No longer will Dick Cheney have to pay visits to Langley, Virginia and lean on CIA analysts to produce the kind of intelligence a Veep might need; not now that the President has his man, Republican loyalist Porter J. Goss, heading up the Agency, and a second term in...
PENANG, Malaysia - In a strange twist of events, Malaysian opposition politicians claim that U.S. President George W. Bush's reelection was made possible because of a blunder by Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad. Last month, Mahathir told a local daily...
What was the presidential election about? In their victory speeches, Vice President Cheney and President Bush claimed a "mandate," "historic victory," and that "America has spoken." A mandate for what? A victory for what? How spake...
The presidential campaign had hardly ended before the sounds of shocked outrage and the gnashing of teeth was heard across the globe: "How can 59,054,087 people be so dumb?" wailed the Daily Mirror. "This is not going to make the relationship on the two...
MADRID - The Basque separatist group ETA, which has received severe blows in recent years, appears to be on the verge of abandoning the use of violence and instead seeking Basque independence and unification through peaceful means. Late last month, ETA announced that...
Plenty of people who opposed the war in Iraq and question the advisability of an imperial role for the United States are in something resembling despair following Tuesday's election results – probably more so than would have been the case had not those pesky...
JERUSALEM - Most reactions in the Middle East to the reelection of U.S. President George W. Bush have ranged from the caustic to the cautious. Rejoicing has been rare. Only Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Iraq's U.S. appointed interim prime minister Iyad...
TOKYO - Japan's role in the U.S.-led war on terror is expected to grow in the wake of the reelection of U.S. President George W Bush, analysts here say. "The pressure on Japan to get more involved in the American-led war on terrorism is obvious with the...
Crucial evidence of alleged human rights abuses that could be used in upcoming trials of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his top aides has apparently been lost or damaged due to U.S. neglect, says a report released Thursday. While charges continue to fly...
BOGOTA - Many Colombians have expressed deep concern over U.S. President George W. Bush's reelection, while others share the enthusiasm of right-wing Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Washington's closest ally in Latin America. "I want to congratulate President...
