IRAQ: Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah Dahr Jamail SAN FRANCISCO, 3 Jul (IPS) - U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing. more...   POLITICS-US: Global Image Buoyed by Prospect of Change Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 12 Jun (IPS) - After a virtually relentless fall during the seven-year reign of President George W. Bush, Washington's image abroad rebounded modestly in 2007, according to the latest edition of the annual Pew Global Attitudes Project survey of 24 countries released here Thursday. more...   POLITICS-US: The War on (Euphemism) Khody Akhavi WASHINGTON, 19 May (IPS) - From the people who brought you the 'war on terror' and the 'axis of evil' comes a new verbal tonic for combating that amorphous emotion. more...   POLITICS: Bush Inspires Least Confidence as World Leader Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 16 Jun (IPS) - While historians here debate whether George W. Bush has been the worst president in U.S. history, a global consensus that he inspires the least confidence of all the world's major leaders appears to have emerged. more...   POLITICS-US: Lawmakers Seek Probe of 'Media Generals' William Fisher NEW YORK, 8 May (IPS) - As U.S. television networks continue their silence about their use of retired military officers to 'sell' progress in Iraq, members of the U.S. House of Representatives are calling on the Defence Department Inspector General to investigate the Pentagon-sponsored public relations effort. more...   ENVIRONMENT: Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 2 Apr (IPS) - Building on his Oscar for the documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth' and his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore Wednesday launched a 300-million-dollar media campaign to mobilise the public for concrete action to reduce global warming. more...   POLITICS-US: Media Wrong on Rev. Wright, Critics Say William Fisher NEW YORK, 2 Apr (IPS) - Amid the explosive controversy over remarks made in sermons by Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor, critics are charging that the U.S. mainstream media has distorted his comments, failed to understand the African American church, and sought to punish the Democratic Party presidential hopeful through 'guilt by association'. more...   POLITICS: U.S. Image Improved Slightly in 2007 Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, 1 Apr (IPS) - After three years of steadily declining ratings, global perception of the United States as a positive influence in the world appears to have improved marginally during 2007, according to a survey of 23 countries released by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Wednesday. more...   CULTURE-US: High Fashion Still a 'White Affair' Lance Steagall NEW YORK, 14 Mar (IPS) - Supermodel Tyson Beckford was disappointed with New York's 2008 Fashion Week, and not because he had a problem with the designs, patterns, fabrics or materials used. Instead, he was critical of the model selection. more...   Q&A: 'There Is Such a Thing as Technology Overkill' Interview with Dr. Avi Rubin, expert on e-voting TAMPA, Florida, 29 Jan (IPS) - Millions of votes will be counted by computers this U.S. election season, and it seems that the chasm between security gurus who argue that the existing systems are fatally flawed and the manufacturers who claim that e-voting is both efficient and airtight has never been wider. more...