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RIGHTS-U.S.: Congress to Boost FBI Powers for ‘War on Terror’
The U.S. Congress is poised to approve new powers that would let the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) search and seize business records without court approval in the name of the administration's "war on terror".RIGHTS: New Colombian Military Chief ‘Slap’ in U.S.’ Face – AI
The naming of an officer accused of longstanding ties to right-wing paramilitary forces as Colombia's new armed forces commander is a "slap in the face" of the U.S. administration, which has pressed Bogotá to improve its human rights record, says Amnesty International USA (AIUSA).POLITICS-U.S.: New Leak Smells of Neo-con Desperation
This week's blockbuster leak of a secret memorandum from a senior Pentagon official to the Senate Intelligence Committee has spurred speculation that neo-conservative hawks in the Bush administration are on the defensive and growing more desperate.POLITICS: U.S., Israeli Hawks Worried Over Peace Moves
Middle East peace activists are seeing rays of hope for the first time since pro-Likud neo-conservatives grabbed control of U.S. policy toward the region after the Sep. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon.AFGHANISTAN: Aid Worker’s Killing Underlines Decline in Security
Aid workers are increasingly targets in the ongoing "war on terrorism" between U.S.-led forces and Islamic radicals, as the killing of a United Nations refugee worker Sunday in Afghanistan demonstrates.POLITICS-IRAQ: New Sound and Fury Hide Fear and Worry
While the new U.S. military aggressiveness against alleged enemy targets in Iraq provided good video to lead TV news broadcasts this week, its effectiveness, as well as the latest political strategy to win Iraqi ''hearts and minds'', remain very much in question.POLITICS-IRAQ: New Sound and Fury Hide Fear and Worry
While the U.S.' new military aggressiveness against alleged enemy targets in Iraq provided good video to lead TV news broadcasts this week, its effectiveness, as well as the latest political strategy to win Iraqi ''hearts and minds'', remain very much in question.POLITICS-U.S.: Doubts Rise Over War Rationale, Bush Credibility
Popular doubts about President George W. Bush's credibility and his justification for going to war in Iraq are on the rise, according to a new survey conducted by the University of Maryland's Programme on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).IRAQ-U.S.: A Palpable Sense of Panic
While maintaining a brave face on the accelerating stream of bad news coming out of Baghdad, the administration of President George W. Bush appears increasingly at a loss, not to say panicked, about what to do.RIGHTS: One Meal a Day for Most Palestinians – Report
Most Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied territories of Gaza and the West Bank are eating only one meal a day, leading to malnutrition at levels found in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new United Nations report.POLITICS: U.S. Relieved at Guatemala Election Result
Sunday's elections results in Guatemala - and particularly the crushing defeat voters delivered to former President Efrain Rios Montt - were greeted with palpable relief here by both the administration of President George W. Bush and non-governmental human rights groups.POLITICS: U.S. Relieved at Guatemala Election Result
Sunday's elections results in Guatemala - and particularly the crushing defeat voters delivered to former President Efrain Rios Montt - were greeted with palpable relief here by both the administration of President George W. Bush and non-governmental human rights groups.IRAQ: Rumsfeld Takes More Friendly Fire
The right-wing coalition that powered the United States into Iraq earlier this year appears in ever greater disarray amid increasingly heated complaints by friends, as well as foes, that the U.S. occupation is not going well at all.POLITICS-U.S.: Electorate More Polarised Than Ever
Of all the campaign lines delivered in his stump speeches country-wide in the autumn of 2000 this one, ''I'm a uniter, not a divider'', was perhaps the most reassuring among voters who were not entirely sure what George W. Bush was all about.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Vows ‘Forward Strategy of Freedom’ for Mideast
President George W. Bush announced Thursday that the United States has adopted a new policy he called ''a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East''.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Vows ‘Forward Strategy of Freedom’ for Mideast
In what the White House billed as a major address, President George W. Bush Thursday announced the United States has adopted a new policy he called ''a forward strategy of freedom in the Middle East''.ENVIRONMENT: Relaxed U.S. Rules Fuelled Toxic ”Ghost Ships”
The Bush administration's relaxation of U.S. environmental regulations enabled the four rusty World War II-era ships that were the subject of a UK High Court ruling Wednesday to set sail for Britain to be turned into scrap.POLITICS-U.S.: Feith is the Answer
''What's gonna happen with Feith?"POLITICS: Bush Team Split on China, but Realists Hold the Reins
The major new player on the National Security Council (NSC), Robert Blackwill, attended as did the chief Asia specialist at the State Department, Assistant Secretary James Kelly.POLITICS-U.S.: Activists Cheer Senate Boost to Global AIDS Funding
AIDS activists proclaimed a major victory in their fight to push the U.S. administration to spend more in the global battle against HIV/AIDS after the Senate voted Thursday to increase the U.S. contribution by nearly 300 million dollars in 2004.POLITICS-U.S.: Pentagon Hawk Released – Straws in the Wind?
A major Pentagon hawk has abruptly resigned his post in a move that, in the context of other recent developments, is likely to fuel speculation that the White House might be trying to soften the harder edges of its controversial policies.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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