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US politicians back Belfast man

Fourteen members of the House of Representatives have appealed to the US Attorney General, Ms Janet Reno, to suspend deportation…

Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00

The Bill, Hillary show: all good voyeuristic fun

The Bill and Hillary show rolls on

Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00

Yugoslavia hints at Milosevic war crimes trial

The Yugoslav Foreign Minister, Mr Goran Svilanovic, has hinted at a willingness by the new government to put Mr Slobodan Milosevic…

Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00

Pundits detect schism between Bush and Fed

Political Reaction

Fri Jan 05 2001 - 00:00

PLO conditionally accepts Middle East peace plan

The PLO has signalled its qualified acceptance of the US Middle East peace initiative following the Washington talks on Tuesday…

Thu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00

Key Republicans unite to lobby Bush on North

Key Irish-American Republican figures in the US Congress have joined to lobby the incoming Bush administration to ensure Ireland…

Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00

Bush's cabinet hardliners face tough opposition

President-elect George Bush completed his cabinet nominations yesterday.

Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00

Clinton's war crimes tribunal move welcomed

President Clinton's signature on Sunday of the treaty to establish a permanent international war crimes tribunal has been welcomed…

Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00

7 killed in house with alleged drug link

Six men and one woman died, and three more people were injured, after masked gunmen on Thursday night burst into a dilapidated…

Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00

Candidate for US ambassador's post in Ireland to sue publisher of `Irish Voice' over article

An Irish-American who hopes to be the next US ambassador to Ireland is to sue the publisher of the Irish Voice newspaper, Mr …

Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00

Phoenix Park runners jostle for position

It'll be a while yet before the Bush administration turns its attention to the nomination of ambassadors

Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00

Irish share of UN budget to rise under deal in which US may settle its account

Ireland's contribution to the UN's regular budget will increase by 31 per cent to over $3 million a year under a landmark agreement…

Sat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00

Democrat leader to keep his trump card

Tom Daschle may not have a majority in the Senate, but he has a trump card that he is prepared to play

Sat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00

Emotional Bush bids farewell to beloved Texas

An emotional President-elect George Bush yesterday said goodbye to his beloved Texas, bowing out as its governor for what he …

Fri Dec 22 2000 - 00:00

Bush fills key posts in signal to minorities and women

US President-elect George Bush last night named a long-time personal friend and business associate, Mr Don Evans (54), as his…

Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00

Fed leaves rates unchanged but signals recession fears

The US Federal Reserve yesterday left short-term interest rates unchanged at 6

Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00

Bush meets Clinton, Gore in effort to heal divisions caused by presidential election

The US President-elect, Mr George W

Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00

Electoral College casts votes across US

Tennessee was first to declare, shortly after 10 a.m. Eastern time. Eleven electoral college votes for Governor George W

Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00

Voting weights slowed down talks

There was no issue at the summit which so exercised the leaders than their respective countries' voting weights in the EU's main…

Tue Dec 12 2000 - 00:00

Swedes asked to resolve EU-NATO link

The incoming Swedish presidency of the EU was yesterday asked by EU leaders to negotiate the details of the new EUNATO relationship…

Sat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00

European company statute is approved

Twenty-seven years after it was first proposed, EU leaders broke a deadlock on the establishment of a European company statute…

Sat Dec 09 2000 - 00:00

Ability of summit to agree on changes doubted

Twenty-nine European heads of government were last night making their way to the rain-soaked French Riviera for meetings intended…

Thu Dec 07 2000 - 00:00

EU ministers leave Cyprus issue aside in talks with Turkey

EU ministers yesterday averted a major row with Turkey by agreeing a formula for Turkey's accession partnership agreement with…

Tue Dec 05 2000 - 00:00

Change to EU treaty under fire

Ireland, Sweden and Britain were last night holding out against EU treaty changes which would allow groups of member states to…

Mon Dec 04 2000 - 00:00

Income catch-up spurs regional inequality

Ireland may have outperformed the poorer EU states in catching up with average EU incomes, but did so at the price of widening…

Thu Nov 30 2000 - 00:00

Reworked EU plan gets nod

An overnight rewriting of a controversial French Presidency paper on the EU's social programme appeared yesterday to have removed…

Wed Nov 29 2000 - 00:00

Ireland seems afraid of `mission creep' in IGC process

The struggle for consensus, sad to say, is not necessarily compatible with that for clarity or simplicity.

Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00

EU accord on taxation package benefits Ireland

Ireland's manufacturing and IFSC corporation tax regimes have been copperfastened in an EU Finance Ministers' declaration that…

Tue Nov 28 2000 - 00:00

20% rise in euro's value `reasonable'

A 20 per cent increase in the value of the euro would be "reasonable", the French finance minister, Mr Laurent Fabius said, following…

Mon Nov 27 2000 - 00:00

EU rebuke for Germany, Spain

The Irish Commissioner for Health and Consumer Affairs, Mr David Byrne, has delivered a riposte to attempts by Germany and Spain…

Mon Nov 27 2000 - 00:00

Objections to French social policy delay summit plans

French diplomacy - is it an oxymoron? Preparations for the Nice summit in 10 days, already complicated by the controversial French…

Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00

EU revises upwards forecasts for growth, inflation

The European Commission, in its autumn economic forecasts, has revised upwards both its spring predictions for growth in the …

Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00

Other states share Irish tax terms, says Cowen

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Cowen, yesterday insisted Ireland was not alone in resisting any EU move to majority voting…

Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00

EU states pledge 66,000 troops to rapid force

EU member states yesterday pledged some 66,000 troops to an EU Rapid Reaction Force capacity but have yet to come up with the…

Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00

EU ministers to meet on rapid reaction force strength

EU defence and foreign ministers meet in Brussels today to set out national contributions to the EU's planned 60,000-strong rapid…

Mon Nov 20 2000 - 00:00

US must pay $4.03bn import duty - EU

The EU said yesterday it wanted to impose sanctions of $4.03 billion (€4

Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00

Gore faces quagmire of legal options

"There's always the option of giving in," the New York Times headlined an opinion piece yesterday

Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00

Wilde gave us a word for the forecasts of the experts

The networks did not exactly cover themselves in glory

Thu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00

Voting patterns and preferences reveal a sharply divided society

Most women voted for Mr Gore, most whites for Mr Bush

Thu Nov 09 2000 - 00:00

Nader: a Green radical democrat who is a problem for American left

There's a nice irony in the fact that the money that launched the scourge of corporate America on his 35-year campaign trail …

Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00

Bush and Gore tinkering at the edges of the medical insurance minefield

Bob Warner and Pat Koenig are clearly enjoying their retirement in the sunshine state

Fri Nov 03 2000 - 00:00

Irish-Americans gather to meet Clintons, help Hillary `carry the torch in Congress'

It was cead mile failte to the Clintons on Tuesday night

Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00

Website offers punters a solution to Gore/Nader voting dilemma

Left-leaning voters in swing states across the US have a real dilemma - how to support the consumers' champion, Mr Ralph Nader…

Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00

Attacks getting dirtier, spending more frantic

Close-up: Young girl in summer dress against backdrop of grassy field. Rural idyll

Tue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00

Governor's widow to accept Senate seat offer

The widow of the Missouri Democratic Governor, Mel Carnahan, announced yesterday she would accept the new governor's offer of…

Tue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00

US presence in Balkans becomes election issue

The continued presence of US troops in the Balkans has suddenly become a major foreign policy issue in the US election.

Mon Oct 23 2000 - 01:00

Blair's style reveals an understated enthusiasm for the Europe project

The contrast in styles at Biarritz was quite revealing.

Tue Oct 17 2000 - 01:00

Ahern opposes giving binding legal effect to charter on basic rights

The Taoiseach warned fellow EU leaders on Saturday that even mentioning the new Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU treaty…

Mon Oct 16 2000 - 01:00

EU leaders confident basis laid for treaty reforms

EU leaders last night expressed confidence that their deliberations on treaty reform had laid the basis for a successful outcome…

Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00

Binding rights charter urged on summit

The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, which will be debated today by the summit, should be legally binding, the President of…

Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
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