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POLITICS: EU Decision to Delay China Arms Sales Big Win for Bush
The apparent decision by European leaders to delay the lifting of their 16-year-old arms embargo on China beyond June marks a clear-cut foreign policy victory for U.S. President George W. Bush, who made the issue a major priority in his visit to Europe last month.POLITICS-US: Pentagon Reaffirms Globocop Role
March has been a bad month for the world's multilateralists who, encouraged by several early appointments to the State Department and a successful presidential tour of Europe, had hoped that George W. Bush would temper his unilateralist instincts in his second term.RIGHTS-CHINA: Bittersweet Release of Prominent Uighur Prisoner
International human rights groups praised the unexpected release after nearly six years of imprisonment of a prominent Uighur businesswoman but complained that the timing of her freedom suggested it was more of a public-relations manoeuvre than a major advance in Beijing's human-rights performance.CORRECTION*/ENVIRONMENT: Shareholder Pressure Gets Results on Global Warming
Despite the George W. Bush administration's continued opposition to the Kyoto Protocol and other schemes for mandatory cuts on emissions of greenhouse gases, climate activists who deal with several major U.S. oil and gas companies say they are making good progress.FINANCE: Wolfowitz Pick for World Bank Prompts Head-Scratching
If sending arch-unilateralist John Bolton to the United Nations sent a message of contempt for multilateralism, what does U.S. President George W. Bush mean by sending that ardent advocate of "hard power", Paul Wolfowitz, to the planet's single biggest purveyor of "soft power", the World Bank?FINANCE: Wolfowitz Pick for World Bank Prompts Head-Scratching
If sending arch-unilateralist John Bolton to the United Nations sent a message of contempt for multilateralism, what does U.S. President George W. Bush mean by sending that ardent advocate of "hard power", Paul Wolfowitz, to the planet's single biggest purveyor of "soft power", the World Bank?POLITICS-U.S.: Ultimate Bush Insider Joins Rice at State Department
The most intriguing aspect of U.S. President George W. Bush's nomination of Karen Hughes to take charge of Washington's public diplomacy apparatus - and particularly outreach to the Islamic world - is the building out of which she will be working.DEVELOPMENT: Think Tank Urges Closer Ties Among NAFTA Trifecta
To consolidate North American integration, the region's leaders must reverse the growing development gap between Canada and the United States on the one hand, and Mexico on the other, according to a "Chairmen's Statement" by an influential task force released here Monday.RIGHTS-U.S.: Latest Abuse Investigation Report, a Whitewash – Groups
Human rights groups and some senators are expressing growing frustration over the Pentagon's failure to hold senior officers or civilian leaders accountable for widespread abuses by U.S. forces against detainees in Washington's ''war on terror''.POLITICS-U.S.: Unipolarity Re-Affirmed
Just one week ago, conventional wisdom both here and in European capitals was that President George W. Bush's second term would see a modest turn toward multilateralism and a new readiness to compromise on key issues with traditional U.S. allies.POLITICS-US: Unipolarity Re-Affirmed
Just one week ago, conventional wisdom both here and in European capitals was that President George W. Bush's second term would see a modest turn toward multilateralism and a new readiness to compromise on key issues with traditional U.S. allies.ENVIRONMENT: China’s Upward Mobility Strains World Resources
If per capita income in China grows at eight percent per year - a reduction from the red-hot pace of 9.5 percent it has grown since 1978 - it will overtake the current per capita U.S. income in just over 25 years, according to the latest analysis by the Earth Policy Institute (EPI).LABOUR-US: Tomato-Pickers, Taco Bell Strike Accord Ending Boycott
In a major victory for immigrant farm workers and boycotting consumers, fast-food giant Taco Bell Corp. has agreed to work with a Florida-based labour organisation to increase the wages and improve the working conditions of thousands of workers in the state's huge tomato industry.POLITICS-US: Bush Appoints Right-Wing Extremist to UN Post
In a breathtaking victory for right-wing hawks, U.S. President George W. Bush has nominated Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton to become his next ambassador to the United Nations.POLITICS-MIDDLE EAST: Democratisation or Disintegration?
Feeling vindicated by dramatic events in the Middle East since the Iraqi elections Jan. 30, especially the growing international clamour for Syria to withdraw from Lebanon, neo-conservatives are calling on Pres. George W. Bush to seize the moment by pressing for "regime change" in Damascus and Iran, as well.POLITICS: Nuclear Threat Dwarfs Existing Treaties
U.S. President George W. Bush must be prepared to make major compromises if he wants a tougher non-proliferation regime to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to countries that do not now have them, according to a new report released here Thursday by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP).RIGHTS-SUDAN: U.S. Congressional Leaders Seek Urgent Moves on Darfur
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is calling for immediate action by the administration of President George W. Bush and the U.N. Security Council to stop the violence in Darfur.RIGHTS-US: Supreme Court Throws Out Death Penalty For Minors
In a major and but razor-thin victory for children's rights advocates, five of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday declared that executing convicted murderers for crimes committed before their 18th birthday constituted "cruel and unusual punishment" and was therefore banned under the U.S. constitution.RIGHTS-US: Rumsfeld Sued Over Torture in Iraq and Afghanistan
Two major U.S. human rights groups Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court in Chicago against Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on behalf of eight named Afghan and Iraqi plaintiffs who say they were tortured and abused while in the custody of the U.S. military.RIGHTS-US: Scepticism Over Renewed Military Ties With Indonesia
The State Department's decision to renew military training for Indonesia - a major step toward full normalisation of military ties between the United States and the giant archipelago - has been greeted with scepticism by human rights groups and some lawmakers critical of Jakarta's record.RIGHTS-US: State Department Report Assails Usual Suspects
Releasing the latest edition of its annual human rights "Country Reports", the U.S. State Department Monday hailed the progress it said had been achieved over the past year in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Ukraine.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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