International
Urging Congress to take action on Honduras, what you can do
July 19, 2009The situation in Honduras may be coming to a head, as today is what may be the last mediation session in Costa Rica. The people on the streets of Honduras are staying strong and mobilized in...
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Reactions from Ghana on Obama visit
July 19, 2009ACCRA, Ghana -- Nearly one week after President Barack Obama’s visit to Ghana, a sense of excitement and expectation remains in the air here. This past Monday, July 13, a day after Obama’s weekend visit, the...
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Couple covered by over 10,000 bees
July 19, 2009(Xinhua) The couple of beekeepers Li Wenhua (C, front) and Yan Hongxia, are enshrouded with over 10,000 bees, by using the queen bee as a bait, to showcase their familiarity and intimacy with the bee and...
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COMMENTARY Blood and oil in Central Asia
July 19, 2009Original source: . Reposted by permission of the author. In the past month, two seemingly unrelated events have turned Central Asia into a potential flashpoint: an aggressively expanding North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and a nascent...
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Pressure mounts to end Cuban travel ban
July 18, 2009CHICAGO -- Pressure is mounting on multiple fronts to end U.S. government travel and trade restrictions against Cuba: the only country in the world American citizens cannot freely visit. The battle is increasingly centering in the...
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