Powell Warns Colombia on Rights Abuses
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is hailing a drop in murder and kidnapping rates in Colombia and gains in the counter-narcotics war but says the country may not be meeting congressional standards for improving protection of human rights. If Powell is unable to certify that Colombia has met the requirements, it would trigger a cutback in U.S. assistance to Colombia.
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Colombia's government on Friday formally complained to Nicaragua after President Daniel Ortega, an ex-Marxist guerrilla, referred to a Colombian rebel commander as a brother.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday called on the world community to help Haiti to ``forcefully take on armed individuals&#39;&#39; who want to thwart democratic rule in their impoverished nation.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday warned of more violence ahead of Iraq's Jan. 30 elections and said a stronger Iraqi force is needed to help bolster security.
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A human rights group says the United States needs to need act faster and more transparently in its investigation into the abuse of prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan.
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WASHINGTON : US Secretary of State Colin Powell warned that the insurgency in Iraq was &quot;getting worse&quot; and could hinder the organization of Iraqi elections planned for January.
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As the U.S. President prepares to visit his counterpart in Colombia, that country's government is hit by a deep political scandal
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hardened his tone on Saturday in a diplomatic dispute with Colombia, which he accuses of plotting an invasion, and warned any attack would be met with force.
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The Colombian government warned Thursday it will extradite to the United States a top leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) if the guerrillagroup does not release 63 hostages.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Hundreds of far-right  Colombian paramilitaries turned in their guns on Tuesday at the  same time as a top human rights group said the demobilization  threatened to let killers go unpunished.
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UN human rights chief Louise Arbour warned Monday that unpunished human rights violations -- including &quot;pandemic&quot; sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo -- are keeping central Africa on the brink of another major conflict.
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Colombia's problems with violence Â particularly labor strife Â could get worse unless Congress approves a free trade deal with the country, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
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Just days ahead of a visit by President Bush, Colombia said it was investigating 69 soldiers accused in a massacre two years ago that induced Washington to suspend $70 million in military aid to the South American nation.
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The United States must set a better example for the world in areas ranging from its treatment of Latin American migrants to its handling of detainees in the war on terror, U.N. human rights experts said Monday.
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Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said yesterday that he decided to publicly oppose the Bush administration's proposed rules for the treatment of terrorism suspects in part because the plan would add to growing doubts about whether the United States adheres to its own moral code.
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The Nepalese government and Maoists rebels must halt abuses in their bitter civil war, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has said.
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President Alvaro Uribe&#039;s government is lobbying to restrict a U.N. agency that has been the most trusted monitor of human rights violations in Colombia, according to foreign diplomats and rights activists.