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From the Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam - Cuban President Raul Castro is visiting Vietnam and getting a look at a Communist country that has boomed economically after embracing…
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Raul Castro is welcomed in Beijing by China’s Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun. A translator appears between them. (Photo by AIN – Cuba) By Fernando Ravsberg From Havana Times President…
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From the Associated Press BEIJING — Cuban leader Raul Castro is in China for talks with President Hu Jintao and other leaders, his first visit to his country’s key trading partner…
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Mohamed Mursi beats off military man Ahmed Shafiq to become Egypt's first post-uprising president By Sherif Tarek From Ahram Online The Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate,…
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By Saul Landau Syria has become dangerous. Syrians get killed and wounded almost daily. Their neighbors have also felt the impacts of violence: refugees in Turkey and outbreaks of…
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By Karen Freifeld From Reuters NEW YORK - ING Bank NV (ING.AS) agreed to pay $619 million to settle U.S. government allegations that it violated U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Iran and…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times Oh, wow — another bank bailout, this time in Spain. Who could have predicted that? The answer, of course, is everybody. In fact, the whole story…
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By the Progreso Weekly staff Cuban ex prisoners that left to live in Spain two years ago find themselves unemployed and about to lose the subsidies they receive from the government of…
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By Paul Krugman From The New York Times “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity.” So declared John Maynard Keynes 75 years ago, and he was right. Even if you have a…
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By Richard Gott From the British newspaper The Guardian Some years ago, travelling on the presidential plane of Hugo Chávez of Venezuela with a French friend from Le Monde…
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