Andrew Tully

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• October 16, 2006

  East: UN Says Foreign Investment High, With Some Exceptions

  Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia are all major exporters of hydrocarbons (AFP) WASHINGTON, October 16, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The economies of Southeastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have for the most part grown in the 15 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain, especially in oil-rich countries such as Russia and the Caspian nations. As a result, these states have attracted generous foreign direct investment.

• October 03, 2006

  Bush Denies Being 'In Denial' About Iraq War

  A new book about the Iraq war portrays the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush as plagued by infighting and near incompetence.

• September 27, 2006

  Bush, Karzai Agree On Strategy Against Terror

  WASHINGTON, September 27, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai met in Washington for more than an hour yesterday with U.S. President George W. Bush at a time when relations between Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan have been strained.

• July 26, 2006

  Iraqi Leader Stirs Controversy Over Hizballah

  WASHINGTON, July 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Nuri al-Maliki wasted no time getting involved in controversy during his first trip to the United States as prime minister of Iraq.

• July 25, 2006

  New Security Plan On Agenda

  With signs that the violence is Iraq is mounting despite a security crackdown, the U.S. and Iraqi leaders will discuss new ways of trying to curb the violence.

• July 19, 2006

  U.S. Disengagement Contributed To Crisis

  WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Aggressive acts like the ones Hizballah and Hamas have perpetrated against Israel in recent weeks are rare against a country that has the strongest military in the region and the world's only military superpower as its chief sponsor.

• July 18, 2006

  Can Peacekeepers Help?

  UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is urging the Security Council to establish a security force for southern Lebanon as the crisis there escalates. British Prime Minister Tony Blair backs Annan's push for the force, and Russian President Vladimir Putin said he might contribute troops.

• July 11, 2006

  U.S.: Washington Debates Application Of Geneva Conventions

  A U.S. military doctor at Guantanamo shows reporters how a feeding tube is used to feed hunger-striking prisoners (file photo) (epa) WASHINGTON, July 11, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The status of detainees in the war on terror is the subject of much dispute in Washington. A major ruling by the Supreme Court on June 29 highlighted that when justices ruled the White House must have permission from Congress to use military tribunals to try suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• July 01, 2006

  Rethinking Guantanamo

  U.S. President George W. Bush has three options for dealing with the detainees at Guantanamo Bay now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that he cannot move ahead with his plan to try them before special military commissions.

• June 30, 2006

  Guantanamo Ruling Reasserts Constitutional Principles

  The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that President George W. Bush does not have the authority to set up special military commissions to try suspected terrorists being held at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• June 29, 2006

  U.S. Court Bans Guantanamo Tribunals

  The highest court in the United States deals another blow to the U.S. administration's conduct of the "War on Terror," ruling that its system of military tribunals breaches national law and international human rights conventions.

• June 27, 2006

  U.S.: Political Motive Suspected In Iraq Troop-Withdrawal Plan

  Are Iraqi trrops ready to take over? (epa) WASHINGTON, June 27, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. media are reporting that General George Casey, the top U.S. general in Iraq, has drawn up a plan suggesting a significant reduction of forces in that country beginning as soon as three months from now.

• June 20, 2006

  Subway Plot Indicates Intelligence-Gathering Success

  A new book about how Washington confronts Islamic militants says U.S. intelligence learned of a plot by Al-Qaeda to release deadly hydrogen-cyanide gas in the New York subway system in early 2003.

• June 16, 2006

  Iraq: Is Al-Qaeda Trying To Assert Control Over Insurgency?

  A photo released by the U.S. military of new Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, aka Abu Ayyub al-Masri (undated) (epa) WASHINGTON, June 16, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The U.S. military says Al-Qaeda in Iraq appears to have a new leader: Abu Ayyub al-Masri. If true, he would replace Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, who was killed on June 7 in a U.S. air strike.

• June 14, 2006

  Bush Sees 'Steady Progress' In Fighting Insurgency

  Following his surprise visit to Iraq on June 13, U.S. President George W. Bush faced reporters at the White House in a news conference devoted almost entirely to the war.

• June 09, 2006

  Details Of Al-Zarqawi's Killing Emerge

  WASHINGTON, June 9, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Details of the air strike that killed Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, are still emerging a day after his death was announced in Baghdad.

• June 07, 2006

  World: Experts Worried About Increasing Internet Restrictions

  An Internet cafe in Qingdao, China (file photo) (epa) For many people, Internet technology has meant a free and fast way to find information that was virtually inaccessible 15 years ago. But such access is still only a dream for people in many countries, particularly China. The advocacy group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on June 5 again accused Beijing of increasing Internet censorship. Such controls were the topic of a recent discussion hosted by two press-freedom advocacy groups, the Newseum and Freedom House.

• May 31, 2006

  In Major Policy Shift, An Agreement To Talk To Tehran

  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is willing to join Europe in talks with Iran over its nuclear program, but warned of "great costs" if Iran doesn't cooperate.

• May 31, 2006

  Taliban Resurgent, Public Resentful

  The United States is facing two difficult problems in Afghanistan: the newly resurgent Taliban and the violent eruption of civilian hostility to foreign military forces that followed what appeared to be a traffic accident in Kabul.

• May 27, 2006

  U.S.: With Blair, Bush Displays A New Humility On Iraq War

  British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left) and U.S. President George W. Bush at a joint press conference, May 25 (epa) Critics have portrayed U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as arrogant since they joined forces to invade Iraq in 2003 without the blessing of the United Nations. Further, they say Bush seems incapable or recognizing, let alone acknowledging, any mistakes he may have made as president. But during a news conference May 25 at the White House, both men somberly conceded errors in managing the war in Iraq.

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