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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.EDUCATION: Basic Schooling the Foundation of Development – Report
Investing in universal primary education is one of the best ways for poor nations to boost economic growth, their citizens' health and other indicators of development, says a new report released by a group of 16 private U.S. development and relief agencies.IRAQ: Zarqawi Letter Delivers Mixed Message for War Hawks
A letter purportedly written to senior al-Qaeda leaders by a key associate, Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, appears to undermine a major thesis of hard-core neo-conservatives who led the U.S. drive to war in Iraq.HAITI-U.S.: Bush Fears Vessels of Mass Desperation (VMD) Above All
The administration of President George W. Bush appears undecided about how to deal with this week's violence and growing chaos in Haiti, and increasingly worried it could spark a new exodus of thousands of boat people onto the high seas.HAITI-US: Bush Fears Vessels of Mass Desperation (VMD) Above All
The administration of President George W. Bush appears undecided about how to deal with this week's violence and growing chaos in Haiti, and increasingly worried it could spark a new exodus of thousands of boat people onto the high seas.POLITICS-US: War Hero Moves Steadily Toward Democratic Nomination
After key wins in primary elections in two southern states Tuesday, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, the Democratic Party candidate long considered by George W. Bush's top political aides as their most formidable foe, looks increasingly certain to become the party's choice to oppose Bush in the November election.POLITICS-U.S.: Cyber-Campaign Demands Congress Censure Bush
Grassroots cyber-movement MoveOn.org, which claims more than two million U.S. members, has launched a major campaign demanding Congress formally censure President George W. Bush for lying to it about the threat posed by ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.POLITICS-U.S.: Cyber-Campaign Demands Congress Censure Bush
Grassroots cyber-movement MoveOn.org, which claims more than two million U.S. members, has launched a major campaign demanding Congress formally censure President George W. Bush for lying to it about the threat posed by ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.LABOUR: Wal-Mart Model Misuses Women – Report
Led by U.S.-based Wal-Mart, the world's giant retailers are demanding more and faster production from suppliers, which in turn are bypassing the rights of their workers, most of them women, says a new report by development agency Oxfam.POLITICS-U.S.: The Anti-Semitism Spectre
Some 30 years ago when the U.S. military was bogged down in Vietnam, a number of prominent Jewish intellectuals worried that the visibility of U.S. Jews as leaders in the anti-war movement would spark a resurgence of anti-Semitism once the conflict ended.POLITICS-U.S.: Co-Chair of Bush Panel Part of Far Right Network
President George W. Bush's choice to co-chair his commission to investigate intelligence failures prior to the Iraq War is a long-time, right wing political activist closely tied to the neo-conservative network that led the pro-war propaganda campaign.MALAYSIA: U.S. Groups Demand Sanctions for Illegal Timber Trade
A coalition of leading U.S. environmental groups called Thursday for the administration of President George W. Bush to impose trade sanctions against Malaysia unless it takes immediate steps to crack down on the illegal timber trade.POLITICS: New York Latest U.S. City to Blast Patriot Act
New York City on Wednesday became the 250th U.S. jurisdiction to condemn parts of the USA Patriot Act, adopted following terrorist attacks on the city's World Trade Centre and the Pentagon on Sep. 11, 2001, for stripping away too many of Americans' cherished legal rights.U.S.-CHILE: Kissinger Document Shows Pre-Emption in Practice
While critics and supporters of the Bush administration's pre-emption doctrine have described it as unprecedented in U.S. diplomacy, the release of a 34-year-old memo advocating ''regime change'' in Chile shows the policy has been around for quite some time.U.S.-CHILE: Kissinger Document Shows Pre-Emption in Practice
While critics and supporters of the Bush administration's pre-emption doctrine have described it as unprecedented in U.S. diplomacy, the release of a 34-year-old memo advocating ''regime change'' in Chile shows the policy has been around for quite some time.REFUGEES: Sudanese Army, Militias Block Aid to Displaced People
The Sudanese Army and allied militias have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee villages and towns in the country's western Darfur province in the past year, and are now blocking humanitarian aid to the refugees, says rights group Amnesty International (AI).U.S.: Foreign Aid Budget Takes on Cold War Cast
If the "war on terror'' is beginning to look increasingly like the Cold War, then President George W. Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2005 foreign-aid request will not change that impression.IRAQ: Council Plan Would Cut Women’s Legal Rights – US Lawmakers
Iraq's governing council has quietly approved a plan to replace some existing legal rights of women with Islamic law or ''Shariah'', according to 44 U.S. lawmakers, who warn Washington of a "brewing women's right's crisis" in the U.S.-occupied country.POLITICS-U.S.: When In Trouble, Blame the CIA
Badly wounded by the total collapse of its pre-war contentions that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had large stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, the administration of President George W. Bush has embarked on a strategy of diversion and delay.MIDDLE EAST: Jewish, Arab Americans Disapprove of Bush Policy
If U.S. President George W. Bush believed that aligning U.S. policies more closely to those of the right-wing Likud government headed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon would win him more votes from Jewish Americans, he should think again.AFGHANISTAN: Concerns Grow Over Taliban Resurgence, Opium
Suicide bombings that killed two peacekeepers from Britain and Canada in 48 hours have abruptly reminded Washington and its NATO allies they face major challenges in ensuring sufficient security in Afghanistan to hold credible elections scheduled for June.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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