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21 hours ago ago from Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog
Esteban Israel HAVANA Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:17pm EST HAVANA (Reuters) Cuba's arrest of a U.S. government contractor employed to help Cuban dissidents may rattle U.S. President Barack Obama's initiative to improve ties with Havana but should not derail it, analysts said. World The U.S. State Department has confirmed the Dec 5. arrest of the unidentified American, who The New York Times reported was handing out ...
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11 hours ago ago from Moontown
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) Cuba's arrest of a US government contractor employed to help Cuban dissidents may rattle US President Barack Obama's initiative to improve ties with Havana but should not derail it, analysts said. The US State Department has confirmed the December 5. arrest of the unidentified American, who The New York Times reported was handing out telecommunications equipment such as cellphones and laptops on the communist-ruled ...
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17 hours ago ago from San Francisco Bay View
by Jean Damu When Congresswoman Barbara Lee led a congressional delegation to Cuba in April of this year, she met with Fidel Castro at his home and with President Raul Castro, pictured here, for a five hour, wide ranging discussion, during which “they did not leave anything off the table,” she said. Lee accepted an invitation from the Cubans to train U.S. youth, African Americans in particular, as doctors – free of charge! – Photo: ...
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13 hours ago ago from J. M. Verville
And perhaps people will be more interested as folks will not assume that Pres. Obama sent him over there to spy and wreak havoc. HAVANA — A United States government contract worker, who was distributing cellphones, laptops and other communications equipment in Cuba on behalf of the Obama administration, has been detained by the authorities here, American officials said Friday. The officials said the contractor, who works for a ...
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9 hours ago ago from United States Cuba Policy & Business Blog
The Honorable John Kerry United States Senate Washington D.C. 20510 . Dear Senator Kerry, . I truly hope you receive this communiqué in the same spirit and respect in which it is sent. While we have met on several occasions over the years, there is no reason for you to remember me at this time. . However, I vividly recall your appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing which began April 20th 1971, my ...
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31 minutes ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON As five U.S. students are alleged to have discovered, joining Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents isn't easy for outsiders one reason the flow of foreign fighters to Afghanistan so far is a small stream compared to the tide once seen in Iraq. Unlike foreign recruits who found porous borders and easy entry into Iraq, potential jihad fighters heading to the Afghan-Pakistan border face forbidding terrain and closely watched travel ...
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16 hours ago ago from Washington Post - World
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has resisted a direct appeal from President Obama for a rapid expansion of Pakistani military operations in tribal areas and has called on the United States to speed up military assistance to Pakistani forces and to intervene more forcefully with India , its traditional adversary. This Story In a written response to a letter from Obama late last month, Zardari said his government ...
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