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HEALTH: AIDS, Africa Groups Suspicious of Latest Bush Move
Africa and AIDS activists say they are wary of the Bush administration's pledge to expedite its approval process for low-cost, generic anti-retroviral drugs by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their use in Bush's 15 billion-dollar anti-AIDS initiative for Africa and the Caribbean.RIGHTS: Group Wants Intervention Timetable for Sudan’s Darfur
The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) and the U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR) are the latest to urge the international community to act quickly to stop what Human Rights Watch (HRW) earlier this month called "ethnic cleansing" against the African communities of Sudan's Darfur region.POLITICS-U.S.: Evidence Grows of More Widespread Abuse
The Bush administration's contention that the sexual humiliation and physical abuse of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison as depicted in photographs first disclosed two weeks ago were the work of just a ''few bad apples'' from a poorly trained military police unit is fast becoming untenable.POLITICS-U.S.: Polls Show Big Impact from Abuse Photos, Spell Bad News for Bush
The photographs of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers have had a major impact on public opinion in the United States, according to back-to-back national polls that also show continued erosion in support for President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq.HEALTH-U.S.: Signing of Tobacco Treaty Clouded by History
The good news of the Bush administration signing the tobacco control treaty is clouded by the fact that officials might not be serious about transforming that commitment into law, according to U.S. public health groups.POLITICS-U.S.: Chickenhawk Groupthink?
In a 1972 book, 'Victims of Groupthink: A Psychology Study of Foreign-Policy Decisions and Fiascoes', Irving Janis identified the Vietnam War and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba as particularly compelling examples of how very smart people can collectively make very stupid decisions.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Circles Wagons, But Cavalry Has Joined the Indians
In the old Hollywood westerns, the white settlers circle the wagons to defend themselves against attacks by the Indians until the U.S. Cavalry can arrive to rescue them and chase off their assailants. But in Washington over the last few days it seems that the Cavalry has joined the Indians.POLITICS-U.S.: Perhaps Not So Exceptional After All
To understand the impact in the United States of the photos of U.S. military personnel abusing Iraqi prisoners, it is necessary to recall what then-Secretary of State Elihu Root said in 1899, as the country first emerged as a global power in the Spanish-American War.POLITICS-U.S.: Rummy on the Rocks
With the scandal over the abuse of prisoners in U.S. military custody in Iraq still growing, the administration of President George W Bush appears to be shaken to its very core.POLITICS-U.S.: Rummy on the Rocks
With the scandal over the abuse of prisoners in U.S. military custody in Iraq still growing, the administration of President George W Bush appears to be shaken to its very core.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Tightens Cuba Embargo
Six months before an election in which the state of Florida may again play a decisive role, U.S. President George W Bush on Thursday announced new measures to tighten the 44-year-old U.S. embargo on Cuba and hasten what he called ''democratic change'' on the Caribbean island.POLITICS-U.S.: Ex-Diplomats Protest Bush’s Alignment with Sharon
Some 60 former U.S. diplomats and other government officials who served overseas have signed a letter to President George W Bush protesting his support for the Israeli government's position in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.HEALTH: Most At-Risk Mothers? Girls Having Children
More than one million infants - and an estimated 70,000 adolescent mothers - die each year in developing countries because young girls are marrying and having children before they are ready for parenthood, according to the fifth annual 'State of the World's Mothers' report, issued Tuesday.U.S.-IRAQ: From Fallujah to Photos, One Fiasco After Another
When in 1970 'Life' magazine published photos taken by Senator Tom Harkin, then a lowly congressional aide, of the infamous ''tiger cages'' in which suspected Viet Cong men, women and even children were kept secretly - and crippled - by the U.S.-run South Vietnamese prison system, it was another nail in the coffin of a conflict on which most of the U.S. public had already soured.U.S.-IRAQ: From Fallujah to Photos, One Fiasco After Another
When in 1970 'Life' magazine published photos taken by Senator Tom Harkin, then a lowly congressional aide, of the infamous ''tiger cages'' in which suspected Viet Cong men, women and even children were kept secretly - and crippled - by the U.S.-run South Vietnamese prison system, it was another nail in the coffin of a conflict on which most of the U.S. public had already soured.IRAQ: U.S. On the Brink
One year after President George W Bush declared the end of major combat in Iraq, the United States appears to be teetering on the brink of strategic defeat in its Mesopotamian adventure.POLITICS-US: Congress Ignores ‘Dirty War’ Past of New Iraq Envoy
John Negroponte, the Bush administration's nominee to become Washington's first ambassador to Iraq since last year's invasion, was talking about how much ''sovereignty'' the country's new government will enjoy after Jun. 30, when U.S. military forces will remain in control of security.POLITICS: U.S., Iraqi Views of Occupation Converging
One year after President George W Bush declared an end to ''major hostilities'' in Iraq, public opinion there and in the United States is beginning to converge, as people in both countries increasingly agree that the U.S. invasion and occupation might not have been such a good idea after all.POLITICS-U.S.: Arab-American Vote Looms Large
Arab-Americans, one of the U.S.' smallest ethnic minorities, could well tip the balance against President George W Bush's re-election, according to a survey released Wednesday of four key battleground states where the vote could be decided.DEVELOPMENT: Netherlands, Denmark ‘Most Committed’
The Netherlands and Denmark received top rankings for the second year in a row in the annual Commitment to Development Index (CDI) designed to measure the degree to which the world's wealthiest countries pursue policies that benefit the planet's poorest people.RIGHTS-U.S.: ‘Enemy Combatants’ Finally Before Supreme Court
After two years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court is finally set to decide whether the executive branch of the U.S. government may detain alleged ''enemy combatants'' indefinitely without any judicial review of their status.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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