Contrary to initial reports, the "biological agent" scare at Canberra's Indonesian embassy may have been a false alarm. The white powder may not be as dangerous as previously thought, and many accuse Australian Prime Minister John Howard of over-reacting. Regardless of the...
Australian diplomats overseas face possible retaliatory action after the Indonesian embassy letter scare, the Prime Minister John Howard, said yesterday, despite authorities ruling out the use of anthrax.
Mr...
A recent report from the Lancet medical journal claims that there have been 100,000 Iraqi civilian casualties since the beginning of the war in Iraq. The US and UK governments have moved to discredit these findings, but Scott Ritter, former weapons inspector in Iraq, argues that they are trying to...
The full scale of the human cost already paid for the war on Iraq is only now becoming clear. Last week's estimate by investigators, using credible methodology, that more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians - most of them...
The international market for coffee is not good for the world's millions of coffee farmers. Facing prices at a 30-year low and production increases that outstrip demand, hundreds of thousands of coffee farm workers in Central America and Brazil are being forced off the land or into production...
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Ambassadors who represent their nations must have support from leadership or they cannot be effective at their jobs. Maria Yovanovitch left her post as US ambassador to Ukriane in May and describes her concern in congressional testimony. She described concerns about a shadow campaign to influence...
The US has the world’s largest economy and military and, like it or not, citizens around the world recognize that they must live with the presidential choice of US voters. Political analysts have estimated that US presidents tend to keep about 75 percent of their promises, and President Barack...
Danger and division: Obama’s reelection pleases Indians (top); but anger grows in Pakistan against US reliance on drones that kill civilians
WASHINGTON: The American people have spoken. Barack Obama remains the president of the United States – and...
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization began in 1949, with 12 members, to curtail possible aggression against Europe. NATO now has 28 members, and Jolyon Howorth, an expert on European security and visiting professor at Yale University, analyzes the alliance’s transformations since the fall of the...
One past, many futures: General Dwight D. Eisenhower with other signatories to NATO in 1949, and more than six decades later, NATO Awacs operate with US jet fighters over Libya
NEW HAVEN: As French philosopher and essayist Paul Valéry noted in...
Saudi Arabia has a diverse arsenal for squashing dissent against the repressive regime, ranging from bribes and government jobs to harassment and long jail sentences. Two moderate activists received 10-year prison sentences for supporting a constitutional monarchy and human rights, reports author...
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Trees absorb carbon dioxide, and governments should take steps to protect forests in the battle against global warming. The practice of cutting and burning tropical forests to clear land accounts for about 25 percent of carbon emissions, second only to the energy sector, according to a report from...
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