U.S. Embassy Malaysia Washington File Archives

U.S.Embassy Malaysia

02/17/04 US Trade Policy and ASEAN

02/17/04 International Cooperation Will Help Mitigate Challenges of Global Climate Change

02/05/04 CIA's Tenet Says Search for Iraq WMD Nowhere Near Finished

02/05/04 New Requirement for U.S. Minors Applying for Passports Will Counter Child Abduction and Trafficking

02/05/04 U.S. Bans Asian Birds to Prevent Flu Spread

Feb.2004 Budget of the United States Government

02/05/04 USTR's Freeman Says China's WTO Compliance Record Falls Short

02/05/04 Support for Small Business Key to U.S. Development Strategy

02/05/04 Effort Under Way to Raise $488 Million for Liberia

02/05/04 CIA Director's Remarks on Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction

02/02/04 President Bush Proclaims February 2004 as American Heart Month

02/02/04 Powell Welcomes Iraqi Fulbright Scholars to U.S.

02/02/04 U.S. Celebrates World Wetlands Day Around the World

02/02/04 FY 2005 Budget for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

02/02/04 Proposed Fiscal 2005 Budget for International Affairs Programs

01/31/04 Bush Outlines Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Proposals in Radio Address

01/31/04 U.S.-European Technology Panel Examines Climate Change Research

01/30/04 Armitage Says U.S.-China Relations Reflect Growing Confidence

01/29/04 Powell Praises Turkey As 'Model Secular Muslim State' in Bilateral Efforts to Combat Terrorism

01/13/04 U.S. Bans Import of Civets into America

01/13/04 Exim Bank Offers Credit Insurance to Any Firm Helping to Rebuild Iraq

01/13/04 Summit of Americas Declaration Pledges to Fight Poverty, Advance Democracy

01/12/04 Powell Says 2004 Will Be a Year to Build Alliances for Peace

01/12/04 Bush Says People Linked to Corruption Will Be Barred Entry into U.S.

01/12/04 Zoellick Suggests Summit in 2004 to Revive World Trade Talks

01/09/04 U.S. Prepares to Fight Potential New Outbreaks of SARS

01/09/04 "Student Astronauts" from 12 Countries are Part of Mars Expedition Team

01/07/04 Private U.S. Charities and Government Giving Over $1 Million in Aid to Iran Earthquake Victims

01/07/04 New Entry Procedures at U.S. Airports Running Smoothly, DHS Officials Say

01/07/04 Bush Proposes Major Immigration Policy Changes, Allowing Foreign Workers to Remain in U.S.

01/07/04 Powell: NKorea's Pledge to Stop Building, Testing Nuclear Weapons "a Positive Step Forward"

01/06/04 Ambassador Zalmay Kalizazad on Afghanistan's Constitutional Milestone

01/06/04 U.S. Praises India and Pakistan for Agreeing to Peace Talks on Jammu and Kashmir

01/06/04 The 2004 Iowa Presidential Debate -- Challengers Criticize Dean, Bush

01/06/04 DNA Tests Confirm U.S. Mad Cow Case Originated in Canada

01/06/04 NOAA Announces New Ocean Fishing Measures to Protect Sea Turtles

01/06/04 NASA Delighted with Mars Rover Photographs Received to Date

Year 2003

Dec.2003 2003 State Dept. Report on International Religious Freedom -- full text of Malaysia report

Dec.2003 2003 State Dept. Report on International Religious Freedom -- executive summary

12/29/03 US Makes First Flight to Iran Since 1981, Carrying 9000 kg of Aid for the People of Bam

12/29/03 USDA Discusses "Mad Cow Disease" Investigation; Almost Zero Risk to Consumers

12/26/03 Colin Powell Tells CNN that the US Remains Committed to Multilateralism

12/24/03 Armitage Urges N. Korea to Follow Libya's Example and Turn from the Nuclear Path

12/24/03 President Sends Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa Greetings to All Celebrating Those Holidays

12/23/03 Veneman Confirms First Case of Mad Cow Disease in U.S.; Outline Quarantine Measures

12/23/03 A Nation On Line: 63 Percent of Americans Now Use the Internet and Email to Communicate

12/23/03 A Nation of Immigrants: Number of U.S. Residents Born Abroad Doubles in 10 Years

12/23/03 NASA Discovers that Soot on Snow Cover Contributes Significantly to Global Warming

12/22/03 Weather Experts Say 2003 Was a Year of Hurricanes, Heat and High Water

12/15/03 2003 Religious Report Notes Malaysia’s Religious Diversity and Freedom of Worship for Most Faiths

12/21/03 Secretary Tom Ridge Explains to Media Why U.S. Threat Level Raised to Orange

12/20/03 White House Praises Libya for its Decision to Dismantle its WMD Programs

12/20/03 Drug Abuse by U.S. Teenager Drops 11% in Past Two Years, Exceeding All Expectations

12/19/03 Coalition Official Says Saddam's Trial will be Fair, Transparent and Managed by Iraqis

12/19/03 Another Sign of Global Warming: Tropical Oceans Getting Saltier, Polar Waters Fresher

12/15/03 President Bush Says Saddam Should Be Tried by Iraqis in an Open Trial

12/15/03 Paul Bremer: Iraq Occupation to End by June 30, 2004; New Constitution by March 2005

12/15/03 Surgery to Treat Colin Powell's Prostrate Cancer is Successful

12/15/03 FDA Now Offering Online Guide to New Food Import Safety Regulations

12/12/03 Information Society Summit Ends With Calls to Keep Internet Free and Bridge the Global Divide

12/12/03 U.S. AIDS Coordinator Tobias: the Best Way to Stop the Spread of AIDS is Testing

12/12/03 Dr. Haren Gandhi, Indian-American Scientist, Wins the National Medal of Technology

12/10/03 Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra Performs at the Kennedy Center in Washington

12/02/03 Number of Americans of Arab Ancestry Has Grown by 40 Percent in the Past 10 Years

12/09/03 Bush Welcomes Premier Wen Jiabao, Calls U.S. and China "Partners in Diplomacy"

12/09/03 President Bush Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to "One China" Policy

12/09/03 U.S. 1st, Malaysia 26th in World Economic Forum's Latest Information Technology Rankings

12/05/03 President Bush Names James Baker as His Special Envoy to Resolve Iraqi Debt Issues

12/05/03 New U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmy Khalilzad, is a Muslim American

12/02/03 US Aids Coordinator Tobias' Editorial in the Borneo Bulletin on World AIDS Day

12/02/03 U.S. Officials Drop Requirement for Some U.S. Visitors to Re-Register Regularly with INS Offices

12/02/03 Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra to Perform at the Kennedy Center on December 9th

12/02/03 USA Freedom Corps Director Explains How Voluntary National Service Works in America

12/01/03 Department of Homeland Security Press Release on Change in Visitor Registration Rules

12/01/03 President Bush Says the Fight Against HIV/AIDS is a "Moral Imperative"

12/01/03 UN, WHO Announce Plan to Treat 3 Million HIV/AIDS Patients with Low-Cost Drugs by 2005

11/28/03 An American Muslim Who Works in Congress Describes How His Family Celebrates Eid-al-Fitr

11/20/03 U.S. Condemns Ramadan Bombing Attacks On Innocent Civilians in Istanbul

11/20/03 Bush and Blair Reaffirm Their Commitment to Bring Prosperity, Freedom to Iraq

11/20/03 New U.S. Ambassador to Kabul Says Rebuilding Afghanistan One of Bush's Top Two Priorities

11/20/03 U.S. Customs to Require Advance Notification of All Cross-Border Cargo Shipments

11/20/03 UN International Telecommunications Union Says Access to IT Growing Fastest in Asia

