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Pressure to release U.S. contractor shifts to the White House
December 5, 2013There may be a shift in the thinking of people who are working for the release of Alan Gross, a U.S. government subcontractor serving a 15-year jail sentence in Cuba.
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Pandora and the drones
December 4, 2013More than 70 countries in the world deploy drones, 16 of them the deadly variety, and many of those drones target rural people living on the margins of the modern world.
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Patriotic Union revival signals hope for Colombian peace
December 4, 2013"We are arriving in the country we want to change to become a country at peace, a democratic country, a tolerant country."
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South Africa unity under threat
December 4, 2013African National Congress secretary-general Gwede Mantashe voiced ANC concern this week at increasing disunity in trade union federation Cosatu.
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Right-wing candidate declared winner in Honduras vote
November 27, 2013The Supreme Electoral Tribunal gave 774,757 votes to National Party presidential candidate Juan Orlando Hernandez and 623, 080 votes to Libre party candidate Xiomara Castro de Zelaya.
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