Bush said that he had allowed continued central government financing of research on stem-cells already taken from embryos before August 2001, but has barred federal money for stem cell lines developed since then.
The US steel industry has urged the Bush Administration to defy the WTO ruling and continue protection for it despite the certainty that the EU and other countries may retaliate if the US does not comply.
Dr Sambhu N Banik, professor of psychology and counseling at Bowie State University, has been invited to chair the section on health as a human right at the Global Consultative Meeting on Human Rights and the Right to Health in Bangalore, February 15-16.
President George W Bush has said the US would help countries like India and China to develop and deploy clean energy technology.
Close on the heels of the United States Senate, the US House of Representatives, in a bipartisan resolution, has strongly condemned the 'senseless and barbaric terrorist attacks' in Mumbai. The House also expressed its sympathy for the 'innocent victims from India and around the world'.The House resolution was pproved unanimously, and co-sponsored by over 50 members from both sides of the aisle -- Democrats and Republicans.
Kerik was named by US President George W Bush to head the department.
Allen was ahead by 16 points in July and the Democrats did not even consider Webb a viable challenger, until Allen called an Indian-American, Shekar Sidarth, a volunteer in the Webb campaign, a 'macaca', considered a racial slur.
A United States steelmaker has asked the Bush administration to restrict imports of the product from India, contending that the industry here was being 'seriously injured' as a result of increasing imports.
Australian PM rules out uranium deal with India
The actor joins the elite group of Chubb Fellows that includes the likes of former US presidents George Bush and Ronald Reagan.
India has given over four million dollars to the United Nations Democracy Fund, bringing to nearly 30 million dollars its total contribution to the entity launched in 2005 by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the then United States President George W Bush for promotion of democratic values. India's Permanent Representative to the UN Hardeep Singh Puri handed over a cheque for $ 4.17 million on Friday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
'France has been very supportive of India, particularly during the NSG negotiations,' says Ranjan Mathai, India's ambassador to France.
The poll, conducted by Washington Post-ABC News, suggested that 54 per cent of the voters were unfamiliar with the Massachusetts senator's positions against only 25 per cent who felt the same about Republican President George W Bush.
'She's been a terrific advocate for women's rights in recent months and her prosecutor's background will really help her challenge Trump in a forceful way that Biden could not,' notes Sree Sreenivasan.
The meet begins amidst signs of a UN accord on Iraq.
US President George W Bush on Thursday reiterated his support for Cuban dissidents who want to overthrow the Fidel Castro government, saying it is in the Cuban people's interest to be 'free from tyranny'.
Cindy Sheehan, who has become the icon of the anti-war movement since she started a protest on August 6 in memory of her son Casey, who died in Iraq last year, urged Wednesday's vigils.
Porter Goss, 65, a Republican from Florida, was nominated by President George W. Bush in August, and confirmed yesterday by a vote of 77-17 following an approval by the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.
An image of Presidents Bush, Hu and Putin at the APEC meeting.
The Tibetan Buddhist leader has been bestowed with the Congressional Gold Medal. The event also saw first time a US President sharing a big-stage event with the Dalai Lama.
US President George W Bush said that oil prices are rising as the economies of India and China are also growing.
The CIA has come in for criticism for giving false information to strengthen the US case for invading Iraq.
'Fahrenheit 9/11', a documentary film on US President George W Bush in the wake of the tragic events of September 11, is still awaiting clearance by the Censor Board in India.
Oil prices bounced higher on Tuesday as the market focused on Iraqi threats of retaliation against any US-led attack and as US President George W Bush prepared to address the nation.
A 47-nation survey by Pew Research Center found worldwide lack of confidence in United States President George W Bush, increasing anti-Americanism, slippage in the image of China and mixed opinion about Russia.
The prime minister would hold summit level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
China's Premier Wen Jiabao has urged the men's national basketball team to "win honor for the motherland" during the Beijing Olympics. Wen turned up at a team practice session on Sunday, shaking hands with coaches and players, including China's favorite sportsman Yao Ming, who plays for the NBA's Houston Rockets.
The UN Security Council has endorsed a multi-national force to help maintain peace in the island.
Eight years after 9/11, Pakistan is yet to declare al Qaeda a terrorist organisation. Is this sheer, shocking negligence or is there something more sinister to it? Does one require any more evidence to show that Pakistan's so-called war against terrorism is a farce?
The United States administration's approach to India -- including its 'slow' response to the request for questioning terror suspect David Headley and its proximity to Pakistan in the war on terror -- are steadily driving a wedge in the strong relations cultivated during the regime of former President George W Bush, noted historian Arthur Herman has observed.
Unlike United States President George W Bush, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday hailed the growth of food consumption in India and China as he sought expansion of the United Nations Security Council to include some 'most important states' to address the global food crisis. "we need to rejoice that millions of people are coming out of poverty and can afford a normal diet. Our planet is capable of feeding them," he said.
Growth of food consumption in rapidly developing India and China is named as the primary reason for the crisis, which some have dubbed as 'silent tsunami,' the former Soviet President wrote in the official Rossiskaya Gazeta daily. "This is an objective reason: we need to rejoice that millions of people are coming out of poverty and can afford normal diet. Our planet is capable of feeding them," he said.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's New York-based daughter Amrit Singh, who has been one of the fiercest critics of former United States President George W Bush and his administration for its alleged condoning of torture and other abuse of prisoners, on Wednesday turned her guns on President Barack Obama for his decision to fight to block the court-ordered release of photographs of detainee abuse by US troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and several other prisons.
