Riga - Senior officials in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania expressed their pleasure Friday at their countries' admission to the Unites States' visa waiver program.
President George W Bush announced Friday at the White House that the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and South Korea had all met the necessary criteria to earn visa-free status.
Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek welcomed Washington's decision, announced Friday by US President George W Bush, to allow Czechs to travel to the United States without visas.
The new policy is set to go into effect within a month.
"It is virtually the largest success we could have achieved. It lifts the last relic of communism and the Cold War. I am thus very happy," Topolanek said in a statement.
Baghdad - Opposition grew on Friday among Iraqi religious leaders about a draft agreement worked out between the US and Iraqi governments on the status of US forces in Iraq.
"The Shiite clergy is very worried about this security agreement with the USA," said Imam Sadr Eddin al-Qabanji, a confidant of Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, speaking before a crowd of hundreds in Najaf.
Washington - Seven new countries will be added to the United States' visa-waiver programme after meeting new security requirements aimed at reducing the threat of terrorism, President George W Bush announced Friday.
In about one month, citizens of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and South Korea will be able to visit the US for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa.
Washington - The United States is admitting seven new countries to its visa waiver programme after finalizing security arrangements, President George W Bush announced Friday.
Within one month, citizens of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and South Korea, will be able to visit the US for up to 90 days without obtaining a visa.
Bush called it a "new chapter in the relationship between the United States and your nations."
Riga - Senior officials in the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania expressed their pleasure Friday at their countries' admission to the Unites States' visa waiver program.
Prague - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek welcomed Washington's decision, announced Friday by US President George W Bush, to allow Czechs to travel to the United States without visas.
Baghdad - Opposition grew on Friday among Iraqi religious leaders about a draft agreement worked out between the US and Iraqi governments on the status of US forces in Iraq.
Washington - Seven new countries will be added to the United States' visa-waiver programme after meeting new security requirements aimed at reducing the threat of terrorism, President George W Bush announced Friday.
Riga - Senior officials 
Washington - The United States is admitting seven new countries to its visa waiver programme after finalizing security arrangements, President George W Bush announced Friday.
