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CHALLENGES 2004-2005: Bye Bye Unipolar World
This time a year ago, U.S. forces had just pulled former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein from his ''spider hole'' near the Euphrates River, and top military commanders were trumpeting the crippling of the unanticipated deadly insurgency that bedevilled the U.S. occupation for months.U.S.-IRAQ: Career Soldiers Salute Bush – Poll
Despite escalating violence in Iraq over the past year, almost two-thirds of active duty U.S. soldiers approve of President George W Bush's handling of the situation, and 73 percent believe Washington is ''very'' or ''somewhat likely'' to succeed in its goals there, found the annual 'Military Times Poll', released here Monday.MEDIA-U.S.: Terrorism Shaped 2004 News Agenda
While President George W Bush's November re-election topped the Associated Press' (AP) annual listing of the top 10 news stories for 2004, the other leading choices suggested that the news media might have helped him in his quest.U.S.: Soaring Deficit, Crises, Menace Overseas Food Aid
Washington's soaring budget deficit, as well as unanticipated crises and natural disasters in poor countries, is resulting in sharp cuts to the U.S. overseas food-aid programme, the world's largest, according to relief and development agencies affected by the reductions.U.S.: Soaring Deficit, Crises, Menace Overseas Food Aid
Washington's soaring budget deficit, as well as unanticipated crises and natural disasters in poor countries, is resulting in sharp cuts to the U.S. overseas food-aid programme, the world's largest, according to relief and development agencies affected by the reductions.POLITICS-US: Hawks Plan ‘Peaceful’ Regime Change in Iran
A heavy-weight group of mostly neo-conservative hawks has published a new proposal for Iran policy that relies heavily on ''peaceful'' strategies to achieve regime change, such as those used by Washington since the 1980s in Central and Eastern Europe, most recently in Serbia and Ukraine.RIGHTS-U.S.: Emails Reveal More Abuses in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) emails released Monday by a civil liberties group provide new details of abuses committed by U.S. military personnel in Iraq and at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, including one note that alluded, possibly incorrectly, to a White House order permitting a number of contentious techniques.RIGHTS-U.S.: Emails Reveal More Abuses in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) emails released Monday by a civil liberties group provide new details of abuses committed by U.S. military personnel in Iraq and at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba, including one note that alluded, possibly incorrectly, to a White House order permitting a number of contentious techniques.RIGHTS: Iran Tries to Quell Internet Media Wave
Iran's judiciary has threatened Internet journalists with torture and prison if they do not renounce accusations that authorities abused members of the electronic media and dissidents who were rounded up months ago.POLITICS-U.S.: Are They Serious About Syria?
Just when it appeared that Syria was complying in earnest with U.S. demands to secure its border with Iraq and even making unprecedented peace overtures to Israel, key neo-conservative opinion shapers are calling on President George W Bush to take stronger measures against Damascus, possibly including military action.POLITICS-U.S.: Are They Serious About Syria?
Just when it appeared that Syria was complying in earnest with U.S. demands to secure its border with Iraq and even making unprecedented peace overtures to Israel, key neo-conservative opinion shapers are calling on President George W Bush to take stronger measures against Damascus, possibly including military action./ARTS WEEKLY/BOOKS: History Debunks Bush Myth
U.S. President George W Bush is not known for his love either of books or of history.POLITICS-U.S.: Rummy Back on the Rocks?
Despite being asked by President George W Bush to stay in his post, Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld appears to be in growing political trouble, and not just because of his cavalier reply last week to a question posed by a member of the Tennessee National Guard in Kuwait about the lack of armoured vehicles to protect U.S. soldiers in Iraq.POLITICS-U.S.: Rummy Back on the Rocks?
Despite being asked by President George W Bush to stay in his post, Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld appears to be in growing political trouble, and not just because of his cavalier reply last week to a question posed by a member of the Tennessee National Guard in Kuwait about the lack of armoured vehicles to protect U.S. soldiers in Iraq.RIGHTS: U.S. Oil Giant Settles Suits on Burma Abuses
Lawsuits based on a 200-year-old U.S. law appear to have persuaded oil company Unocal to compensate alleged victims of human rights abuses committed by Burmese soldiers during the building of an oil pipeline.RIGHTS: U.S. Oil Giant Settles Suits on Burma Abuses
Lawsuits based on a 200-year-old U.S. law appear to have persuaded oil company Unocal to compensate alleged victims of human rights abuses committed by Burmese soldiers during the building of an oil pipeline.RIGHTS: Zimbabwe Targets Groups’ Foreign Funding
Victims of human rights abuses receiving medical treatment or legal advice from dozens of non-profit groups in Zimbabwe could be among those cut off if the government authorises a proposed law that bans foreign rights organisations from working in the country, as well as foreign funding of local groups.HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: Darfur – Hundreds of ‘Days of Failure’
The Bush administration has done little to follow up its landmark declaration that called human rights abuses in Sudan's Darfur region "genocide," resulting in "100 days of failure," said advocacy group Africa Action as the world marked Human Rights Day on Friday.POLITICS-U.S.: So Little Time, So Many Regimes to Change
The interregnum between November's election and the formal launch in January of U.S. President George W Bush's second term has a strange feel.POLITICS: U.S. Attacks Global Court as its Soldiers Sanctioned
The United States is poised to punish some of its closest friends overseas for supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a growing number of its soldiers are being sanctioned for abusing prisoners in the "war on terrorism," said U.S. human rights groups Wednesday.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Gets – Barely – Weak Intelligence Reform
While opinions are divided over whether the revamp of the U.S. intelligence community laid out in the compromise bill just approved by Congress will improve the performance of the relevant agencies, there is little doubt that the failure of President George W Bush to push the bill through would have badly damaged his political credibility.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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