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POLITICS-SOUTH ASIA: ‘Get Closer’, Report Urges U.S.
Despite its current pre-occupation with Iraq, the U.S. administration should step up its engagement in the Indian sub-continent, which can no longer be considered peripheral to U.S. interests, says a major new report by two key think tanks.POLITICS-U.S.: Senate Blocks Military Aid to Indonesia
U.S. military training to the Indonesian Armed Forces will be banned until its officials cooperate with investigators probing the ambush and killing of staff from an international school in West Papua province last year, according to amendments passed by the Senate.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush’s Muslim Troubles
U.S. President George W. Bush's latest gesture to persuade Muslims both here and abroad that the United States is not seeking a ''clash of civilisations'' has not gone over well with its intended audience.DEVELOPMENT: Battle Malnutrition Now – or Watch it Rise – Agencies
If the world does not take concrete steps to fight child hunger in the next few years, it could see one in four of its children malnourished within a half century, says a new report.POLITICS-U.S.: Bush Falls From Favour Abroad, Too
If U.S. President George W. Bush was surprised on his recent trip to Indonesia by the negative image the country's Muslim leaders had of his administration, he is unlikely to be reassured by two new surveys from Latin America and Europe.IRAQ: Who Are the Bombers?
Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's weekend tour of Iraq appeared to be going splendidly: everywhere he went - even in Saddam Hussein's former stronghold of Tikrit - Iraqis greeted him with smiles and warm handshakes, no doubt adding to his conviction that the war really was for ''liberation'' rather than ''occupation''.POLITICS-U.S.: Cuba Vote Shows Bush’s Waning Authority
Thursday's unexpectedly lop-sided vote by the Republican-led U.S. Senate to end a 40-year ban on U.S. citizens travelling to Cuba marks another embarrassing defeat for President George W. Bush.RIGHTS: Ecuador Lawsuit Could Lead to Clamp-down on Multinationals
A court case that began in a small town in Ecuador this week could establish a procedure where multinational corporations that exploit weaknesses in the justice systems of poor countries to escape liability for actions abroad are held accountable by courts at home.POLITICS-U.S.: Rumsfeld’s Ruminations Reinforce Reservations
They normally come in the form of simple, one or two-paragraph queries, affectionately, and sometimes not so affectionately, referred to by his underlings and colleagues as ''snowflakes''.POLITICS-U.S.: Cheney’s the One
The image was not an edifying one: the president of the United States a horse, his vice president, the rider.IRAQ: U.S. Ignores Soldiers’ Killings of Civilians – Report
The U.S. military should be investigating the deaths of dozens of Iraqi civilians killed by its troops; instead, it is not even keeping track of their numbers, says a report released here Tuesday.POLITICS-U.S.: New Cheney Adviser Sets Syria In His Sights
A neo-conservative strategist who has long called for the United States and Israel to work together to ''roll back'' the Ba'ath-led government in Syria has been quietly appointed as a Middle East adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney./CORRECTED REPEAT/POLITICS-U.S.: Persistence, not Passion, Needed in Iran – Report
The Bush administration must be patient with Iran, where growing popular unhappiness with the conservative leadership is unlikely to lead to swift political change, let alone a popular insurrection as some U.S. neo-conservatives have predicted, says a new report.POLITICS-U.S.: Persistence, not Passion, Needed in Iraq – Report
The Bush administration must be patient with Iran, where growing popular unhappiness with the conservative leadership is unlikely to lead to swift political change, let alone a popular insurrection as some U.S. neo-conservatives have predicted, says a new report.IRAQ: U.S. Post-War Casualties Pass 100 Amid Disarray
Despite a two-week public-relations offensive designed to persuade the world and the U.S. public that it knows what it is doing in Iraq, the Bush administration appears increasingly at sea.POLITICS-U.S.: Thinkers Launch Anti-Empire Drive
Representatives of a new coalition of prominent foreign-policy scholars and analysts whose political views range from right to centre-left announced here Thursday they hope to spearhead opposition to the imperial policies pursued by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.POLITICS-U.S.: Thinkers Launch Anti-Empire Drive
Representatives of a new coalition of prominent foreign-policy scholars and analysts whose political views range from right to centre-left announced here Thursday they hope to spearhead opposition to the imperial policies pursued by the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush.POLITICS: Bush Stance on Syria Hit Shows Neo-Cons Still Hold Sway
The neo-conservatives in and around the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush may be on the defensive, but Washington's reaction to the Israeli attack on Syria Sunday show that they remain in the driver's seat at the White House.POLITICS-U.S.: Washington APlame, or The Lady’s Not for Burning
One has to feel sorry for Republicans. Although they control both houses of the U.S. Congress and the White House, they must think they're living through a bad dream. Consider Republicans on Capitol Hill in particular:MEDIA-U.S.: TV News Bad for Truth About Iraq
The more commercial television news you watch, the more wrong you are likely to be about key elements of the Iraq War and its aftermath, according to a major new study released here Thursday.U.S.: Bush Nominates Conservative for UNESCO Post
On the eve of Hurricane Isabel in mid-September, President George W. Bush quietly nominated as ambassador to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Louise V. Oliver, a right-wing political activist and former president of a controversial political action committee, GOPAC, founded by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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