11/20/03 U.S. Scientists Say the Era of Emissions-Free, Hydrogen-Burning Vehicles is Fast Approaching

11/19/03 American Muslims Reaching Out During Ramadan to Explain Islam to Non-Muslims in U.S

11/19/03 U.S. Treasury Department Warns of Money Laundering by Banks, Government in Burma

11/11/03 President Bush Promises Ultimate Success of Democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq

11/11/03 Powell Says Economic and Political Reforms From Within Will Bring New Era of Peace to Middle East

11/11/03 U.S. Government Has Provided More Than US $120 Million in Aid to Palestinian Authority in 2003

11/10/03 Rumsfeld Visiting Japan and Korea, Seeking More Foreign Peacekeepers for Iraq

11/10/03 Department of Home Security Launches New Initiative to Fight Smuggling of Illegal Migrants

11/06/03 Islam is Compatible with Democracy, Bush Says, and More Democracy is Needed in the Middle East

11/05/03 Ban Saraf is Bringing Democracy to Iraq Neighbourhood By Neighbourhood

11/05/03 President Bush Meets Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Reaffirms U.S. Support for Peace Process

11/05/03 U.S-China Cooperative Relationship Growing Fast, Secretary Powell Says in Texas Speech

11/05/03 Is Flying Safer Now? U.S. Officials Doubtful, Pointing to Threat from Shoulder-Launched Missiles

11/05/03 Colin Powell Hosts Iftaar at the State Department, Calls Islam "An Enduring Religion of Hope"

11/04/03 Despite Visa Issues, More Foreign Students Were in the U.S. in 2002-03 Than Ever Before

11/04/03 President Bush Does Not Believe That Israel Needs a Security Fence

11/03/03 UN Declares 2004 as the "International Year of Rice"

10/28/03 President Bush Hosts Iftaar Dinner for Over 80 Muslim Guests at White House

10/24/03 U.S. President Calls Islam a Religion of Peace, Sends Ramadan Greetings to Muslim Worldwide

10/24/03 Madrid Donors Conference Yields US$33 Billion to Help Rebuild Iraq

10/24/03 NSC Advisor Condoleeza Rice Outlines U.S. "Asia Strategy" in the Wall Street Journal

10/24/03 U.S. Government Officials Warn Senate that New Visa Restrictions Affect Tourism and Trade

10/24/03 U.S. Announces New Maritime Security Rules to Protect Ports Against Terrorism

10/24/03 Commerce Department Proposes Easing Export Controls on Computer Production Technology

10/24/03 US Senator Allen Calls For a Permanent Ban Against Taxing Internet Transactions

10/21/03 U.S. Official Calls the Result of APEC Meetings in Bangkok "Excellent"

10/21/03 APEC Leaders Endorse New Initiatives to Protect Aviation Security, Fight Terrorism

10/21/03 APEC Leaders Endorse Energy Plan to Promote Natural Gas and Alternative Fuel Sources

10/21/03 APEC Leaders Endorse New Health Initiative to Fight SARS, AIDS and Bioterrorism

10/21/03 APEC Leaders Show a Desire to Re-energize the WTO Doha Round, U.S. Official Says

10/21/03 Presidents Bush and Goh Call for a Closer U.S.-Singapore Relationship

10/21/03 The Fulbright Exchange Program Returns to Iraq

10/21/03 Bush Administration Urges Senate to Allow U.S. to Join UN Law of the Sea Treaty

10/20/03 Colin Powell at APEC CEO Summit: We Need to Bring More Hope to the Developing World

10/16/03 UN Security Council Unanimously Passes Resolution 1511 to Help Rebuild Iraq

10/16/03 Bush Tells Asian Journalists that His Trip to the Region Will Help Strengthen Alliances

10/16/03 Bush Oct. 16 Speech in California on the Economy, Counter-terrorism and Iraq Policy

10/16/03 How the Muslim Vote Matters: 8 U.S. Presidential Candidates to Speak at Arab-American Conference

10/15/03 New U.S. Volunteers for Prosperity program to Complement the U.S. Peace Corps

10/14/03 NSC Advisor Rice Outlines U.S. Goals at APEC -- Freer Trade, More Security Cooperation

10/14/03 New Saddam-Free Iraqi Currency Introduced on October 15

10/07/03 Transparency International's Annual Anti-Corruption Index Notes Improvements in Malaysia

10/07/03 U.S. Welcomes Decision by Turkey's Parliament to Send Turkish Troops to Iraq

10/07/03 Sec. Powell: David Kay's Report Shows How Saddam Defied UNSC Resolution 1441

10/07/03 UN Security Council Vote to Expand Peacekeeping Forces in Afghanistan Expected in October

10/06/03 World Bank, UNDP Hosting Oct. 23-24 Meeting in Madrid to Discuss Urgent Needs in Iraq

10/05/03 US Department of Energy Develops New Ultra-Clean Fuel for Vehicles Now Using Diesel

10/03/03 USTR Zoellick Responds to "Financial Times" -- Freer Trade Requires Two to Tango

10/03/03 A Critical Thinker: Remembering the Work and Wisdom of Edward Said

09/23/03 Climate Warming Causes the Arctic's Largest Ice Shelf to Break Up

09/23/03 President Bush's Speech at UN Calls For Expanded International Role in Iraq, Counterterrorism

09/23/03 Climate Warming Causes the Arctic's Largest Ice Shelf to Break Up

09/22/03 Muslim American Nominated as Next U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

09/22/03 USTR Zoellick on Freer Trade Post-Cancun: U.S. Won't Wait for the "Can't Do" Countries

09/22/03 Report Shows That The U.S. Contributed Over US $3 Billion to UN Programs in 2002

09/22/03 U.S. Commits to Rejoining UNESCO

09/22/03 At UN Conference, Powell Says U.S. Will Be An Ally of All Countries Fighting Against Aids

09/22/03 How the U.S. is Helping the UN Fight the Challenge of AIDS Worldwide

09/22/03 Gates Foundation Offers Additional $168 Million to Develop a Vaccine Against Malaria

09/21/03 Iraq's New Army: First Iraqi-Led Battalion Will Be in Place in October, Coalition Official Says

09/20/03 "As Long As It Takes" -- Powell Tells Wall Street Journal the U.S. Won't Abandon the People of Iraq

09/20/03 In Dubai, US Treasury Secretary Snow Calls for G-7 to Focus on Global Economic Growth

09/17/03 US Official: 3rd World Nations Found Their Voice at Cancun, But Also Must Be Ready to Negotiate

09/17/03 Energy Secretary Abraham: US is Investing Millions in New Technologies to Fight Global Warming

09/11/03 The Spirit of One Malaysian 9/11 Victim Lives on Through New US-Malaysia Scholarship Program

09/11/03 Trading Women: New U.S. Documentary Shows How Some SE Asian Women Are Enslaved in Brothels

09/11/03 New Scholarship Provides Over $500,000 to More Educational Exchange Between US and Malaysia

09/11/03 New Proliferation Security Initiative to be Tested with Maritime Exercise in Coral Sea Sept. 13-14

09/11/03 Zoellick in Cancun Says U.S. Committed to Sharp Cuts in All Agricultural Subsidies, Tariffs

09/10/03 Bush Asks Congress to Pass Tougher Anti-Terrorism Laws, Fund More Aid to Iraq and Afghanistan

09/10/03 Bush Tells Media That a Free and Prosperous Iraq is Not Only in U.S. Interests, But Entire World's

09/10/03 Progress Report: Coalition Has Now Recovered Over 3,500 Objects Looted from Iraqi Museums

09/10/03 U.S. Hopes to Follow Up On and Resolve "Singapore Issues" at WTO Ministerial in Cancun

