http://ipsnorthamerica.net/headlines.php Wed, 22 May 2013 20:14:21 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/logo_ips.gif http://ipsnorthamerica.net/ 100 42 IPS North America en mgutierrez@ips.org(Miren Gutirrez) newsletters@ipsnews.net(Walter Garcia) 60 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4696 WASHINGTON, 23 May (IPS) - The U.S. Congress moved closer here Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear programme in self-defence. Jim Lobe <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4695 WASHINGTON, 22 May (IPS) - U.S. officials Tuesday formally unveiled the government's first comprehensive strategy aimed at integrating water into all U.S. development funding and programmes, a step long urged by advocates and development experts. Carey L. Biron <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 22 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4694 WARSAW, 21 May (IPS) - For more than 100 days, detainees at American detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been on hunger strike, drawing international attention back to the prison that U.S. President Barack Obama vowed during his first presidential campaign to close down. Robert Stefanicki <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 21 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4693 WASHINGTON, 20 May (IPS) - Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Monday became the first leader of that country in almost a half-century to pay a call on the White House, a visit that has simultaneously highlighted a series of monumental changes seen in Myanmar in recent years as well as a reforms process that many are warning may have stalled. Carey L. Biron <mgutierrez@ips.org> Mon, 20 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4692 WASHINGTON, 18 May (IPS) - A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according to a new report released here Friday by the Rand Corporation. Jim Lobe, Joe Hitchon <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sat, 18 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4691 UNITED NATIONS, 17 May (IPS) - In the late 19^th century, Russian playwright Anton Chekhov famously touted one golden rule for dramatic productions: if you show your audience a loaded gun in the first act, that gun must go off by the last. George Gao <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4690 WASHINGTON, 17 May (IPS) - With casualties in the long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) now surpassing every conflict since World War II, U.S. policymakers and advocates are stepping up campaigns to raise awareness and push legislation aimed at encouraging new negotiations, assisting in government reforms, and pressuring the neighbouring countries that have propped up the DRC's government. Joe Hitchon <mgutierrez@ips.org> Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4689 BISHKEK, 16 May (IPS) - As officials in Kyrgyzstan prepare to negotiate with their country's largest investor in Bishkek this week, new details are emerging about how the Kyrgyz government wants to restructure the agreement covering operations at the country's flagship gold mine. David Trilling <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4688 NEW YORK, 16 May (IPS) - Seven in 10 U.S. citizens believe climate change is real and happening now. Yet most have never even contacted a government official about the issue, let alone volunteered with an environmental organisation or taken other action. Silvia Romanelli <mgutierrez@ips.org> Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4687 WASHINGTON, 15 May (IPS) - Labour groups here are stepping up pressure on U.S. firms to sign a binding building safety agreement for Bangladeshi factories after 10 major European garment companies signed onto the landmark agreement. Katelyn Fossett <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4686 UNITED NATIONS, 15 May (IPS) - Eighteen days ago, Diane Wilson, a 65-year-old fisherwoman from Texas, decided to go on a hunger strike. Sudeshna Chowdhury <mgutierrez@ips.org> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4685 WASHINGTON, 14 May (IPS) - A consumer protection group here is accusing U.S. diplomats of engaging in a concerted and at times forceful advocacy campaign on behalf of genetically modified seeds and even specific biotechnology companies, particularly aiming to influence governments in developing countries. Carey L. Biron <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4684 WASHINGTON, 14 May (IPS) - With this weekend's national election in Pakistan seeing historic high turnout resulting in an overwhelming vote for a single party, foreign policy observers here are suggesting that the United States will need to finally redefine its longstanding relationship with the Pakistan Army. Carey L. Biron <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4683 WASHINGTON, 14 May (IPS) - While preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon is preferable, the United States could successfully contain a nuclear Iran, according to a new report released here Monday by the Center for a New American Security, an influential think tank close to the administration of President Barack Obama. Jim Lobe <mgutierrez@ips.org> Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100 http://ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=4682 UNITED NATIONS, 11 May (IPS) - Adding fuel to a long-simmering dispute between the U.S. and Pakistan, a Peshawar High Court declared CIA drone strikes illegal on Thursday, referring to such attacks in Pakistan's tribal belt as "war crime(s)". George Gao <mgutierrez@ips.org> Sat, 11 May 2013 05:00:00 +0100