US, Cuba patch torn relations in historic accord
Christian Science Monitor; Amid Cuba thaw, Americans flock to forbidden island AFP; EU official: Deal with Cuba possible by end of year Associated Press. Obamas plans for remaking U.S. relations with Cuba are sweeping: He aims to expand economic.
The 25th Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Panama.
With a thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations we might have an opportunity to come to terms with the long and sordid history of the United States actions in the Caribbean divorced from the anti-communist hyperbole we still hear from some politicians and pundi.. The colorful descriptions of Noriegas private life, which one anonymous U.S. official called kinky, added to the stories about his brutal treatment of rivals and his links to the Columbian drug cartels. This elaborate��.
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US mission in Havana to become embassy amid thaw. HAVANA (AP) ��� A half-century after Washington severed relations with Cuba, the United States seven-story mission looms over Havanas seaside Malecon boulevard��.
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More stores across the U.S. that offer deeply-discounted products are seeing their sales decline after years of growth amid Americas ���Great Recession��� ��� and one analyst said on Monday its another sign of even deeper downturn. .. Obamas administration has met with industry officials numerous times, now Fox is calling for the president to meet with families directly impacted by oil and gas fracking.. Cuba confirms it hid weapons on seized N. Korean ship.
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(AP) U.S. aircraft have fired on a Libyan coast guard vessel, forcing it to limp to shore, after it launched missiles at merchant ships in the port of Misrata, U.S military officials said Tuesday.A U.S.. TOKYO (Reuters) ��� Over the past two weeks, Japanese government officials and Tokyo Electric Power executives have repeatedly described the deadly combination of the most powerful quake in Japans history and the.. Amid a surge of good will ahead of a blockbuster ���
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When asked why the US was condemning Russian exercises inside Russia, State Department press official Jeff Rathke told RT no such statement had ever been made... A dozen historic papers have disappeared entirely in the US since 2007, and many more are ghost versions of what they used to be, weekly rather than daily, freesheets rather than broadsheets, without the resources required to.. mikenova shared this story from Christian Science Monitor | World.
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US-led coalition airstrikes in Iraq have allowed the Iraqi Army, Kurdish peshmerga fighters, and their allies to reclaim territory lost to an Islamic State (IS) spring and summer offensive. Christian Science Monitor. Save More like this. Remove.. HAVANA (AP) ��� Cubas point person on U.S. relations says anything is up for discussion as the two countries move to re-establish diplomatic ties, from anti-drug cooperation to joint environmental agreements. Associated Press.
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In the 1970s, a relaxation of relations followed, but tensions resumed when the Soviet Union began providing military assistance in Afghanistan at the request of its new socialist government in 1979.. An agreement was made between the Soviet Union and the United States to remove enemy nuclear missiles from both Cuba and Turkey, concluding the crisis.. Soviet authorities were unable to meet the growing demand for transport infrastructure and services.
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Despite the reconciliatory rhetoric often expressed by Russian and American officials when they meet in public, we have in fact been in the very midst of a new cold war for some time now... The following comment by Max Boot (a Russian-born Jew who at one time worked for the Christian Science Monitor and the Wall Street Journal and is currently a Senior Fellow at the infamous CFR) explicitly explains, albeit in palatable terms, why the arrogant empire is engaged in wars around��.
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Latin American leaders who for years have pressured the United States to drop its economic embargo against Cuba praised President Barack Obama for moving on Wednesday to restore diplomatic relations with its communist-run... bacchanalia on the currency market,��� Putin aide Andrei Belousov told Russian news agencies after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev convened an emergency meeting of top economic officials and the heads of major energy companies.
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The official history books tell a selective story, glossing over the fact that all the components of an anarchist society have existed at various times, and innumerable stateless societies have thrived for millennia. How would an... Life is a little easier for those of us with low or no income, and relationships develop in a space in which social class and financial means are at least temporarily irrelevant. [2].. With the spring thaw of 1525, fighting resumed with a ferocity.
Anti-Government Protests Focus on Quality of Democracy in Turkey
For an update from the ground and to examine the scope and national impact of the protests against the leadership of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, Judy Woodruff talks with Scott Peterson of The Christian Science Monitor and Soner Cagaptay of the .
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The Christian Science Monitor ��� Wed Mar 23, 5:17 pm ET. Aspen Institute executive director Charles King Mallory said Thursday the two sides would talk about denuclearization and bilateral relations.. WASHINGTON (Reuters) ��� U.S. officials said they are looking into why two passenger planes were unable to communicate with the air traffic control tower at Reagan Washington National Airport before landing early on... Panama (Click here for more). Cuba��.
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Reuters ��� 5 mins ago WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) ��� The government official overseeing day-to-day air traffic operations resigned on Thursday after additional disclosures of air controllers sleeping on the job.. ���The long Arab winter has begun to thaw,��� said Clinton on the opening day of the US-Islamic World Forum being held in Washington, praising Arab youth for rising up against ���false narratives��� that she said had choked political and economic reform for��.
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In the summer of 2013, a North Korean vessel was intercepted trying to cross the Panama Canal with over 240 tons of Cuban weapons headed for Pyongyang. That vessel. Instead, the Obama Administration rewarded Castros regime with the normalization of diplomatic relations and eased sanctions for travel and trade with the Cuban militarys monopolies.. The US Will Let Iran Spread Terror and Go Nuclear... Officials: Relationship Between Obama Administrati.
The 25th Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Panama
With President Barack Obamas decision to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba we might be entering a new era where the ghosts of Americas past military interventions in the Caribbean and Central America finally can be placed in a more realistic .