09/09/03 How 9/11 Is Being Commemorated Across the United States of America

09/09/03 Muslim Scholars Tell US National Press Club That Islam is Compatible With Democracy

09/09/03 U.S. and Most Other Members of IAEA Board are Concerned Over Nuclear Developments in Iran

09/08/03 U.S. Scientists Discover that Ultrafine Iron Particles Can Clean Old Landfills, Mines and Soil Contamination

09/08/03 State Dept. Says U.S. Prepared to Work with New Palestinian PM to Advance the Road Map to Peace

09/08/03 Kofi Annan Calls Sept. 14 Meeting in Geneva to Discuss UN Resolutions and More Aid for Iraq

09/08/03 Paul Bremer Outlines 7 Steps Leading to a New, Democratic Government in Iraq

09/08/03 Amb. Zoellick Article in WSJ: Why We are Committed to Free Trade At WTO Talks in Cancun

09/07/03 Bush Tells Americans that the Front Line in the War on Terrorism is Now Iraq, and the U.S. Will Not Retreat

09/06/03 Under U.S. Executive Order, Treasury Seeks to Block Assets of 10 Terrorist Members of JI in SE Asia

09/05/03 WHO and U.S. Health Officials Urge Preparations Now to Fight Possible Return of SARS Virus

09/05/03 In Policy Speech at Georgetown University, Powell Says U.S. Seeks Partnerships in its Foreign Policy

09/04/03 Rebuilding Iraq's Health Care System: Over 400 Doctors from Dozens of Countries Participating

09/02/03 Bremer Extends Condolences to Shiites and Looks Forward to Working with New Iraqi Cabinet Minister

09/02/03 Ridge Says U.S. Much Safer Today Than On 9/11/2001, But Still More Needed to Prevent New Attacks

09/02/03 U.S. Police Arrest 18-Year Old For Releasing the Blaster Virus Onto the Internet

09/02/03 All About the Upcoming California Vote to Recall Governor Davis

09/02/03 Pregnant Mothers Use of the Drug "Ecstasy" (MDMA) May Cause Child Development Problems

08/31/03 State Department Concerned About Aung San Suu Kyi's Hunger Strikw, Calls for Her Urgent Release

08/30/03 WTO Agrees to Make Anti-Malaria, Anti-TB, Anti-AIDS Drugs More Affordable in Developing Countries

08/29/03 Powel Says Americans Must Rededicate Themselves to Making Martin Luther King's Dream Come True

08/20/03 United Nations Vows to "Stay the Course" in Iraq

08/20/03 28 Nations Now Providing Troops in Iraq; Thai and Philippine Forces Arriving Soon

08/20/03 U.S. Nearly Doubles Its FY2003 Contributions to the International Red Cross & Red Crescent

08/19/03 Bush and Powell Mourn the Death of Sergio Vieira de Mello, Other UN Workers in Iraq

08/19/03 New US Treasury Secretary Snow to Visit Japan and China en Route to APEC in Bangkok

08/19/03 U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery Goes High-Tech; New Applications to be Submitted Electronically

08/18/03 40 Years After Martin Luther King Jr.'s Said "I Have a Dream," His Vision of Equality is Closer to Reality

08/18/03 the "Raja Saurus" -- US and Indian Scientists Work Together to Identify a New Horned Dinosaur

08/11/03 In Afghanistan, NATO Begins its First-Ever Operational Commitment Outside of Europe

08/11/03 U.S. Treasury Official Outlines How Singapore, Chile Free Trade Pacts Also Free Up Capitol Flows

08/11/03 Bush Nominates Utah Governor Leavitt as New Enviromental Protection Agency Administrator

08/08/03 White House Report: 100 Days of Progress Toward Lasting Security and Freedom in Iraq

08/08/03 Oct. 18 to be World Water Monitoring Day to Test Purity of Lakes, Rivers and Seas Everywhere

08/07/03 Secretary Powell Tells International Correspondents: "We Will Not be Defeated in War on Terrorism

08/07/03 Condi Rice Writes in Washington Post About Long-Term U.S. Goals for Peace in the Middle East

08/07/03 World Health Poll Shows the Sharpest Growth in Smoking is Among Young Women

08/04/03 US Suspends Transit Without Visa Program for Security Reasons

08/04/03 Colin Powell Tells Radio Sawa He Has No Plans to Step Down as Secretary of State

08/04/03 U.S. Efforts to Rebuild and Restore Telecommunications in Iraq Outlined

08/04/03 No Basis for Washington Post Report on Powell, Armitage

08/04/03 John Bolton Says Prospects for Multilateral Talks with North Korea Are Encouraging

08/04/03 Powell Says World Concern over Iran's Nuclear Program Rising

08/03/03 US Officials Say Over 100 Al Qaeda Attacks Thwarted Since 9/11, But Warn of New Threats

08/02/03 U.S. Providing Comprehensive Health Care Assistance to Iraqi People

08/02/03 UN Security Council Authorizes Multinational Force for Liberia; U.S. Will Do Its Part

07/31/03 Why 100% Passenger Screening is Needed: Gun Found Hidden in a Child's Teddy Bear at Orlando Airport

07/31/03 Abraham Says Earth Observation Needed to Track Climate Change

07/31/03 Search for WMD Will Continue, White House Says

07/31/03 Powell Approves Payment of $30 Million Regarding Hussein's Sons

07/31/03 Wolfowitz Says Iraq Rehabilitation Depends On Improved Security

07/31/03 U.S., U.N. Launch Human Trafficking Prevention Media Campaign

07/31/03 Moving Toward 100% Electronic Screening for Air Travel

07/30/03 State Department Announces New Visa Procedures

07/30/03 Bush Says Development of Nuclear Weapons Not in Iran's Interest

07/28/03 Bush Signs Law Imposing Economic Sanctions on Burma

07/28/03 U.S. To Significantly Increase Aid for Afghan Reconstruction

07/28/03 U.S. Supports Philippine's Macapagal-Arroyo Government

07/25/03 Bush Praises Abbas After White House Meeting

07/24/03 Cheney Says Terrorist Attacks Changed U.S. Security Perceptions

07/24/03 U.S Panel Releases Strategic Plan on Climate Change

07/23/03 Witnesses, Dental Records Confirm Deaths of Uday, Qusay Hussein

07/23/03 Bush Says Hussein's Regime Is Gone, Iraq's Future is Progressing

07/23/03 Economic Consequences of HIV/AIDS Will Grow over Time, Study Finds

07/23/03 Consular Affairs Chief Explains New Visa Procedures

07/17/03 UK Prime Minister Blair Addresses Joint Session of US Senate and Congress

July 2003 U.S. Ambassadors Issue Action Plan to Fight Alarming Growth of HIV/AIDS in Asia

07/17/03 UK Prime Minister Blair Addresses Joint Session of US Senate and Congress

07/17/03 Negroponte Says Sending UN Peacekeepers to Iraq Remains a Topic Under Discussion

07/17/03 U.S. Wants to Give Diplomacy More Time Before Taking Concerns About North Korea to UN

07/17/03 Sales of Counterfeit Medicines Via the Internet and Other Sources a Growing Global Problem

07/17/03 PM Blair Tells US Congress That Fighting Against Terrorism is the Same as Fighting for Freedom

07/16/03 Full Text of New US Burma Sanctions Bill

07/16/03 CDC and WHO Remove Last Remaining SARS Travel Alert

07/15/03 More Than One Million People Admitted to the US as Legal Immigrants in 2002

07/14/03 Global Disease Fund Meets to Pool Global Resources to Fight AIDS, Malaria and TB

07/14/03 New Governing Council, Representing All Groups, Introduced in Iraq

07/14/03 Bremer: "Freedom is on the March" in Iraq, with Local Councils Now in Charge of Most Cities

