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POLITICS-U.S.: Foe of ‘Radical Feminism’ to Train Iraqi Women
A U.S. group opposed to government-provided childcare, equal pay for equal work and quotas for women in government service will train Iraqi women in political participation and democracy prior to the 2005 elections in that country.CARIBBEAN: U.S. AWOL On Disaster Aid
When far-away Bangladesh was devastated by a deadly cyclone just after the Gulf War in 1991, George W Bush's father dispatched a U.S. task force of 8,000 troops, 30 giant CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters and four Hovercraft to urgently deliver thousands of tonnes of emergency aid over a period of several weeks.POLITICS-U.S.: Pundits, Surveys Agree: Kerry Won Debate
In the most important test of his presidential aspirations to date, Democratic candidate John Kerry clearly bested the incumbent, President George W Bush, in Thursday night's debate on foreign policy, according to pundits and public-opinion polls taken after the two men walked off the stage at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.ENVIRONMENT: U.S. Isolated as Kremlin Endorses Kyoto
Thursday's decision by the Russian government to endorse ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to curb greenhouse gas emissions has thrown a particularly stark spotlight on the degree to which President George W Bush has isolated the United States on the issue of global warming, as well as other transnational problems.POLITICS: U.S.-Backed Warlords Big Threat to Afghan Elections
Insufficient security forces and a lack of election observers, combined with regional warlords backed by the United States, continue to threaten the upcoming presidential election in Afghanistan, says a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).POLITICS: U.S.-Backed Warlords Big Threat to Afghan Elections
Insufficient security forces and a lack of election observers, combined with regional warlords backed by the United States, continue to threaten the upcoming presidential election in Afghanistan, says a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW).POLITICS-U.S.: Poll Finds A Nation Chastened by War
Three years of the Bush administration's ''war on terrorism'' appears to have reduced the appetite of the U.S. public and its leaders for unilateral military engagements, according to a major survey released Tuesday by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR).POLITICS-U.S.: Human Dignity, Crazy Mike, and Indian Country
The reason why Washington is having such a difficult time persuading of its good faith and its good works in the "war on terror" was best illustrated Tuesday this week.POLITICS: Bush May Support Sharon, But Jewish Voters Back Kerry
If U.S. President George W. Bush thought that aligning U.S. Middle East policy behind the Likud-led government in Israel would win him substantial numbers of Jewish votes in the November election, he must be sorely disappointed.DEVELOPMENT: Richest Nations May Drop Debt of 33 Poorest
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that have been campaigning for years to write off tens of billions of dollars in debt owed by poor countries to international financial institutions (IFIs) say their dream may soon be realised, perhaps as soon as just nine days from now.DEVELOPMENT: World Bank Accused of Easing Lending Safeguards
Peter Woicke, the director of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC), has strongly rejected the concerns of more than 100 environmental, development and indigenous groups that his agency is planning to water down its strict social and environmental conditions on its future loans and investments.POLITICS-U.S.: Kerry Delivers Scathing Critique of Iraq War
In his sharpest attack on U.S. policy on Iraq to date, Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry Monday accused President George W. Bush of having made "a series of catastrophic decisions" that has created a "crisis of historic proportions" both in Iraq and in the wider "war on terror".POLITICS-U.S.: From Bad to Worse in Iraq
After weeks of hurricanes and controversies over swift boats in Vietnam and Texas and Alabama National Guard records, Iraq is beginning to creep back onto the front pages, and the news is uniformly bad.RIGHTS-US: Irate Judge Orders Gov’t to Hand Over Detainee Records
In a victory for human and civil rights groups, a federal judge has given the government 30 days to turn over or identify all documents relating to the treatment of detainees held by the United States at military bases and other detention facilities overseas, including at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Gains on Kerry for Arab-American Vote
Despite the worsening situation in Iraq and the continued impasse between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. President George W. Bush has cut Sen. John Kerry's previously substantial lead among Arab-American voters in four key swing states, according to a new survey released here Wednesday.POLITICS-U.S.: Asian-American Voters Leaning Toward Kerry
A plurality of the nearly three million Asian-American voters intends to vote for Sen. John Kerry in November, with his strongest support coming from Chinese- and Indian-Americans, according to a new national survey that found that a surprisingly large 20 percent of the entire bloc remain undecided.RIGHTS-U.S.: Racial Profiling Much Worse Since 9/11, Amnesty Says
The practice of profiling by race, religion, and national origin on the part of U.S. law-enforcement agencies not only violates the human rights of its targets, but is also often counter-productive, according to a new report released here Monday by Amnesty International.U.S.: Three Years On, War on Terrorism Looks Like a Loser
Three years after al Qaeda-commandeered planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon, the leaked ruminations of U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seem more pertinent than ever.U.S.: Three Years On, War on Terrorism Looks Like a Loser
Three years after al Qaeda-commandeered planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon, the leaked ruminations of U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seem more pertinent than ever.POLITICS-US: Three Years On, War on Terrorism Looks Like a Loser
Three years after al Qaeda-commandeered planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon, the leaked ruminations of Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld seem more pertinent than ever.POLITICS: Seeking Method in the Madness of Abu Ghraib
âÇ "The American political system has never been as sick as it is today," says Belgian philosopher Lieven De Cauter, in a wide-ranging interview where he discusses his theories about the "state of exception" in the context of the Bush administration's "war on terror".« Previous Page — Next Page »
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