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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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2008 vote on AFL-CIO agenda
March 1, 2008SAN DIEGO, Calif. (PAI) – Politics will be a big item on the AFL-CIO executive council agenda at its meeting in San Diego, March 4 – 6. The likelihood of an endorsement is slim because there...
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Castros retirement sparks worldwide reaction
February 29, 2008Cuba has a new president. Voting on Feb. 24, Cuba’s National Assembly elected former First Vice President Raul Castro as President of the Council of State, the official whom Cuba’s constitution designates as President of the...
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