07/14/03 U.S. Making a Major Effort to Rebuild Iraq's Museums and Preserve Its Cultural Heritage

07/14/03 World Bank: Corruption-Free Good Governance Is Top Factor Ensuring Good Economic Growth

07/12/03 Armitage Praises Tan Sri Razali's Efforts, Places Full Blame for Burma's Problems on Ruling Junta

07/11/03 U.S. Officials Say Best Way to Keep Young People Off Drugs is with Strong Religious Faith

07/11/03 Americans Are Falling in Love with European Football (Soccer)

07/09/03 Two More of the "55 Most Wanted" from Saddam's Regime Now in Custody

07/09/03 In South Africa, Presidents Bush and Mbeki Call For Joint Efforts to Addresses Africa's Challenges

07/09/03 Two More of the "55 Most Wanted" from Saddam's Regime Now in Custody

07/09/03 At First Meeting of Baghdad Municipal Council, Bremer Says Democracy is On the Move in Iraq

07/09/03 Iraqi Women Gather in Baghdad to Discuss Their Role in Future Government

07/09/03 UN Codex Allimentarius Commission Adopts 50+ New Standards for Global Food Safety

07/08/03 US Announces New Measures to Fight Domestic Money Laundering, Other Financial Crimes

07/08/03 Illegal Global Trade in Small Arms ("Weapons of Local Destruction") Just as Deadly as WMDs

07/07/03 WHO Announces that SARS is Contained Worldwide But Warns It Could Recur

07/07/03 New Iraqi Dinar to Be Launched in October 2003

07/07/03 Congressman Weldon Proposes 10-Point Peace Plan for Korean Peninsula

07/03/03 Presidential Fourth of July Message

06/24/03 Results of 2004 U.S. Immigration Diversity Visa Lottery

07/03/03 U.S. Offers Reward for Saddam Hussein Capture

07/03/03 U.S.-led Coalition Seeking to Restore International Air Links to Iraq

07/03/03 U.S. Concerned by Prison Sentence for Acehnese Activist Nazar

07/01/03 US Senator Praises Japan's Decision to Suspend Its Aid to Burma

07/01/03 Despite US Causalities, Bush Says America Will Stay in Iraq Until Freedom is Well Established

07/01/03 USTR Increases GSP Trade Benefits Offered to Developing Nations By US $900 Million

06/30/03 US Supreme Court Wraps Up 2003 Term With Surprising Decisions on Gays, Ethnic Diversity, etc.

06/30/03 US Welcomes the Beginnings of Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza

06/30/03 A New Record: Foreign Investments in the U.S. Exceeded U.S. Investments by US$2,387.2 Billion in 2002

06/27/03 Admiral Fargo Outlines Current US Security Policy in Asia to Congressional Committee

06/27/03 Powell Says Iraqi Leaders Will Take Charge of Most Iraqi Ministries by Mid-July

06/26/03 ASEAN Region is the 5th Largest U.S. Trading Partner, Congressman Leach Says

06/26/03 Rodman Tells Congress U.S. Security Strategy in Asia-Pacific to Focus on Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons

06/26/03 Powell Asks Iran, Syria to Join the Middle East Peace Process

06/26/03 U.S. Praises EU Plan to Cut Farming Subsidies, Encourages Its Integration Into WTO Process

06/26/03 U.S. Scientists Discover New Process Using Plant Matter to Create Affordable Hyrdogen Fuel

06/25/03 Assistant Secretary Kelly Outlines U.S. Trade, Economic Policy Agenda in SE Asia

06/25/03 52 Nations Discuss Iraqi Recontsruction; UN Agrees to Host Major Iraqi Donors

06/25/03 Qatar Contributes $15 Million to Support Higher Education in Iraq

06/24/03 222 Malaysians Among the Winners in 2004 U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery

06/08/03 Powell Appeals, "Don't Let Terrorism Derail the Middle East Peace Process"

06/06/03 Administration Officials Tell Senate That Full Reconstruction of Iraq Will Take Years

06/06/03 Kennedy, Weldon Call For Total Ban on Imports from Burma After Aung San Suu Kyi Detention

06/06/03 U.S. and Chile Sign Free Trade Agreement

06/06/03 U.S. to Host WIPO Symposium in July on Trademarked Geographical Names

06/06/03 World Bank Report Says the Key to Achieving World Peace is Reducing Poverty

06/06/03 President Bush Seeks An Increase of Over 30% in Annual Budget for U.S. Foreign Aid

06/02/03 Wolfowitz Tells CNN Saddam's Links to Terrorists and WMD Could Not Be Ignored After 9-11

06/02/03 Wolfowitz Tells Media in Singapore That U.S. Remains Committed to Asia-Pacific Stability

05/29/03 How American Muslims are Helping to Promote Greater Democracy in Morocco, Egypt and Yemen

05/27/03 UN Sanctions Lifted; US Treasury Secretary Urges All Nations to Start Trading with Iraqis Again

05/27/03 UN Names Sergio Viera de Mello its New Commissioner for Iraq

05/27/03 President Bush Planning Middle Eastern Trip to Push for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Progress

05/27/03 Powell Pleased Israel Has Accepted Principles of Middle East Peace Roadmap

05/27/03 Changes in Sudan, Foreign Minister's Meeting with Powell Could Help End 18-Year Civil War There

05/27/03 President Bush Authorizes US$15 Billion in Funding to Fight AIDS Globally

05/27/03 US Will Push at World Radiocommunication Conference to Open More Frequencies for Wi-Fi, WLANs

05/27/03 USTR: New Deregulation Zones in Japan May Open More Opportunities for Foreign Firms

05/23/03 UN World Food Program Will Coordinate Aid and Begin Feeding Needy Iraqis on June 1

05/23/03 Richard Haass Outlines U.S. Foreign Policy Process and Priorities in a Post-Iraq World

05/22/03 UN Security Council Votes 14-0 to End Sanctions and Work with Coalition to Help Rebuild Iraq

05/22/03 Iraqi Jurists Association Works with U.S. to Establish Interim Judicial Authority in Iraq

05/22/03 USAID Signs Agreement with the Philippines to Help Former MNLF Soldiers Return to Civilian Lives

05/21/03 The White House's New "Volunteers for Prosperity" Program to Send Citizens to Serve in NGOs Worldwide

05/21/03 Bush Tells Coast Guard Academy the U.S. Will Not Relent in the Global Fight Against Terrorism

05/21/03 North Korea a Major Source of Meths & Heroin in Region, US Defense Official Tells Senate

05/21/03 US Senate Leader Urges WHO to Grant Observer Status to Taiwan

05/19/03 U.S. to Adopt "Smart Border" Controls Using Biometrics to Confirm Foreign Visitors' Identity

05/19/03 U.S. Submits Revised Draft on Lifting Iraqi Sanctions to UN Security Council

05/19/03 Just Freed from Prison in Egypt, Saad Eddin Ibrahim Calls for More Democracy in the Muslim World

05/19/03 President Bush's White House Press Conference With Philippine President Macapagal-Arroyo

05/19/03 U.S. and the Philippines Announce New Cooperation, Aid and Joint Partnerships

05/17/03 Coalition Forces Working Closely with Iraqi Police to Bring Security to Iraqi Cities

05/17/03 G-8 Finance Ministers Call for More Structural Reforms, Global Growth and Debt Relief for Developing Nations

05/16/03 Powell Promises He and Bush Will Be Personally Involved in Palestinian/Israeli Roadmap Talks

05/16/03 Germany Announces Support for UNSC Resolution Ending Sanctions on Iraq

05/16/03 Over 1,000 Items Looted from Iraqi National Museum Have Now Been Recovered

05/16/03 Burns Outlines How U.S. Hopes to Inspire More Democracy in the Middle East

