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Cuba signs UN human rights pact
March 5, 2008Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque announced at a Feb. 28 press conference at UN headquarters in New York that he had just signed two human rights accords originally introduced in the world body in 1976....
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Okinawa rape provokes fury at role of U.S. base
March 5, 2008What would happen if there was a highly organized group of people in a U.S. state that was responsible for more than 100 crimes per year on average? What if a member of that group was...
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World Notes: Food aid, Iraqi health care, Agent Orange…
March 5, 2008United Nations: Food scarcity looms World Food Program Director Josette Sheeran told the BBC last week that without increased monetary support, her agency will soon be rationing food aid. As food prices have risen, she said,...
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Fernando Lugo, populist, favored in Paraguay elections
March 5, 2008Opinion surveys suggest former Bishop Fernando Lugo will win Paraguay’s presidential elections set for April 20. One poll estimates a 40 percent total for Lugo, 26.6 percent for Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar, and 22.4 percent...
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A look behind Kenya’s power-sharing agreement
March 2, 2008Facing the prospect of a new round of mass protests, the Kenyan regime headed by Mwai Kibaki agreed to a power-sharing arrangement negotiated by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Signed on Feb. 28, the deal...
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