Washington File Archives

June 2008

30 June 2008 - South Asia Faces Food Crisis Despite India’s High Productivity

27 June 2008 - Economists Cite Six Factors for Oil, Food Price Hikes

27 June 2008 - Hospital Ship Offers Treatment in Southeast Asia, Pacific

26 June 2008 - Remarks by Secretary Rice on Upcoming G-8 Ministerial in Japan

26 June 2008 - U.S. Kingpin Act Lowers Global Threat of Drug Traffickers

26 June 2008 - Rising Prices, Weak Growth to Dominate Industrial Powers Summit

25 June 2008 - United States Seeks Long-Term Partnership with Pakistan

24 June 2008 - Nations Extol Virtues of Fighting Together Against Nuclear Terror

24 June 2008 - Botanic Energy Resources Make Hot Research Topics

23 June 2008 - Democratic Delegates Turn Westward for National Convention

20 June 2008 - Scholars See Varied Political Implications of Food Shortages

20 June 2008 - Experts Learn to Collaborate as Changing Climate Affects Health

20 June 2008 - Afghan Justice, Agriculture Sectors Grow, Confront Opium Trade

19 June 2008 - U.S. Statement on World Refugee Day

19 June 2008 - Remarks by Rice at Heritage Foundation on U.S. Policy in Asia

19 June 2008 - International Community Investing in Afghanistan’s Future

18 June 2008 - Exhibit Showcases Love-Hate Relationship Between FBI and Press

18 June 2008 - Avian Influenza Subtype H7 Has Pandemic Potential, Scientists Say

18 June 2008 - Report Finds Hong Kong and Singapore Most Open to Foreign Trade

16 June 2008 - Sophisticated Trafficking Networks Move Contraband

16 June 2008 - Wildlife Trafficking Is a Serious Problem, Lucrative Business

16 June 2008 - Two Former U.S. Senators Named 2008 World Food Prize Recipients

16 June 2008 - European Leaders Join Bush on More Iranian Sanctions

13 June 2008 - Scholar Calls for Greater Investment in Agriculture

13 June 2008 - White House Press Gaggle by Press Secretary, Laura Bush

13 June 2008 - World Bank Focuses on Plight of Tiger

12 June 2008 - Summary of U.S. Assistance in Support of Afghanistan Compact

12 June 2008 - U.S. Statement on World Day Against Child Labor

12 June 2008 - Remarks by Secretary Rice at Afghanistan Donors’ Conference

12 June 2008 - RESEARCH OF THE WEEK (NIH finds new way to fight AIDS virus)

12 June 2008 - Asians Especially Vulnerable to Food Shortages and High Prices

12 June 2008 - U.S. First Lady Says Food Crisis Demands Global Response

12 June 2008 - Afghan Determination Earns $20 Billion in New Aid

11 June 2008 - Afghans Appeal for Aid at Paris Conference

11 June 2008 - Asian Women Play Role in Shaping Family and National Fortunes

11 June 2008 - Convergence of Food and Fuel Is "Historic Opportunity"

10 June 2008 - 71 Nations Join to Prevent Nuclear Terror Attack

10 June 2008 - U.S.-EU Cooperation to Advance Freedom, Prosperity Worldwide

09 June 2008 - Student Exchanges Build Relations Between Countries

09 June 2008 - Paris Conference to Showcase Afghanistan’s Progress

09 June 2008 - New U.S. Public Diplomacy Head Cites "Arsenal of Persuasion"

09 June 2008 - First Lady Urges Redoubled Effort in Afghanistan

06 June 2008 - U.S. Science Adviser on Global Challenges in Science, Technology

06 June 2008 - Joining the Circus is No Fun if You are a Slave (Three Nepalese liberate children who have been trafficked into circuses)

06 June 2008 - Satellite Imagery Drives U.S. Global Food Security Effort

06 June 2008 - U.S. Supports Ambitious U.N. Plan to Combat Global Food Crisis

05 June 2008 - U.S. Agriculture Secretary at World Food Security Meeting in Rome

05 June 2008 - Famine Early Warning System Can Predict Food Shortages

05 June 2008 - World Entrepreneur of Year Borrows Attitude From Silicon Valley (French cardiologist creates new approach to pharmaceuticals research)

05 June 2008 - Actor Harrison Ford Speaks Out Against Wildlife Trafficking  (  Video)

04 June 2008 - The Path to the 2008 Presidential Nomination )Barack Obama, John McCain presumed party nominees)

04 June 2008 - U.S. Navy Ships to Begin Withdrawing from Burma Coast June 5

04 June 2008 - Efforts Grow to Give Garment Workers a Fair Deal

03 June 2008 - World Leaders Begin Debate on Crop Use for Biofuels, Food

03 June 2008 - U.S. Official Says World Needs Tools to Fight Spread of Weapons

02 June 2008 - East Asian Security Strengthened by U.S. Alliances