05/11/03 Powell, in Jerusalem, Says the Time to Work for Middle East Peace is Now

05/10/03 Powell Begins Seven-Day Trip to Middle East to Begin Road Map Peace Process

05/09/03 UNSC Begins Debate on U.S.-U.K.-Spanish Resolution to Lift All Iraq Sanctions

05/09/03 President Bush Proposes a Middle East-U.S. Free Trade Zone, Regional Summit in June

05/09/03 NIH Expert Tells Congress a Reliable SARS Test and Vaccine About 3-4 Years Away

05/09/03 U.S. Congressional Report: Worldwide Threat of SARS Linked to Limits on Free Expression in China

05/07/03 CDC Director Says SARS Containment Efforts by Singapore, Vietnam Are Working

05/07/03 President Bush Orders Lifting Of All U.S. Sanctions on Iraq

05/07/03 Powell Tells Annan that New U.S. Resolution Could Unite International Community to Help Iraq

05/07/03 U.S. Senate Resolution Praises Singapore's Cooperation Against Terrorism

05/06/03 Food and Drug Administration Proposes New Rules to Help Track Origins of Food Products

05/06/03 US President Bush's and Singapore PM Goh's Remarks at FTA Signing Ceremony

05/06/03 New U.S. Air Passenger Screening System to Confirm Identity of All Travelers, Protect Privacy

05/06/03 Ambassador Jerry Bremer is Named Presidential Envoy for Transition Process in Iraq

05/06/03 U.S. Treasury Helping to Recover $1 Billion Taken by Saddam's Family from Iraq's Central Bank Before War

05/06/03 U.S. Campaign Financing Rules Up in the Air After Appeals Court Ruling On McCain-Feingold

05/05/03 Powell Discusses the Middle East's "New Strategic Environment" with Syrian President al-Asad

05/05/03 Garner Predicts Iraqis Will Form the Core of Their New Government by Mid-May

05/05/03 Lord Robertson: NATO Will Take On a Peacekeeping Role in Afghanistan and Maybe in Iraq

05/05/03 NASA Scientists Discover How El Nino Effect Shifts Global Rain Patterns

05/05/03 Powell: U.S. Goal is a Mideast Peace That Incorporates Syria's, Lebanon's, Israel's and Palestinians' Needs

05/01/03 2002 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report -- full text

05/01/03 The Fulbright Program Returns to Afghanistan

05/01/03 U.S. Energy Dept. Says Asia's Emerging Economies Will Double World Energy Needs by 2005

05/01/03 USTR Releases Special 301 Report on IPR: Malaysia Remains Off the Priority Watch List

05/01/03 Cheney Says U.S. Policy Goal is to End Linkages Between Terrorists and Rogue Regimes

05/01/03 U.S. Names 36 Groups Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Including KMM and JI

05/01/03 On Board USS Abraham Lincoln, President Bush Declares Combat Operations Over in Iraq

04/30/03 Alan Greenspan Tells Congress U.S. Economy is Poised to Expand Significantly Faster in 2003

04/30/03 Bush States His Personal Commitment to Achieve Isreali-Palestinian Peace as Soon as Possible

04/30/03 The Road Map to Peace in the Middle East: Full Text of the US/EU/UN/Russian Proposal

04/30/03 Eden Again: Iraq Foundation Says Iraq's Southern Marshlands Can Still Be Saved

04/30/03 Powell Cites Unprecedented Global Progress in Fighting Terrorism in 2002

04/30/03 UNESCO Urges UN Security Council to Ban Importation and Sales of Iraqi Cultural Items

04/21/03 Rumsfeld: U.S. Has No Plans to Establish Permanent Military Bases in Iraq

04/21/03 U.S. Has Delivered Over US$600 Million in Iraq Aid So Far, With $500 Million Going to UN Agencies

04/21/03 Beijing Talks Between U.S., China and North Korea to Begin on April 23

04/21/03 U.S. Educators Demand More Predictability in U.S. Visa Process

04/18/03 Grossman Calls Nasiriyah Meeting the First Step to a Democratic, Fully Independent Iraq

04/18/03 CDC Announces Plans to Routinely Test for HIV to Help Prevent Spread of AIDS

04/18/03 U.S. Research Outlines New Drug-Resistant Strains of Tuberculosis and How to Treat Them

04/18/03 Growth Slows in Number of Americans Using the Internet; Almost 40 Percent Never On Line

04/17/03 Speech at Nasiriyah by Zalmay Khalilzad, President Bush's Special Envoy on Iraq

04/17/03 U.S. Acts UN to Lift Economic Sanctions and Help Iraqis Rejoin the World Economy

04/17/03 Secretary Powell Tells AP He Will Visit Syria Soon to Discuss Problems There

04/17/03 President Bush Sends Easter Greetings to Christians Around the World

04/17/03 Secretary Powell Welcomes EU's 10 New Members, Stresses Need for U.S.-EU Cooperation

04/17/03 U.S. Consular Affairs Chief: New Visa Policy Allows U.S. to Enhance Security, Maintain Openness

04/17/03 Talks Next Week Between China, U.S. and North Korea a "First Step" to Defusing Tensions

04/17/03 Scientists Discover 200 Genes That Make Some People More Prone to Environment-Linked Diseases

04/16/03 U.S. Government Lowers Level of Terrorist Threat in America from Orange to Yellow

04/16/03 Local Councils in Iraq Starting to Take Over Policing and Rebuilding Role from Coalition Forces

04/14/03 Pentagon: US Aircraft Carriers Heading Home, Air Campaign in Iraq Almost Over

04/14/03 Powell Says Nasiriya Meeting Will Be a Forum for All Iraqis to Plan Their Future

04/14/03 Powell Says US Working Hard to Protect and Recover Iraq's Cultural Antiquities

04/14/03 Snow Urges Debt Forgiveness, Says IMF and World Bank Have Crucial Role to Play in Iraq

04/14/03 Armitage Urges International Support for the "Momentum of Peace" in Sri Lanka

04/14/03 Congress Approves the Largest Supplemental Budget Package in US History

04/14/03 Dobrianksy On "Women and Transitions to Democracy -- Iraq, Afghanistan and Beyond"

04/14/03 Leaders of US, UK, China, Germany, Japan and France Hail Completion of Human Genome Project

04/13/03 Powell Tells BBC That UN and the Iraqi People Will Play a Strong Role in Reshaping Iraq

04/12/03 President Bush Says the Terror of Saddam's Regime is Falling Along with His Statues

04/11/03 US Hospital Ship is Treating 105 Iraqis Soldiers and Civilians Alongside Coalition Troops

04/11/03 President Asks US Senate to Agree to Admit 7 New Countries to NATO

04/10/03 President Bush Tells Citizens of Iraq "Your Government Now Belongs to You"

04/10/03 US Central Command's April 10 Briefing Describes Remaining Challenges in Iraq

04/10/03 Powell Tells Indonesians that Sole US Goal in Iraq is a Democratic Government

04/10/03 Armitage Tells US Dailies that Coalition Forces Will Leave Iraq As Soon as Possible

04/10/03 Alan Larson Outlines Relief and Reconstruction Efforts Now Underway in Iraq

04/10/03 Wolfensohn Says the World Bank is Standing By to Help Iraq When Asked

04/10/03 President Bush Asks Congress for a Major Increase in US Foreign Aid in 2004

04/09/03 IMF Now Predicts a Weak Economic Recovery in 2003 with 3.2% Global Growth

04/09/03 Cheney Says Results in Iraq Will Help Break Alliances of Terrorists and Rogue States

04/09/03 National Institute of Health is Working Hard to Develop a SARS Vaccine, Senate Told

04/09/03 IMF Now Predicts a Weak Economic Recovery in 2003 with 3.2% Global Growth

