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Russian Duma asks U.S. Congress to end blockade
The United States' economic blockade of Cuba was the subject of impassioned debate in the Russian Duma, the lower house of Parliament, which was considering a plea to the United Nations…
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I volunteered to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone with MSF. Here’s what happened
You pour the sweat out of your boots, see body bags and miracles, and constantly monitor your own health. Sierra Leone’s health system is in desperate trouble,
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Syracuse disinvites washpost pulitzer photographer due to ebola fears
Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Michel du Cille of The Washington Post, who returned from covering the Ebola crisis in Liberia 21 days ago and who is symptom free, was…
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Russian Parliament to lobby for Cuba at U.N.
The Russian Duma's Committee on Foreign Affairs introduced a draft of a message it plans to send to the member nations of the United Nations General Assembly, asking their help in…
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CDC says Ebola vaccine only works on white people
With the disease seeming to only work on those with white skin, the conspiracy theorists certainly have been provided with more fodder for their beliefs.
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How did Gandhi win?
History remembers Mohandas Gandhi’s Salt March as one of the great episodes of resistance in the past century and as a campaign which struck a decisive blow against British imperialism.
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Lavrov to unnamed foe: Don’t try to destabilize socialist nations
While not mentioning the United States by name, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov decried any effort by an "outside" nation to destabilize the governments of Cuba, Venezuela,…
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The political economy of Ebola
Ebola is a problem that will not be solved, because it isn’t profitable to do so.
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In the medical response to Ebola, Cuba is punching far above its weight
While the international community has been accused of dragging its feet on the Ebola crisis, Cuba has emerged as a crucial provider of medical expertise in the West African nations hit…
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No to new U.S. bombs on the Middle East!
The peoples of the region need to deal with dictatorships and sectarianism on their own.
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