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Friday, July 03, 2009 3:49 GMT
US-ECUADOR : Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - In the latest in a string of setbacks that could cost the U.S. oil giant Chevron billions of dollars in damages, President Barack Obama decided this week to extend trade preferences for Ecuadorean exports for another six months under the 1991 Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA).
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US-AFGHANISTAN: Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented – including a surge of troops and attempts to curtail the poppy trade that allegedly funds insurgents.
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POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - The Barack Obama administration has given new prominence to a Bush administration charge that Iran is providing military training and assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which no evidence has ever been produced, and which has been discredited by data obtained by IPS from the Pentagon itself.
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Economy and Trade
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US-ECUADOR:
Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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LABOUR-US:
Senate Divided Over Bill to Boost Unions
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US-COLOMBIA:
Uribe Presses FTA in First Encounter with Obama
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Politics
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US-ECUADOR:
Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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US-AFGHANISTAN:
Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
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RUSSIA:
Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
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Civil Society
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IRAN:
Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
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IRAN:
"The Streets Were Overtaken by Tear Gas"
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IRAN:
The Day of Confrontation and Clarity
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Environment
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US-ECUADOR:
Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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U.S.:
House Passes Controversial Climate Legislation
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CLIMATE CHANGE:
U.N. Launches "Seal the Deal" Campaign
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Development
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Q&A:
"Indigenous Women Are Growing in Numbers and Influence"
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ECONOMY-US:
One in Five Children Sinking Into Poverty
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BIODIVERSITY:
Scientists Build a Macroscope of Life on Earth
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Human Rights
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US-AFGHANISTAN:
Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
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RUSSIA:
Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
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IRAN:
Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
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Health
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US-ECUADOR:
Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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POLITICS:
Some Drug Trades Easing Up, U.N. Says
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RIGHTS:
Sexual Violence in War Hauled Out of the Shadows
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Media & Communications
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POLITICS:
Obama Still Buoyed by Extraordinary Global Popularity
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TRADE-US:
Green Groups Say E-Waste Bill Is Too Lax
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EDUCATION-US:
Women Reach for Technology Lifeline
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US-HONDURAS: Dictatorships and Double Standards Revisited
LABOUR-US: Senate Divided Over Bill to Boost Unions
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