U.S. says Myanmar, Venezuela fall short in drugs fight
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Myanmar and Venezuela have "failed demonstrably" to do enough to fight illegal drugs for a third straight year, the United States said on Monday, but waived sanctions on Caracas to maintain U.S. aid for democracy programs.
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American-backed counter-narcotic programs in Colombia and Mexico are disrupting the flow of cocaine into the United States, driving up prices 44 percent on U.S. streets this year, the White House drug czar said Thursday.
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The United States on Friday   asked the U.N. Security Council to deal with Myanmar, whose   junta government has jailed opponents, persecuted minorities   and sent refugees fleeing into neighboring states.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's president calling his U.S. counterpart Satan in a U.N. speech seemed a devilish gambit in the nations' war of words -- but Hugo Chavez says he was shooting from the hip.
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Asia News, JAKARTA - Indonesia accused fellow ASEAN member Myanmar on Friday of dodging the issue of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyiâs detention and said there was a gap between official junta statements and reality.
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Mexico warned the United States  not to interfere in its affairs on Thursday in a fight over  drug wars on their sensitive border where Washington seeks  close cooperation against terror.
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Guatemala knows it is losing the battle against drug trafficking &#151; its police, military and justice system are beholden to traffickers who use the country as a way station for Colombian drug shipments to the U.S.
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Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and other U.S. allies aren't doing enough to combat human trafficking, according to a State Department report, and the countries could face sanctions if they don't take steps to improve.
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President Bush, battling anti-America sentiment in Central and South America, said Wednesday the United States doesn't get much credit for its generosity in the region.
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VIENTIANE, Laos Thailand told Myanmar on Tuesday that it must take real steps toward democracy in the coming year but failed to get any clarification from the junta on reports that the house arrest of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been
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The United States imposed new sanctions on Myanmar's ruling junta Thursday as its Southeast Asian neighbors urged a peaceful resolution to growing political unrest in the country.
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Southeast Asian countries came close to issuing a critical statement on the Myanmar military government&#39;s treatment of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi at their summit, but the plan was shot down by Thailand, sources said.
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The United States on Monday accused  Myanmar's military rulers of planning a sham referendum in a  "pervasive climate of fear" but the United Nations reacted more  cautiously to the junta's surprise election pledge.
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Myanmar's military junta singled out the  United States and Japan for criticism on Tuesday over a United  Nations decision to put it on the list of countries deemed a  threat to international peace and security.
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The U.S.-backed strategy to fight Afghanistan's massive drug trade has been unsuccessful in stemming opium cultivation, which is expected to hit record levels this year, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.
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Behind the glitzy playgrounds of Cancun is a growing drug war, fueled by widespread police corruption, the partial disruption of once-popular trafficking routes through Haiti and a sudden turf battle between two of the country's main drug gangs.
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The United States said on Thursday  it was troubled by Russian plans to sell Venezuela arms that  U.S. officials suggest could be used to aid leftist guerrillas  in Latin America.