04/08/03 Bush and Blair Say Iraq's Future Will Be Decided by the Iraqi People

04/06/03 Schools Open, Life Returning to Normal in Liberated Regions of Iraq

04/06/03 Wolfowitz Says Coalition Goal is a Government "Of Iraqis, By Iraqis and For Iraqis"

04/06/03 Public Announcement -- SARS Prevention Measures in Thailand, April 6

04/05/03 How Coalition Forces are Trying to Protect Historic Cultural and Religious Sites in Iraq

04/05/03 Iraqi Lawyers and Judges in Exile Outline Proposal for Post-Saddam Legal System in Iraq

04/04/03 Iraqi Exiles Meet with President Bush at White House, Describe Their Lives Under Saddam

04/04/03 Powell and NATO Leaders Agree That UN Should Play a Substantial Role in Post-War Iraq

04/04/03 WHO Warns the Number of New Cancer Cases Could Increase by 50 Percent by 2020

04/03/03 Coalition Forces Reach Baghdad as Saddam's Regime Begins to Lose Control

04/03/03 Coalition Trying to Minimize Civilian Causalities While Saddam Tries to Maximize Them

04/03/03 Human Rights Watch Says Saddam's Regime Planting Landmines Around and In Mosques

04/03/03 US Food Aid En Route to Iraq Enough to Feed 9 Million for Over One Month

04/02/03 CDC Issues April 2 Fact Sheet on SARS, Discourages Travel to PRC, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Singapore

04/02/03 World Bank: Drop in Private Lending to Developing Countries Makes FDI, Remittances More Vital

04/02/03 Coalition Forces Cross Tigris, Defeat Republican Guard Division Near Al Kut

04/02/03 US, Turkey Work Out Means to Send Humanitarian Aid to Iraqis Across Northern Border

04/02/03 Fact Sheet on Humanitarian Aid Underway in Iraq -- April 2

04/01/03 WHO: Number of SARS Cases and Countries Affected Still Growing

04/01/03 Gates Foundation Gives $60 Million to Advance AIDS Research Worldwide

04/01/03 How Ecotourism Can Play a Key Role in Development

04/01/03 Wolfowitz and 3 Iraqi Exiles Describe Iraq Under Saddam and Their Hopes for the Future

03/31/03 March 29 Press Briefing on SARS at US Centers for Disease Control

03/31/03 Aid Organizations in Kuwait Report on Humanitarian Needs in Iraq

03/31/03 USTR Tells WTO It Is Willing to Further Open Services Sector to Overseas Competition

03/31/03 US Officials Disappointed that WTO Missed Its Deadline to Address Agricultural Subsidies

03/30/03 Powell is Confident Attitudes Will Change When People See Iraq Free and Palestine-Israel at Peace

03/30/03 US Adds $21 Million to its $123 Million Contribution for Iraqi Relief Organizations

03/29/03 Bush Says We Can't Predict Duration of Fighting, But We Know Its Outcome: Iraq Will Be Free

03/28/03 SARS Update -- Many US Patients Showing Signs of Recovery

03/28/03 UN Security Council Votes Unanimously to Restart Iraq Oil-for-Food Program

03/28/03 US Defense Chief Tells Al-Jazeera Coalition Plans to Leave Post-War Iraq As Quickly As Possible

03/28/03 Iraqi Refugees Describe the Death Squads Used by Saddam's Regime to Hold Onto Power

03/28/03 US Senate Resolutions Expresses Gratitude to Countries in the Coalition to Disarm Iraq

03/28/03 Powell Restates US Commitment to ROK Security and to Stability on the Korean Peninsula

03/28/03 The Human Rights Report -- Its Roots in American Society

03/28/03 The Human Rights Report -- Its History and Evolution

03/27/03 President Bush and PM Blair Say Coalition is Making Good Progress in Freeing Iraqis

03/27/03 Since All Coalition Missiles Hit Intended Targets, Baghdad Market Explosion Probably from an Iraqi Missile

03/27/03 NY Times Article Describes How Iraqi Officers are Shooting Iraqi Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight

03/27/03 Brookings Scholar Estimates Conflict in Iraq Will Last Between Four and Ten Weeks

03/27/03 US Representative at UN Outlines Coalition's Five Guiding Principles for Future of Iraq

03/27/03 Treasury Dept. Identifies Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Illegally Stashed Abroad by Iraqi Officials

03/27/03 WHO Says Researchers Making Further Progress in Identifying Cause of SARS

03/27/03 IMF Reports Global Economy Poised to Rebound Once Uncertainties Over Iraq Ease

03/27/03 US Senate and House Offer Competing Versions of FY 2004 Budget

03/27/03 Congressional Science Committee Calls for Review of New US Visa Policy

03/27/03 International Museum of Muslim Cultures Opens in Mississippi; First Muslim About Islam in US

03/26/03 US Supports UN Secretary General's Proposal to Restructure Iraq Oil-for-Food Program

03/26/03 US Aid for Rebuilding Iraq Will Be Largest Since the Marshall Plan; Foreign Firms Can Bid Too

03/26/03 Rice Describes Contributions Made by the 45+ Countries in the Coalition to Disarm Iraq

03/26/03 Powell Tells CBS Opinions of Many Will Change When They See Iraqis Liberated

03/26/03 Congressman Leach Asks State Department to Reach Out to People of Southeast Asia

03/26/03 DAS Matt Daley Testifies in Congress About US Relations with SE Asian Nations

03/26/03 Asst. Secretary Kelly Tells Senate That Fighting Terrorism in Top US Priority in Asia-Pacific

03/25/03 March 25 Briefing from Central Command in Doha

03/25/03 Sandstorms Slow Progress of Coalition Drive on Baghdad

03/25/03 Powell: US Committed to Freeing the Iraqi People and to a Peaceful Palestinian State

03/25/03 Labor MP Clwyd Describes "People-Shedder," Other Tortures Used in Saddam's Iraq

03/25/03 Massive Food Aid Program to Enter Iraq as Soon as Mines Cleared at Umm Qasr Port

03/25/03 Coalition Working to Put Out Iraqi Oil Fires, Protect Iraq's Petroleum Resources

03/25/03 SARS Update: Scientists Studying Several Theories About Cause of New Disease

03/25/03 Bush Asks Congress for $74.7 Billion Extra Funding for Iraq Conflict, Counterterrorism

03/24/03 UNEP Tells World Water Forum How Saddam Has Destroyed Mesopotamian Marshlands

03/23/03 General Abizaid Admits Recent Coalition Casualities but Confident of Victory Soon

03/23/03 General McChrystal Outlines Remaining Challenges and Coalition Progress in Iraq

03/22/03 Bush Tells Americans "The Coalition is Broad, The Cause is Just, The Mission is Clear"

03/22/03 Rumaylah Oil Fields Now in Coalition Hands, Most Oil Well Fires Quenched

03/22/03 Amb. Cofer Black Tells Senate the Keys to Defeating Terrorism are Diplomacy and Training

03/22/03 Afghan Spring: Powell Congratulates Afghani People as They Celebrate Their New Year Holiday

03/21/03 US$360 Million in American Food Aid Heading to Iraq

03/21/03 Speaking for Iraq's "Silent Majority," Imam Sheikh Fadhel Al-Sahlani Supports Ousting Saddam

03/21/03 CDC Says SARS Still Spreading; Related to Hendra and Nipah Viruses That Struck Malaysia Before

03/20/03 SAIS Professor on the Legal Authority for Coalition Actions in Iraq

03/20/03 US Cruise Missiles and Bombs Attack Targets in Baghdad

03/20/03 Over 40 Nations Now Members of the Coalition to Immediately Disarm Iraq

03/19/03 Bush Announces Start of Military Action, Declares Desire to Return Iraq to Its People

