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Cuba: Will Washington's Blindness Continue to Prevent It From Registering the Fundamental Changes Now Taking Place in Havana?
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:24:00 GMT
One of the most anticipated leadership transitions of this epoch has been underway for the better part of a year in the absence of political instability or the upheaval predicted by American policymakers.
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Should We Dump the Absentee Ballot?
Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:19:00 GMT
Critics say a system that obliges many of the nation's 18 million college students to vote from afar is inaccurate, insecure, and just plain annoying.
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Costly Food an Opportunity to Review Aid Responses
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:49:00 GMT
High food prices have brought social unrest but they have also provided a "window of opportunity" to review global policies on the response to food insecurity, said a leading food aid analyst…
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Food Fights
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:01:00 GMT
For the first time since widespread famines devastated whole populations, serious doubts about global food supply have gripped societies throughout the world.
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An Ode to the Family
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:02:00 GMT
Deepak Verma's book is a poignant, straight from the heart account of what he and his wife experienced as parents of an only son who lay critically injured thousands of miles away in South Carolina.
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The Specious 'National Security' Argument
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:57:00 GMT
In the past week, the Bush administration has unearthed a "national security" justification for passage of the United States-Colombia Free Trade Agreement that can't be allowed to stand.
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House of Cards
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:36:00 GMT
The end of the housing boom has signaled a bust in construction jobs, a field in which about 28 percent of workers are foreign-born, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Dominica: The Caribbean's Next 'Terror Island'?
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:17:00 GMT
Dominica's pursuit of an independent foreign policy and its insistence on maintaining cordial relations with Caracas might sorely test the tolerance of a putative McCain administration.
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Plan Colombia: The Real Destabilizing Force in South America
Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:46:00 GMT
U.S. press coverage of the recent tensions between Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela might lead one to conclude that Colombia has become the victim of the wrath of its' evil next door neighbor.
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An Encounter With Chile's Powerful Pascua
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:25:00 GMT
Home to the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, the largest in the world outside of Antarctica and Greenland, the remote region of Aysén also boasts one of Chile's most powerful rivers, the Pascua.
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