U.S. and the World

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U.S. Defies Chinese Communists, Sells Black Hawk Helicopters and Patriot Missiles to Taiwan

Twenty-one years ago the United States and Taiwan agreed to the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, which states that the US will supply Taiwan with arms to defend itself against a attack from mainland China. On January 29, 2010, the United States appro...   read more

Medical Emergency Flights from Haiti to U.S. Suspended Amid Finger-Pointing

The U.S. government managed to make itself look like an emergency room unwilling to take patients until they demonstrate proof of insurance or payment. On Wednesday, medical evacuations from earthquake-ravaged Haiti to the U.S. ceased after the st...   read more

China Criminalizes Sexting

No electronic communication is safe from government censors in China, and that includes text messages containing sexual content. As part of its crackdown on “illegal” activity, the Chinese government has ordered the country’s top cell phone provid...   read more

Is it Cheaper and More Effective to Buy Off the Taliban than to Fight Them?

If you can’t beat them, pay them off. That’s essentially the reasoning behind a plan the United States and some of its allies are considering that would pay Taliban fighters to put down their weapons and rejoin Afghan society. The cost of such a s...   read more

Schwarzenegger Suggests Outsourcing California Prisoners to Mexico

Seeking a way to help alleviate his state’s chronic budget shortfall and prison overcrowding, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested on Monday sending illegal immigrant prisoners to Mexico to save money. The Republican governor appare...   read more

Details of Death of UK Scientist to be Sealed for 70 Years

The death of British weapons expert Dr. David Kelly in July 2003 was sufficient to raise questions, coming only days after it was revealed he had challenged one of the major claims for invading Iraq four months earlier. Now, the fact that details ...   read more

Marines End Combat Mission in Iraq after 6 Years

After more than six years in country, the U.S. Marines are finally leaving Iraq. A ceremony this weekend formally marked the changeover with elements of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and the 1st Armored Division assuming responsibility fo...   read more

Should Foreign War Criminals Be Allowed to Live Free in the U.S.?

The former head of Somalia’s military is now the focus of a potential landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court which will decide whether foreign officials now living in the country can be subject to U.S. law.   Mohamed Ali Samantar, once Soma...   read more

Afghans Paid $2.5 Billion in Bribes Last Year

Corruption is a way of life in Afghanistan, and Afghans are not happy about it. A survey conducted by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime found that more than half of the population had to pay bribes to a public official last year, and ne...   read more

George W. Bush Overthrew the Elected Leader of Haiti; Now He’s Expected to Help?

Critics of American foreign policy towards Haiti have had a hard time swallowing the selection of former President George W. Bush as co-chair of the United States’ relief efforts. They point out that it was during the Bush administration, in Feb...   read more

With a 666-1 Manpower Advantage, Why Can’t U.S. Defeat Al-Qaeda?: Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt

There simply is no comparing al-Qaeda to the U.S. military, write Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt of TomDispatch.com. At its potential mightiest, al-Qaeda numbers a few thousand fighters spread throughout the world—a force one-fifth the size of Amer...   read more

Would You Recognize Osama bin Laden if You Saw Him?

In case you happen to be wandering down the street, pass a tall, 50-something Middle Eastern gentleman sporting a long gray beard, and wonder, “Was that?….” the FBI has released age-enhanced photographs of Osama bin Laden to help the public recogn...   read more

The Iraq Payoff at Last: Halliburton and Others Line Up for Oil Contracts

Iraq wants to rival Saudi Arabia as the world’s top oil producer, and American corporations are happy to help Baghdad get there. With the Iraqi government ready to rebuild and expand its petroleum industry, some of the biggest oil drilling and sup...   read more

Baidu, Google Rival in China, Financed by Americans

If Google does pull out of China, it will yield its 36% market share to rival Baidu, a Chinese Internet portal and search service that’s not as “home grown” as Beijing claims. Baidu got to where it is today, controlling 58% of the Chinese Net sear...   read more

U.S. Halts Deportations to Haiti

With Haiti in shambles from the recent 7.0 earthquake, the Department of Homeland Security has decided to temporarily halt all deportations to the island nation. Approximately 30,000 Haitians living illegally in the U.S. were subject to arrest and...   read more

Google Discovers Chinese Communists are Bad; Threatens to Stop Censoring Searches

Google, which previously caved into demands by China’s government to censor Internet searches in order to enter the Chinese market, is now threatening to pull out of the country altogether. Beijing’s atrocious record on human rights did not keep G...   read more
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U.S. and the World