03/19/03 Grossman Explains That US Seeks a Democratic, Unified, Multi-Ethnic Future Iraq

03/19/03 US Preparing Massive Aid and Humanitarian Assistance for the Iraqi People

03/19/03 Researchers Find New Clues Behind Outbreak of SARS Mystery Illness

03/19/03 CDC Answers to Frequently-Asked Questions About SARS

03/19/03 Department of Homeland Security Outlines New Measures to Protect US

03/19/03 White House Outlines US, International Legal Basis for Its Actions in Iraq

03/18/03 US Air Force Using New Tools to Minimize Civilian Casualties

03/18/03 Container Security Initiative Begins Operating in Singapore

03/2003 Text of Proposed US Free Trade Agreement with Singapore

03/17/03 President Bush Gives Saddam and Family 48 Hours to Leave Iraq and Avert War

03/17/03 Nobel Prize Winner Elie Weizel Explains Why He Isn't Marching for Peace Now

03/17/03 US Center for Disease Control Helping Asian Nations Deal with SARS Pneumonia

03/17/03 US and Afghanistan Governments Help 22,000 Afghanis Make The Hajj in 2003

03/16/03 Atlantic Summit Leaders Statement in the Azores: a Vision for Iraq and Its people

03/16/03 Atlantic Summit Leaders' Commitment to Transatlantic Security

03/14/03 Justice Officials Tells Congress How Criminal Gangs Now Involved in IPR and Copyright Piracy

03/14/03 State Department Launches New Web Site on Obtaining US Visa

03/13/03 US Pacific Commander Fargo Tells Congress of Fight Against Terrorism in SE Asia

03/11/03 Percentage of Foreign-Born US Population Jumps from 8% in 1990 to 11.5% Today

03/06/03 Transcript of President's Mar. 6 Press Conference: US Will Ask For UNSC Vote on Iraq Soon

03/06/03 Avoiding Civilian Casualties is Coalition's Goal in the Event of Conflict in Iraq

03/06/03 Hard Evidence: See for Yourself the Photos and Pictures Secretary Shared with the UNSC

03/06/03 12 Years of Iraq Evading the UN: A Chronology

03/06/03 US Annual Narcotics Control Report Praises "Excellent" Malaysian Cooperation

03/06/03 Undersecretary for Arms Control Bolton on "Why North Korea is Different from Iraq

03/05/03 US Report Names Six Countries as the World's Worst Violators of Religious Freedom

03/05/03 International Aid Helps Restore a Transportation Lifeline in Afghanistan

03/05/03 Blix Says He Will Not Ask UNSC For More Time as Iraqi Compliance is Not Good

02/25/03 Arab-Americans Form Political Action Committee to Fight for Muslim Interests in Virginia

02/25/03 US President Signs Directive to Fight the Global Problem of Trafficking in Persons

02/25/03 Armitage Tells Activists from 110 Countries Fighting Against Sex Trafficking "You Are All Heroes"

02/25/03 Powell Announces New Food Aid for People of North Korea While Cautioning DPRK Leadership

02/25/03 Spain on New UNSC Resolution: "The Problem Is Saddam Hussein and Nobody Else"

02/25/03 The London Observer -- "Why Saddam Will Never Disarm"

02/25/03 Jose Ramos-Horta -- "War for Peace? It Worked in My Country"

02/25/03 US Plans to Deliver Millions in Food and Medicine to the People of Iraq in Event of War

02/24/03 A Growing World Problem: a Parent Fleeing with Children Across International Borders

02/24/03 Wolfowitz Tells Iraqi-Americans That US Hopes to Liberate, Not Occupy, Iraq

02/24/03 Condi Rice Discusses New UN Resolution With the Media

02/23/03 Powell in Tokyo: Time is Running Out for Iraq to Disarm Voluntarily

02/22/03 Presidents of US and Spain Agree on Need for Total Iraqi Disarmament

02/22/03 New Treasury Secretary Tells G7 that US Recovery Plan Should Stimulate World Growth

02/22/03 Powell Tells Reporters That Multilateral Approach May Be Needed with North Korea

02/21/03 US Agrees to Send Troops to Help the Philippines Defeat the Abu Sayyaf Group

02/21/03 International Conference in DC Targets the Underground Crime of Sex Trafficking

02/21/03 USTR Zoellick Outlines the Impact of China Joining the WTO on World Trade

02/21/03 US Human Rights Official Says Burma's Rulers Still Need to Do The Right Thing

02/21/03 Wolfowitz Outlines How Any US Action Will Seek to Minimize Iraqi Casualties

02/21/03 Powell Tells the BBC To Expect a New UN Resolution On Iraq Very Soon

02/21/03 Powell Shares Views with African-American Youth at Black Entertainment TV Event

02/21/03 Powell Tells Middle East Broadcasting that US Has No Imperial Ambitions in Iraq

02/21/03 Powell Tells Russian TV if Saddam Leaves Now, There Will Be No War

02/06/03 Bush: US Would Welcome New UN Resolution on Iraq Backed with New Resolve

02/06/03 UN Security Council Members United Over the Urgent Need to Disarm Iraq

02/06/03 Powell Tells 60 Minutes Saddam is Bypassing All Diplomatic Options to Avoid Conflict

02/05/03 Full Text of President Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address

02/05/03 President at National Prayer Breakfast Urges Faith At "This Testing Time for Our Country

02/06/03 UN Security Council Members United Over the Urgent Need to Disarm Iraq

02/06/03 US Senators, Congressmen Call for Iraqi Compliance with all UN Resolutions

02/06/03 Bush Calls for Research on Hydrogen Cells to Replace Modern Dependence on Oil

02/05/03 Full Transcript of Secretary Powell's Presentation at the UNSC

02/05/03 EU Urges Iraq to Immediately Comply with UNSCR 1441

02/05/03 US Officials: Not a Clash of Civilizations Today, but a Clash Between Extremism and Civil Society

02/03/03 NASA Mourns the Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia

02/03/03 White House Projects 3.5 to 3.6 % Economic Growth in US in '03 and '04

02/03/03 New Anti-Counterfeiting Designs fo US Dollars To Be Inroduced Soon

02/03/03 Bush Outlines Plan to Make Biological Weapons Obsolete by 2013

02/03/03 Powell Outlines What He Plans to Tell the UNSC on Wednesday

02/03/03 Secretary Powell Expresses Condolences to Columbia Astronauts' Families

02/03/03 WHO Urges Nations to Take Steps to Protect Food Supplies from Terrorist Attacks

02/03/03 US Remains Committed to Outer Space Exploration

01/31/03 Bush Tells Congress He Plans to Sign US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement

01/31/03 Eight European Leaders Join US in Urging Iraq to Comply with UNSCR 1441

01/28/03 Powell Says the US Will Soon Show More Evidence of Saddam's Evasion of Rules

01/27/03 Hans Blix Tells UN That Questions About Iraq's Weapons Remain Unanswered

01/27/03 Bolton Tells BBC That N.Korea Needs to Get Rid of Its Nuclear Weapons in a Verifiable Way

01/27/03 New Senate Finance Chair: US Free Trade Pact with Singapore a Top Priority for 2003

01/27/03 New Senate Foreign Relations Chair Outlines US Foreign Policy Priorities for 2003

01/26/03 Secretary Powell at Davos: Building Trust Through Mutual Security

01/24/03 NOAA Says Asian Monsoons, North Atlantic Currents Strongly Affect World Climate

01/20/03 Powell Says January 27 Inspectors Report Shows That Iraq is Still Defying the UN

