITICS: Insulza Takes Over at OAS Amid Growing U.S.-Venezuelan Tensions
Tiptoeing around growing tensions between the United States and Venezuela, the new secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS) called Thursday for the creation of ''objective and practical mechanisms'' to assess member states' adherence to their commitments under the 2001 Inter-American Democratic Charter (IADC).RIGHTS: Give Rumsfeld the Pinochet Treatment, Says U.S. Amnesty Chief
If the administration of President George W. Bush fails to conduct a truly independent investigation of U.S. abuses against detainees in Iraq and elsewhere, foreign governments should investigate and prosecute those senior officials who bear responsibility for them, the head of the U.S. chapter of Amnesty International said here Wednesday.RIGHTS-U.S.: Bush Accused of Complacency, Double-Dealing on Darfur
Nine months after his administration first declared that ongoing violence in Darfur constituted ''genocide,'' U.S. President George W. Bush was urged by some 80 human rights and religious groups and prominent individuals here Tuesday to do more to protect innocent civilians in Sudan's western Darfur region.RIGHTS-U.S.: Bush Accused of Complacency, Double-Dealing on Darfur
Nine months after his administration first declared that ongoing violence in Darfur constituted ''genocide,'' U.S. President George W. Bush was urged by some 80 human rights and religious groups and prominent individuals here Tuesday to do more to protect innocent civilians in Sudan's western Darfur region.POLITICS-AFGHANISTAN: Pleasantries But No Change as Bush Greets Karzai
While lavishing praise on his guest Monday, U.S. President George W. Bush indicated that Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai will receive neither greater control over U.S. troops in his country nor substantially more aid to persuade poppy farmers to drop out of the narcotics business.RIGHTS-IRAN: Exiled Rebel Group Said to Torture Dissidents
An Iranian rebel group that is aggressively campaigning for Washington's support as part of a ''regime change'' strategy in its homeland has committed serious abuses including torture and prolonged isolation, against dissident members, according to a leading human rights watchdog.POLITICS: U.S. Caught Up Short by Uzbekistan Violence
Taken by surprise by the sudden and unexpectedly bloody repression in Uzbekistan, the administration of President George W. Bush appears to be backing away from its initial, reflexive support for its authoritarian ally in the war against terrorism, Uzbek President Islam Karimov.MEDIA-U.S.: A Tale of Two Stories
Here's a question for international news hounds. Who is the ''son of a bitch'' referred to in this comment by a U.S. Defence Department spokesman?POLITICS-U.S.: Bolton Embarrassment Latest Setback for Bush Hawks
The failure of U.S. President George W. Bush's U.N. ambassador-designate to get the unanimous support of Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has dealt a new setback to the coalition of unilateralist hawks that led the drive to war with Iraq and is strongly opposed to diplomatic engagement with Iran and North Korea.POLITICS-U.S.: A Terrorist Comes Home to Roost
The sudden and untimely arrival on U.S. territory of a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) asset and admitted terrorist, Luis Posada Carriles, poses an embarrassing challenge to the credibility of the Bush administration's war on terrorism.RIGHTS-U.S.: Fear of Islam on the Rise – Muslim Group
Reported incidents of anti-Muslim bias including hate crimes, discrimination, and harassment rose sharply in the United States last year, according to a new report by a major Islamic group.POLITICS-IRAN: Independent Access to Khuzestan Urged in Wake of Violence
Amid rising tension between Iran and the United States, a major U.S. human rights group said Tuesday that at least 50 people were killed during week-long protests in southwestern Khuzestan province last month and urged Iran to permit independent journalists and rights monitors to go to the strife-torn region across the border from Iraq.POLITICS-IRAN: Independent Access to Khuzestan Urged in Wake of Violence
Amid rising tension between Iran and the United States, a major U.S. human rights group said Tuesday that at least 50 people were killed during week-long protests in southwestern Khuzestan province last month and urged Iran to permit independent journalists and rights monitors to go to the strife-torn region across the border from Iraq.POLITICS-HAITI: Former PM’s Hunger Strike Highlights Sense of Chaos
A three-week hunger strike that now threatens the life of Haiti's jailed former prime minister, Yvon Neptune, is drawing international attention to the increasingly chaotic situation in the Americas' poorest nation.POLITICS-US: Delay on Bolton Vote Marks Defeat for Hawks
Demands by a key Republican senator for a two-week delay in the vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on John Bolton as Washington's next U.N. ambassador mark a significant and potentially strategic defeat for Vice President Dick Cheney and the administration hawks he led during George W. Bush's first presidential term.POLITICS-US: Bush’s U.N. Nominee Still Faces a Fight
While Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz now appears assured of a relatively smooth ride to the top of the World Bank, another controversial foreign-policy nominee of U.S. President George W. Bush, U.N. Ambassador-designate John Bolton, faces a far bumpier course in his bid for confirmation by the Senate.RIGHTS-GUATEMALA: US Restores Military Aid After 15-Year Hiatus
The restoration of U.S. military aid to Guatemala 15 years after it was suspended for human rights abuses was assailed late Thursday by several rights groups, who said the move was premature.POLITICS-AMERICAS: Washington Focuses on Southern ‘Axis of Evil’
While U.S. President George W. Bush played nice to a deeply frustrated Mexican President Vicente Fox at the North American Summit Wednesday, U.S. media attention was focused on Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to sound the alarm against Latin American troublemakers.POLITICS-AMERICAS: Washington Focuses on Southern "Axis of Evil"
While U.S. President George W. Bush played nice to a deeply frustrated Mexican President Vicente Fox at the North American Summit in Texas Wednesday, U.S. media attention was focused more on Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld's efforts to sound the alarm against Latin American troublemakers in his swing through the region this week.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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