Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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Opinion
U.S. policy blamed for keeping American in Cuban jail
May 16, 2012Cuba's ambassador to the U.S. has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor currently serving a 15-year sentence in that island nation.
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World
French Left candidate goes one-on-one with ultra-rightist
May 14, 2012Jean-Luc Melenchon, the Left Front's candidate in the recent presidential elections in France, has announced he will run as a candidate.
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World
Radical Islamists push agenda in Mali
May 7, 2012The West African country of Mali continues to be a source of worry, as radical Islamist rebels try to consolidate their hold on the North.
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World
Bahrain struggle continues amid regional tensions
May 4, 2012Dissidents continue to organize protests against the government of Bahrain, a Persian Gulf kingdom known for its large scale oil production.
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Oil in the balance in Sudan-South Sudan war
April 30, 2012A full scale war may be developing between two key oil-producing countries in Africa, Sudan and South Sudan.
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Labor
Reverberations of Mexico Walmart scandal
April 30, 2012The accusations, which workers have leveled at the giant range from desecration of the important archeological site of Teotihuacan to the introduction of genetically-modified foods.
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World
Guinea Bissau: From Africa’s bright hope to narco state?
April 16, 2012Elements of the armed forces of the small West African Republic of Guinea Bissau seized the capital and arrested Acting President Raimundo Pereira and the former prime minister, Carlos Gomes Junior.
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World
Big push for freedom for the Cuban 5
April 12, 2012A broader-than-ever coalition of organizations, activists and well-known artists will be going to Washington to break through the wall of silence.
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