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CUBA-US: Frosty Relations No Bar to Communication
Patricia Grogg
HAVANA - Cuba and the United States are poised to resume talks on migration issues any time now, although the five Cuban agents imprisoned in the U.S. remain "a formidable obstacle" to normalising bilateral relations, according to Cuban parliament president Ricardo Alarcón.
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US-ECUADOR: Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - In the latest in a string of setbacks that could cost the U.S. oil giant Chevron billions of dollars in damages, President Barack Obama decided this week to extend trade preferences for Ecuadorean exports for another six months under the 1991 Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA).
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US-AFGHANISTAN: Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
Ali Gharib
WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented – including a surge of troops and attempts to curtail the poppy trade that allegedly funds insurgents.
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Economy and Trade
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Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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Senate Divided Over Bill to Boost Unions
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Uribe Presses FTA in First Encounter with Obama
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Congress Pushing for Federal Reserve Audit
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Politics
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Frosty Relations No Bar to Communication
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Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
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Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
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Civil Society
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Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
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"The Streets Were Overtaken by Tear Gas"
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The Day of Confrontation and Clarity
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Protesters Defy Khamenei-Sanctioned Crackdown
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Environment
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Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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Europe Feels the U.S. Sneeze
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2020 Deadline Is the Crucial "Litmus Test"
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House Passes Controversial Climate Legislation
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Development
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Tsvangirai Gets Obama's Seal of Approval
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Recruiting Far and Wide for Great Young Minds
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Thousands March as Food Crisis Deepens
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WHO Urges Universal Rotavirus Vaccine
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Human Rights
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Frosty Relations No Bar to Communication
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Four Thousand Marines to "Drink Lots of Tea"
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Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
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Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
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Health
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Chevron Fails in Effort to Lift Trade Benefits
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Some Drug Trades Easing Up, U.N. Says
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Sexual Violence in War Hauled Out of the Shadows
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Thousands March as Food Crisis Deepens
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Media & Communications
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Obama Still Buoyed by Extraordinary Global Popularity
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Green Groups Say E-Waste Bill Is Too Lax
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Women Reach for Technology Lifeline
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Clinton Visit Has Aura of Drug Intervention
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More North American News
POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment
IRAN: Rights Group Seeks Release of Mistreated and Ill Detainee
PAKISTAN: Public Backs Army’s Push Against Taliban, Poll Finds
RIGHTS: U.N. Revisits U.S. Policies on Racial Profiling
US-HONDURAS: Dictatorships and Double Standards Revisited
LABOUR-US: Senate Divided Over Bill to Boost Unions
US-COLOMBIA: Uribe Presses FTA in First Encounter with Obama
US-IRAQ: Troops Leave Cities, as Questions Remain
ECONOMY-US: Congress Pushing for Federal Reserve Audit
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Latest Global News
RELIGION-BRAZIL: Intolerance Denounced at UN
DEVELOPMENT-KENYA: Fears Over New Land Deal
PERU: Petroleum Sullies the Amazon
AGRICULTURE: Biotechnology: Africa Must Not Be Left Behind
EUROPE: Croatia on Uncertain Course for EU Membership
RIGHTS-AFRICA: AU Heeds Perpetrators Not Victims
RUSSIA: Hoping for Much, Expecting Little
POLITICS-BOTSWANA: Parties Block Women Candidates for Upcoming Elections
CUBA-US: Frosty Relations No Bar to Communication
RIGHTS-INDIA: India's Historic Gay Ruling
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More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience
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