01/18/03 President Discusses Jobs & Growth Plan in Radio Address

01/18/03 Demonstrators March in Washington To Protest Iraq Policy

01/17/03 New U.S. Border Checks Catch Suspected Terrorists, Convicted Criminals

01/17/03 Ads from US Muslims During Ramadan Designed to Promote More Dialogue

01/02/03 Completion of U.N. Mission in Bosnia Draws U.S. Praise

01/02/03 U.S. Makes Initial $69 Million Contribution to Assist Refugees

01/02/03 Bush Says North Korea Situation "Will be Resolved Peacefully"

01/01/03 President Issues New Year's Day Message for 2003

Year 2002

12/24/02 Natsios: Afghan Reconstruction Proceeding Rapidly

12/24/02 US Joins UN Protocol to Prevent Child Trafficking, Exploitation

12/23/02 Transportation Dept. Issues Luggage Security Guidelines

12/23/02 US Supports Palestinian Reform Process, Israeli Withdrawal

12/23/02 Rumsfeld: US Still Seeking Iraqi Arms Compliance

12/13/02 Bush Announces Preventive Smallpox Vaccination Program

12/13/02 INS Issues Final Rules on Student, Visitor Visas

12/12/02 Powell Launches Middle East Partnership Initiative

12/11/02 Kelly Stresses U.S. Cooperation, Consultation with East Asia

12/09/02 The New US Treasury Secretary is John Snow, Former Chief of CSX

12/09/02 Bush Proclaims December 10-17 as Human Rights Week

12/09/02 Armitage Says There's Still Time for Diplomacy to Denuclearize N. Korea

12/09/02 Wolfowitz Says UN Inspectors Cannot Search Every Inch of Iraq; Cooperation is Needed

12/09/02 Liz Taylor, James Earl Jones, Paul Simon, Chita Rivera, James Levine Win Kennedy Center Honors

11/29/02 Medical Science About to Enter a New Era With Internet2 Technology

11/29/02 Secretary Powell Condemns Latest Terrorist Attacks in Kenya

11/29/02 US Praises IAEA Decision to Call for Halt in N. Korea's Nuclear Program

11/27/02 Kissinger To Lead Independent Commission Investigating 9/11 Attacks

Nov.02 US Universities Remain a Top Destination for Malaysian Students

11/27/02 U.S. Public Broadcasting to Show Documentary on Life of Muhammad

11/26/02 USTR Unveils WTO Proposal to Eliminate All Non-Ag Tariffs By 2015

11/26/02 International Education Week celebrated

11/26/02 Bush to Nominate Three As Leaders of New Department

11/22/02 Pres. Bush Hails Union-Mgt. Agreement to End West Coast Dock Strike

11/22/02 Kelly: Burmese Leaders Should Be Ashamed of How They've Ruined Their Country's Economy

11/21/02 Zoellick: Sign TIFAs, Then Let's Talk Free Trade Agreements

11/19/02 Fact Sheet on the New US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement

11/18/02 World's Scientists Gather for Meeting in Tanzania to Help Control Malaria

11/19/02 Blix Says Weapons Inspectors to Begin Work in Iraq November 27

11/18/02 World's Scientists Meet in Tanzania to Battle Malaria

11/18/02 Terrorist Exclusion List Bolsters Homeland Security

11/18/02 Armitage Says U.S. Hopes Force Will Not Be Needed in Iraq

11/15/02 Senate Passes Afghanistan Freedom Support Act

11/15/02 Pelosi Voted Leader of Democrats in House of Representatives

11/14/02 CITES Passes Strict Controls On Export of Mahogany

11/14/02 Deputy Treasury Secretary Dam Calls for Modernization of US Tax Codeps

11/14/02 Congress Passes Maritime Transportation and Security Act

11/14/02 Armitage: US Will Try for Peace with Iraq Before Taking Other Steps

11/14/02 IAEA El-Baradei Explains Where Iraq Must Comply with UN

11/13/02 US$5,000,000 for Information That Helps Disrupt Terrorist Financings

11/04/02 Ministers Call for Action to Reduce Impacts of Global Warming

11/04/02 State's Burns Says U.S. Working to Finalize Mideast Action Plan

11/04/02 Arab Americans Play Significant Role in U.S. Elections

10/29/02 White House Says Terrorists to Blame for Moscow Hostage Crisis

10/29/02 Scholars Say Lack of Clarity about Islam Causes Misunderstanding

10/29/02 U.S., Australia Agree to Strengthen Anti-Terrorism Cooperation

10/29/02 APEC Leaders Urge North Korea To End Nuclear Weapons Program

10/28/02 Researchers Develop Simple Device to Detect Anthrax Spores

10/21/02 Bush: It's Up to U.N., Saddam Hussein Whether Iraq Disarms Peacefully

10/21/02 Non-nuclear North Korea in China's Interest, U.S. Officials Say

10/21/02 Bush Proclaims Year of Clean Water

10/18/02 Fact Sheet: WHO Answers Questions About Biotechnology Foods

10/18/02 Armitage Stresses Global Cooperation as Security "Cornerstone"

10/18/02 CIA Chief Says Al-Qa'ida Poses Serious Threat to the United States

10/16/02 State Department on Bombing in Bali, Indonesia

10/16/02 U.N.'s Annan Says Iraqi Weapons Inspections Must Be Effective, Credible

10/15/02 U.N. Security Council Condemns Bali Terrorist Attack

10/15/02 Condoleezza Rice on Shared Values, Interests of U.S. and Allies

10/15/02 Powell, U.K.'s Foreign Secretary on Indonesia Bombing, Terrorism

10/10/02 U.S. House Authorizes the Use of Force if Iraq Continues to Resist the UN

10/10/02 Edson Tells How Visa Procedures Are Changing to Improve Security

10/09/02 Cronin Describes New INS Border Security Measures to Deter Terrorism

10/02/02 Researchers Complete Genome Sequences of Malaria-Causing Parasite

10/10/02 Former President Clinton Urges the US to Do More About AIDS and Africa

10/04/02 Oct. 7 is Anniversary of the Campaign That Brought Hope to Afghanistan

10/04/02 Powell Offers Full US Support for UN Inspectors in Iraq

10/02/02 UN Highlights Al-Qaeda's Global Financial Network

10/04/02 Untreated Sewage Threatens Millions on Coasts of Asia

10/04/02 Islamic Banking Has Great Potential in America

09/10/02 Bush Tells Americans To Reject Anti-Muslim Bigotry

09/04/02 New York Mayor Thanks The World For Helping NYC After 9-11

09/07/02 Bush and Blair Say the World Must Act on Iraq's Weapon Programs

09/09/02 Congress Approves U.S. Military Aid to Indonesia and More Money for AIDS

09/04/02 Council Of International Visitors To Help Educate Americans About Islam

09/04/02 The Ink Road: US Helps Mali Preserve Ancient Islamic Manuscripts

08/20/02 Harvard Professor Dr. Diana L. Eck on The New Religioius America

08/01/02 Colin Powell: Human Rights an Important Part of Counter-Terrorism

07/30/02 Powell Discusses Human Rights, Middle East in Malaysia

08/01/02 Senate Gives President Bush More Powers to Bring Down Trade Barriers

08/01/02 US A-G Charges Two WorldCom Executives with Corporate Fraud

07/30/02 American Muslims Prepare to Honor Victims Of September 11

07/12/02 Powell Says the US is Committed to Supporting Sustainable Development

07/12/02 Secretary Powell to Visit Malaysia and Other Asian Countries at End of July

07/13/02 US is Pleased with UN Security Council's Compromise on Peacekeeping

07/12/02 Palestinian Author Wins 2002 "Common Ground" Award for Journalism

07/06/02 California Signs Halal Food Bill Into Law

07/06/02 U.S. Condemns the Murder of Afghani Vice President Qadir

07/08/02