Month: February 2005

Dakar/Harare/Geneva/Evanston, 25 February, 2005— A mass polio immunization drive starting today across Africa gained greater urgency from reports that a child has contracted polio in Ethiopia, the first case there in four years. The cross-continental […]

Mainz, 23 February, 2005— President Bush celebrated the ”lasting friendship” between the United States and Germany in an exchange of toasts with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroderat a dinner at the Electoral Palace in Mainz, Germany, […]

Brussels, 22 February, 2005— President Bush and European Union leaders said February 22 that the United States and the EU are prepared to co-host an international conference to encourage international efforts to rebuild Iraq and […]

Washington, 21 February, 2005— Condoleezza Rice helped celebrate African-American History Month February 18 by telling an audience at the State Department about the importance of her family’s values — faith, family and education – and […]

Brussels, 21 February, 2005— President Bush has called for a new era of unity in transatlantic relations to seize a historic moment of opportunity to advance peace, democracy and prosperity around the world. Speaking February […]

Brussels, 20 February, 2005— President Bush is in Brussels for talks with NATO and European Union leaders, and bilateral meetings with some of the toughest critics of his decision to invade Iraq. The president has […]

Washington, 19 February, 2005— Europe and the United States need to speak clearly to Iran “with one voice” to convey their common position that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon, President Bush said. In […]

Lagos, 20 February, 2005— A national conference to debate constitutional reform opens in Nigeria on Monday. But many are sceptical that the forum, dominated by nominees of President Olusegun Obasanjo’s ruling party, will suggest radical […]