1553 to 1568 of about 1858 News
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U.S. Defies Chinese Communists, Sells Black Hawk Helicopters and Patriot Missiles to Taiwan

Twenty-one years ago the United States and Taiwan agreed to the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, which states that the US will supply Taiwan with arms to defend itself against a attack from mainland China. On January 29, 2010, the United States appro...   read more

Medical Emergency Flights from Haiti to U.S. Suspended Amid Finger-Pointing

The U.S. government managed to make itself look like an emergency room unwilling to take patients until they demonstrate proof of insurance or payment. On Wednesday, medical evacuations from earthquake-ravaged Haiti to the U.S. ceased after the st...   read more

China Criminalizes Sexting

No electronic communication is safe from government censors in China, and that includes text messages containing sexual content. As part of its crackdown on “illegal” activity, the Chinese government has ordered the country’s top cell phone provid...   read more

Is it Cheaper and More Effective to Buy Off the Taliban than to Fight Them?

If you can’t beat them, pay them off. That’s essentially the reasoning behind a plan the United States and some of its allies are considering that would pay Taliban fighters to put down their weapons and rejoin Afghan society. The cost of such a s...   read more

Schwarzenegger Suggests Outsourcing California Prisoners to Mexico

Seeking a way to help alleviate his state’s chronic budget shortfall and prison overcrowding, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested on Monday sending illegal immigrant prisoners to Mexico to save money. The Republican governor appare...   read more

Details of Death of UK Scientist to be Sealed for 70 Years

The death of British weapons expert Dr. David Kelly in July 2003 was sufficient to raise questions, coming only days after it was revealed he had challenged one of the major claims for invading Iraq four months earlier. Now, the fact that details ...   read more

Marines End Combat Mission in Iraq after 6 Years

After more than six years in country, the U.S. Marines are finally leaving Iraq. A ceremony this weekend formally marked the changeover with elements of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and the 1st Armored Division assuming responsibility fo...   read more

Should Foreign War Criminals Be Allowed to Live Free in the U.S.?

The former head of Somalia’s military is now the focus of a potential landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court which will decide whether foreign officials now living in the country can be subject to U.S. law.   Mohamed Ali Samantar, once Soma...   read more

Afghans Paid $2.5 Billion in Bribes Last Year

Corruption is a way of life in Afghanistan, and Afghans are not happy about it. A survey conducted by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime found that more than half of the population had to pay bribes to a public official last year, and ne...   read more

George W. Bush Overthrew the Elected Leader of Haiti; Now He’s Expected to Help?

Critics of American foreign policy towards Haiti have had a hard time swallowing the selection of former President George W. Bush as co-chair of the United States’ relief efforts. They point out that it was during the Bush administration, in Feb...   read more

With a 666-1 Manpower Advantage, Why Can’t U.S. Defeat Al-Qaeda?: Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt

There simply is no comparing al-Qaeda to the U.S. military, write Nick Turse and Tom Engelhardt of TomDispatch.com. At its potential mightiest, al-Qaeda numbers a few thousand fighters spread throughout the world—a force one-fifth the size of Amer...   read more

Would You Recognize Osama bin Laden if You Saw Him?

In case you happen to be wandering down the street, pass a tall, 50-something Middle Eastern gentleman sporting a long gray beard, and wonder, “Was that?….” the FBI has released age-enhanced photographs of Osama bin Laden to help the public recogn...   read more

The Iraq Payoff at Last: Halliburton and Others Line Up for Oil Contracts

Iraq wants to rival Saudi Arabia as the world’s top oil producer, and American corporations are happy to help Baghdad get there. With the Iraqi government ready to rebuild and expand its petroleum industry, some of the biggest oil drilling and sup...   read more

Baidu, Google Rival in China, Financed by Americans

If Google does pull out of China, it will yield its 36% market share to rival Baidu, a Chinese Internet portal and search service that’s not as “home grown” as Beijing claims. Baidu got to where it is today, controlling 58% of the Chinese Net sear...   read more

U.S. Halts Deportations to Haiti

With Haiti in shambles from the recent 7.0 earthquake, the Department of Homeland Security has decided to temporarily halt all deportations to the island nation. Approximately 30,000 Haitians living illegally in the U.S. were subject to arrest and...   read more

Google Discovers Chinese Communists are Bad; Threatens to Stop Censoring Searches

Google, which previously caved into demands by China’s government to censor Internet searches in order to enter the Chinese market, is now threatening to pull out of the country altogether. Beijing’s atrocious record on human rights did not keep G...   read more
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