U.S. Criticizes Danube Canal Project
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The State Department criticized Ukraine on Monday for pushing ahead with a shipping canal project along the Danube River despite an international outcry over the possible environmental consequences.
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The United States protested formally to the Iranian government on Thursday over an incident in which Iranian speedboats confronted U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the State Department said.
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The power exerted by the United States in the world is viewed increasingly negatively in Europe, according to a study of transatlantic relations published by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Compagnia di San Paolo of Italy.
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The US State Department criticized tenders for the construction of 1000 housing units in existing settlemtns, Army Radio reported.
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By Carlson, Brad  A federal complaint alleges that Bruneau Cattle Co. violated the Clean Water Act.  The Owyhee County feedlot made unauthorized discharges of pollutants into the South Side Canal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a complaint filed early this month.
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An underwater gas pipeline from Russia to Germany comes under fire from green groups and governments.
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The State Department issued a warning Wednesday asking Americans to defer travel to Guyana because of flooding that has killed at least two people in the South American country over the past week.
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WASHINGTON - Angry US diplomats lashed out yesterday against a State Department plan that would send them to Iraq against their will, with one likening it to "a potential death threat" and another accusing the department of providing inadequate care to diplomats who have returned home traumatized
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An American proposal to allow the diversion of water from the Great Lakes threatens both the environment and Canada&#39;s sovereignty, critics warn.
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The European Union accused the United States on Friday of violating a transatlantic pact on subsidies to aircraft makers and demanded consultations before Washington gives any aid to Boeing Co.'s 7E7 project.
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Environmentalists and two Maryland Democratic congressmen chastised the Bush administration Wednesday for proposed regulations they said will not do enough to reduce mercury contamination of Maryland rivers, lakes and the Chesapeake Bay.
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German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter  Steinmeier criticised the United States on Sunday in a rare  public rebuke for failing to inform Russia of an offer to build  an anti-missile base on Polish soil.
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A proposal to build a hydroelectric dam on a river with diverse fish stocks has set off a controversy.
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BUDAPEST, Feb 19 (IPS) - The arguments put forward by the United States to   justify its project for a missile defence  base in Eastern  Europe are becoming less and less convincing to public  opinion  and experts  of the countries involved.
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China has protested to the United States over its &quot;unacceptable&quot; blockade of fish and shrimp imports, a government website said on Saturday.
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The  United States and Romania have started military training  exercises to test installations that will become the first U.S.  facilities in the former Soviet bloc, a plan opposed by Russia.
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PRAGUE, Jan 18 (IPS) - The U.S. project to enlarge its missile defence  system to Eastern Europe is a wasteful enterprise that will make  the world unstable, says Philip Coyle, senior advisor to the  independent Centre for Defence Information in Washington, and  expert on worldwide military research, defence and security  policy.