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/ARTS WEEKLY/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'.POLITICS-U.S.: Religious, Science Groups Urge End to Nukes
An international group of religious and scientific leaders Monday appealed to the United States and all other nuclear states to pledge never to use nuclear weapons and to re-affirm their commitments to achieving total nuclear disarmament.POLITICS-U.S.: Religious, Science Groups Urge End to Nukes
An international group of religious and scientific leaders Monday appealed to the United States and all other nuclear states to pledge never to use nuclear weapons and to re-affirm their commitments to achieving total nuclear disarmament.U.S.-IRAN: Ad Hoc Detente to Continue Despite Conservative Sweep
Despite the sweeping victory of staunchly anti-U.S. conservatives in Iran's elections last month, analysts here believe the tentative detente between the two countries that began late last year will continue at least through the November U.S. elections.POLITICS-U.S.: Democrats Keen as Fight for Presidency Begins
Almost exactly eight months before the Nov. 2, 2004 elections, Democrats across the United States are unusually optimistic they will evict Republican President George W. Bush and retake the White House in January 2005.HAITI: Democrats Grill Bush Officials Over Aristide Departure
The Bush administration's role in facilitating the ouster of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide came under sharp and sustained attack by opposition Democrats in Congress on Wednesday.HAITI: Rights Groups Demand Action Against Rebels
With uncertainty still clouding the political situation in Haiti, two major human rights groups Wednesday called for U.S. and other foreign troops to immediately stop violence by rebel forces and arrest known human rights violators among them./CORRECTED REPEAT*/HAITI-U.S.: Will Malign Neglect Lead to New Nation-Building?
After three years of malign neglect toward the Americas' first black republic, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush now finds itself confronting a nation-building challenge in Haiti of staggering proportions.HAITI-U.S.: Will Malign Neglect Lead to New Nation-Building?
After three years of malign neglect toward the Americas' first black republic, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush now finds itself confronting a nation-building challenge in Haiti of staggering proportions.HAITI-U.S.: Will Malign Neglect Lead to New Nation-Building?
After three years of malign neglect toward the Americas' first black republic, the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush now finds itself confronting a nation-building challenge in Haiti of staggering proportions.POLITICS-US: Military Spending Outdated, Ineffective – Task Force
More than one-fifth of the proposed 2005 U.S. military budget could be cut and the money spent on projects that would better protect the nation's security, according to a task force report released Monday.MEDIA: ‘Le Plus Ca Change’ – NY Times Hit for WMD Gullibility
If Walter Lippman, perhaps the most influential U.S. press critic and foreign-policy columnist of the 20th century, were alive today, chances are he would shake his head knowingly and mutter something like, "La plus ca change, la plus c'est la meme chose''. (''The more things change, the more they remain the same''.)RIGHTS-U.S.: State Department Reports Paint Dismal Picture
Releasing its annual 'Country Reports' on human rights practices around the world Wednesday, the U.S. State Department claimed Afghanistan and Iraq as two major breakthroughs in an otherwise bleak human rights picture.RIGHTS: Groups Protest Exclusion From Guantanamo Trials
Leading human rights groups say the United States plans to block them from attending trials of prisoners being held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba as part of the U.S. "war on terrorism"./UPDATE*/RIGHTS: Groups Protest Exclusion From Guantanamo Trials
Leading human rights groups say the United States plans to block them from attending trials of prisoners being held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba as part of the U.S. "war on terrorism".POLITICS: Southeast Asia Most Globalised Developing Region
For the third year in a row, Ireland rates as the world most ''globalised'' nation, followed by Singapore, Switzerland and the Netherlands, according to the fourth annual edition of 'Foreign Policy' magazine's 'Globalisation Index', released here Tuesday.RIGHTS: Groups Protest Exclusion From Guantanamo Trials
Leading human rights groups say the United States plans to block them from attending trials of prisoners being held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba as part of the U.S. "war on terrorism".HEALTH-U.S.: AIDS Activists Slam New Bush Strategy
President George W. Bush's new, five-year, 15-billion-dollar strategy for fighting the global HIV/AIDS pandemic provoked dismay among health activists here Monday, just hours after the 103-page document was released and the first disbursements - totalling 350 million dollars - were announced.IRAQ: Chalabi, Garner Provide New Clues to War
For those still puzzling over the whys and wherefores of Washington's invasion of Iraq 11 months ago, major new, but curiously unnoticed, clues were offered this week by two central players in the events leading up to the war.HAITI: U.S. Scrambles for Policy as Contenders Raise Stakes
After three years of malign neglect, the administration of President George W. Bush is scrambling to come up with a coherent policy to halt rising violence and chaos in Haiti that could still provoke a major exodus of desperate boat people seeking refuge in Florida.AFGHANISTAN: Elections Could Worsen Ethnic Divide
With only four months to go before scheduled elections in Afghanistan, a growing number of observers are concerned that balloting might aggravate rising ethnic tensions between the northern and southern parts of the country.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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