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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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In Focus: Iraq
 
Economy and Trade
> US-ECUADOR: Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
> LABOUR-US: Senate Divided Over Bill to Boost Unions
> US-COLOMBIA: Uribe Presses FTA in First Encounter with Obama
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Politics
> US-ECUADOR: Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
> US-AFGHANISTAN: Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
> RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
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Civil Society
> IRAN: Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
> IRAN: "The Streets Were Overtaken by Tear Gas"
> IRAN: The Day of Confrontation and Clarity
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Environment
> US-ECUADOR: Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
> U.S.: House Passes Controversial Climate Legislation
> CLIMATE CHANGE: U.N. Launches "Seal the Deal" Campaign
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Development
> Q&A: "Indigenous Women Are Growing in Numbers and Influence"
> ECONOMY-US: One in Five Children Sinking Into Poverty
> BIODIVERSITY: Scientists Build a Macroscope of Life on Earth
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Human Rights
> US-AFGHANISTAN: Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
> RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
> IRAN: Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
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Health
> US-ECUADOR: Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
> POLITICS: Some Drug Trades Easing Up, U.N. Says
> RIGHTS: Sexual Violence in War Hauled Out of the Shadows
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Media & Communications
> POLITICS: Obama Still Buoyed by Extraordinary Global Popularity
> TRADE-US: Green Groups Say E-Waste Bill Is Too Lax
> EDUCATION-US: Women Reach for Technology Lifeline
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Multilateralism Under Siege
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 RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
 IRAN: Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
 PAKISTAN: Public Backs Army's Push Against Taliban, Poll Finds
 RIGHTS: U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial Profiling
 US-HONDURAS: Dictatorships and Double Standards Revisited
 LABOUR-US: Senate Divided Over Bill to Boost Unions
 US-COLOMBIA: Uribe Presses FTA in First Encounter with Obama
 US-IRAQ: Troops Leave Cities, as Questions Remain
 ECONOMY-US: Congress Pushing for Federal Reserve Audit
 HONDURAS: Obama Declares Coup 'Not Legal' Amid Uncertainty
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Lucy Komisar
Bill Berkowitz
William Fisher
Stephen Leahy
Jim Lobe
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Haider Rizvi
Abid Aslam
Thalif Deen
Helena Cobban
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 IRAN: Picnicking Outside Evin Prison
 HEALTH: ?Global Response Needed for Global (Flu) Challenge?
 US-ECUADOR: Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
 US-AFGHANISTAN: Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
 HONDURAS: Activists Decry Suspension of Fundamental Rights
 DR-CONGO: U.N.-Backed Troops Abusing Civilians, HRW Says
 CLIMATE CHANGE: Opportunity For Biopirates?
 POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
 COLOMBIA: "We Will Never Recover Our Standard of Living"
 ENVIRONMENT: Scientists Study the Riches of the Mexican Pacific
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