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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.RIGHT-U.S.: Women’s March Goes Global
Women from Albania to Zambia joined hundreds of thousands of men and women from the United States on Sunday to charge that the Bush administration's assault on women's reproductive health rights is costing lives worldwide.POLITICS-IRAQ: Starting From Square One, One Year Later
One year after invading U.S. and British forces consolidated their control over Iraq, the administration of President George W Bush appears to be back at Square One, if not in negative territory, over how to ensure that control in the short to medium term.INDONESIA-U.S.: General’s Rise Complicates Bush ‘War on Terror’
The Bush administration's "war on terrorism" in Southeast Asia could face a hurdle after the nomination by Indonesia's most popular political party of an accused war criminal to run for the presidency.POLITICS-U.S.: Majority Still Believe in Iraq’s WMD, al-Qaeda Ties
U.S. public perceptions about former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to al-Qaeda and stocks of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) continues to lag far behind the testimony of experts, boosting chances that President George W Bush will be re-elected, according to a survey and analysis released Thursday.POLITICS-U.S.: Majority Still Believe in Iraq’s WMD, al-Qaeda Ties
U.S. public perceptions about former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to al-Qaeda and stocks of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) continues to lag far behind the testimony of experts, boosting chances that President George W Bush will be re-elected, according to a survey and analysis released Thursday.IRAQ-U.S.: One, Two, Many Messes
While the United States does not look quite yet like the ''pitiful, helpless giant'' that tortured Richard Nixon's imagination during the Vietnam War, the past week's events seem to have moved it very much in that direction.IRAQ-U.S.: One, Two, Many Messes
While the United States does not look quite yet like the ''pitiful, helpless giant'' that tortured Richard Nixon's imagination during the Vietnam War, the past week's events seem to have moved it very much in that direction.IRAQ: Neo-Cons See Iran Behind Shiite Uprising
Neo-conservatives close to the administration of President George W Bush are pushing for retribution against Iran for, they say, sponsoring this week's Shiite uprising in Iraq led by radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.RWANDA-US: Papers Imply Hutu Hard-Liners Downed President’s Plane
As France and Rwanda exchange charges over responsibility for the Rwandan genocide that was launched 10 years ago this week, newly declassified U.S. documents make clear U.S. officials believed that Hutu hard-liners were responsible for the shoot-down of the Rwandan president's plane, which triggered the massacres.RWANDA-US: Papers Imply Hutu Hard-Liners Downed President’s Plane
As France and Rwanda exchange charges over responsibility for the Rwandan genocide that was launched 10 years ago this week, newly declassified U.S. documents make clear U.S. officials believed that Hutu hard-liners were responsible for the shoot-down of the Rwandan president's plane, which triggered the massacres.POLITICS-SUDAN: Mounting Concern Over Humanitarian Crisis in Darfur
Pressure on Sudan's government to cease military activities in the western state of Darfur and open the region to relief shipments for hundreds of thousands of displaced people has grown sharply in recent days, with strong statements issued by both the White House and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.POLITICS-U.S.: From Nation-Building to Religion-Building
One thing that can be said about U.S. neo-conservatives is they do not lack for ambition.WORLD HEALTH DAY: Rich-Poor Gap in Care Persists
More than one billion people worldwide are not getting essential health care, according to a report by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), which calls for international donors to focus more on closing the growing health gap between the world's wealthy nations and its poorest.KAZAKHSTAN: U.S.-Backed Government Threatens Fair Polls – Report
The United States and other western governments should be prepared to withhold aid from Kazakhstan if it does not take moves to guarantee full citizen participation in upcoming elections, says a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch (HRW).RWANDA-U.S.: Intelligence Warned Early of Genocide, New Papers Show
Lest anti-George W. Bush forces become too self-righteous over his administration's failure to heed intelligence alarms about signs of an imminent terrorist attack by al-Qaeda in the summer of 2001, the refusal of his Democratic predecessor to react more forcefully to intelligence reports during the Rwanda genocide 10 years ago might inspire a certain humility.IRAQ: Shiite Uprising Signals Double Trouble for U.S. – Experts
With U.S. Marines effectively locking down the defiant city of Fallujah in the rebellious ''Sunni Triangle'', other U.S. military forces in Iraq opened a new front Monday to quash an apparent uprising by a Shiite militia in Baghdad and the south, in what some experts warn could be a major turning point in the year-old occupation.RWANDA-US: Intelligence Warned Early of Genocide, New Papers Show
Lest anti-George W. Bush forces become too self-righteous over his administration's failure to heed intelligence alarms about signs of an imminent terrorist attack by al-Qaeda in the summer of 2001, the refusal of his Democratic predecessor to react more forcefully to intelligence reports during the Rwanda genocide 10 years ago might inspire a certain humility.HAITI-U.S.: Powell to Visit Latest Occupation
Fresh from visiting U.S.-occupied Iraq and Afghanistan, Secretary of State Colin Powell will set down in Port-au-Prince on Monday to check out the Bush administration's latest charge, Haiti, where Washington helped oust the democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, less than two months ago.RIGHTS: Sudan Genocide Echoes Rwanda, Experts Say
The United Nations and aid and human rights groups are warning that the international community is about to witness a genocidal massacre on the scale of the Rwanda ethnic slayings that killed up to 800,000 people exactly one decade ago.IRAQ-U.S.: Fallujah Punctures Washington’s Optimism
April Fools' Day is traditionally one of good-natured mischief, but not this year. Indeed, U.S. President George W. Bush's trademark smirk, which normally fits the day's spirit almost to a T, was nowhere to be seen Thursday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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