U.S. raps some Arab allies for human trafficking
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The United States accused its Arab allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar on Tuesday of being among the world's worst offenders in failing to prevent people from being sold into the sex trade and servitude.
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The United States on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of severe violations of religious freedom in a rare official rebuke of a close ally and key oil supplier that potentially could lead to sanctions.
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Eight U.S.-allied Arab countries are banding together to meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her trip here, in hopes of reviving the deadlocked Arab-Israeli peace process and making headway on other regional issues.
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The United States launched a new push to revive Middle East peace moves on Wednesday, with Washington under pressure from Arab allies to make it a priority.
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WASHINGTON: The United States has called Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Eritrea âcountries of particular concernâ in an annual report on international religious freedom.
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Sudan&#39;s foreign minister yesterday accused the Bush administration of trying to woo African-American voters and diverting attention from Iraq by seeking to stir up international action over the Darfur crisis.
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The United States faced rare criticism over human rights from close ally Britain, with an official British government report taking Washington to task over concerns about Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay jail.
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Support from Bush leads to role as international envoy helping Palestinians.
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The United States says that India has the world's largest human trafficking problem.
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Egypt reacts angrily to criticism of its human rights record by the United States - one of its main allies.
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U.S. relations with Qatar are strained over the country's sponsorship of Al Jazeera, the provocative television station that is a big source of news in the Arab world.
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The United States is  exposing deportees to the risk of torture by accepting the word  of foreign governments that prisoners won&#39;t be tortured if sent  home, lawyers for an Egyptian detainee argued on Thursday.
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RABAT, Morocco, Dec. 11 -- Senior Arab officials attending a U.S.-sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected on Saturday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism. They argued that the administration's strong support of Israel made it difficult to undertake political reform or to stop extremists driven by hatred of U.S. policies.
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JERUSALEMâA US human rights watchdog has accused Israel of exaggerating the threat posed by Palestinian arms-smuggling tunnels to justify a military thrust into a Gaza refugee camp that has left an estimated 16,000 homeless.
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The United States is focusing on the Arab world for help in pressing Sudan to accept U.N. peacekeepers in Darfur to stop the violence and provide humanitarian relief. But Arab countries are more likely to support Sudan's rejection of such a deployment, analysts say.
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The scandal over a French group  suspected of trying to smuggle African children to Europe from  Chad may harm the image of foreign aid workers seeking to help  refugees fleeing violence, U.N. officials said on Monday.
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The US places key Middle East allies on its blacklist of countries that  fail to stop people trafficking.