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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.BRAZIL: Documents Shed New Light on U.S. Support for 1964 Coup
A newly declassified audiotape and documents released Wednesday in Washington, 40 years after the 1964 coup that installed military rule in Brazil, show that then U.S. President Lyndon Johnson was directly involved in the decision to back the coup forces, if necessary.BRAZIL: Documents Shed New Light on U.S. Support for 1964 Coup
A newly declassified audiotape and documents released here Wednesday 40 years after the 1964 coup that installed military rule in Brazil show that then U.S. President Lyndon Johnson was directly involved in the decision to back the coup forces, if necessary.RIGHTS: Western Allies Must Pressure Uzbekistan, Says Report
Led by the United States, western nations must pressure the Government of Uzbekistan to end its human rights abuses, says Human Rights Watch in a new report, released after three days of violence in the Central Asian nation that reportedly killed more than 40 people.POLITICS-U.S.: Clarke, Watergate Echoes Prompt Rare Bush Reversal
Tuesday's White House decision to permit National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify publicly under oath before the so-called 9/11 Commission marks an unusual reversal by an administration that has fiercely resisted taking any moves that suggests it is capable of making mistakes.HEALTH: AIDS Groups Protest U.S. Efforts to Block Generics
U.S. Africa and AIDS activists are increasing pressure on the administration of President George W. Bush to abandon its apparent efforts to block the use of U.S. aid to purchase life-preserving, generic anti-AIDS drugs for needy Africans, about 6,000 of whom die every day from the disease.AFGHANISTAN: NGOs Urge Donors to Focus on Rights, Security, Drugs
Days before an international donors' meeting, aid agencies are insisting the world community answer a call for billions of dollars to help rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan, whose planned June elections were postponed Sunday because of security concerns.IRAQ: Human Rights Precarious – Amnesty
One year after the U.S.-led attack on Iraq, civilians are seeing some improvements in human rights but violence is endemic and many people live in fear for their safety, says a report by Amnesty International (AI).U.S.-EUROPE: Rift Over Iraq Belies Much Deeper Strains
The growing gap between the United States and its European allies over the Iraq war - most recently highlighted by last weekend's Spanish elections - belies deeper strains that date to the end of the Cold War, according to a report released Friday by the influential Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).HAITI: Interim Government Excludes Aristide’s Party
The interim Haitian government named Wednesday excludes members of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas Party and represents a "narrow sector of society", according to one group monitoring developments in the country.POLITICS: For U.S. Hawks, Madrid 2004=Munich 1938
For neo-conservative and other right-wing U.S. hawks, Madrid has suddenly become Munich in 1938 and Spain's Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.POLITICS: For U.S. Hawks, Madrid 2004 = Munich 1938
For neo-conservative and other right-wing U.S. hawks, Madrid has suddenly become Munich in 1938 and Spain's Prime Minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.POLITICS: Gap Grows Between U.S., World Public Opinion
Mistrust of the United States, particularly U.S. President George W. Bush, has grown steadily in western Europe over the past 10 months while anti-American sentiment in the Arab world remains pervasive, says a major new public-opinion poll of nine countries.POLITICS: Bush Terror War Suffers Body Blow in Spain
It was just last week, on the eve of the bloodiest act of terrorism in Europe's modern history, that Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet warned that the U.S. administration's optimistic rhetoric on winning the ''war on terrorism'' was premature.ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change Lays Waste to Global Treaty
Retreating glaciers and more forest fires, floods and other severe weather events are arriving as predicted, 10 years after the world community agreed to limit the greenhouse gas emissions believed to cause global warming, says a new report.POLITICS-U.S.: True Reactionaries
As U.S. troops prepared to invade Iraq one year ago, the foreign-policy elite's issue of the day was whether the United States had become so dominant that it could and should be compared to the British Empire of a century ago, and accept its responsibilities accordingly.POLITICS-U.S.: ‘Regime Change’ in Haiti Seen as Policy Blunder
Last week's U.S.-backed ''regime change'' in Haiti could yet backfire against the administration of President George W Bush, according to independent analysts and Democrats who are describing the U.S. role as another major foreign-policy blunder - or worse.IRAQ: CIA Chief Clueless on Neo-Con Intelligence Channel
Was Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George Tenet really the last person in Washington to find out that both the president and vice president were being fed phoney or ''sexed up'' intelligence about pre-war Iraq by a Pentagon office staffed by ideologically driven neo-conservatives?IRAQ-U.S.: ‘Stay the Course’ but Give U.N. Larger Role – Panel
Almost one year after U.S. forces invaded Iraq, a bipartisan panel of 20 influential foreign-policy experts is calling on both Republicans and Democrats to "stay the course" but to also ask the United Nations to play a "leading role" in the transition to Iraqi sovereignty and beyond./CORRECTED UPDATE*/ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-U.S.: ‘The Passion’ Incites New Divisions Among Neo-Cons
Increasingly split and defensive over whether the United States must cooperate more with the United Nations and Europe and whether Syria or Iran should be ''next'' in the war on terrorism, the neo-conservative movement is now beset by a new source of tension within its ranks - Mel Gibson's film, 'The Passion of the Christ'.FILM-U.S.: ‘The Passion’ Incites New Divisions Among Neo-Cons
Increasingly split and defensive over whether the United States has to cooperate more with the United Nations and the Europeans and whether Syria or Iran should be ''next'' in the war on terrorism, the neo-conservative movement is now beset by a new source of tension within its ranks - Mel Gibson's film, 'The Passion of the Christ'.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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