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UPDATE 2-U.S. to restart migration talks with Cuba -State Dept.
Reuters* Talks last held in January 2011 * U.S. says no significant policy change (Recasts with quotes from Cuban and U.S. officials) MIAMI, June 19 (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume regular migration talks in a possible sign of...Tags: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Fidel Castro, Government, Cuba
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UK top court ruling threatens Western sanctions against Iran
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain's top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank over alleged links to Tehran's...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, Iran, Trials
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CORRECTED-UK top court ruling threatens Western sanctions against Iran
Reuters(Corrects first bullet point to show ruling came in January 2013, not 2010) * Echoes EU General Court's ruling in January * Fifty similar court cases pending at EU court * Washington fears for key EU support in isolating Iran * Iran hard hit by...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Economy, Business and Finance, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Elections, Trials
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Deep freeze in US-Cuba relations could be thawing
The Miami HeraldThere have been signs on two fronts this week that the Obama administration is willing to work toward warmer relations with Cuba that have been all but frozen since Havana jailed a U.S. government subcontractor in 2009. Two days of talks between U.S. and...Tags: Havana (Cuba), U.S. Postal Service, Government, U.S. Congress, George W. Bush
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Mayweather-'Canelo': gran negocio detrás de una gran pelea
En una decisión tan sensata como salvadora, la Confederación Caribeña del Béisbol autorizó finalmente esta semana el retorno de Cuba a la agonizante Serie del Caribe. El movimiento, que se venía gestando desde hace algunos meses, le devolvería...
Tags: Guillermo Mota, Danny Bonaduce, Jim Leyland, Andre Iguodala, Pablo Sandoval
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Timeline: Recent events in Iran
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Here is a look at recent events in Iran as the nation prepares to vote on Friday for a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who by law could not run for a third term. June 2005 - In a stunning upset, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the...Tags: Barack Obama, Elections, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, United Nations
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Change will occur in Cuba, but mainly from within
The sequence never changes. Just as night follows day, in the days following a visit by a Hollywood or Latin American star to Cuba, stories pop up demanding the United States lift the embargo on the Caribbean island. They add that Americans should be...Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations, Caribbean Islands, Politics, Foreign Aid
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WRAPUP 1-Assad forces advance; West, Russia exchange barbs ahead of talks
Reuters* Government and Hezbollah troops take village near Qusair * Moscow says it could speed up delivery of missiles * Hollande: it's unacceptable to arm Damascus before talks By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT, May 31 (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Bashar...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Iran, Rebellions, Religion and Belief, Government
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Do opponents of crop insurance oppose farm programs in general?
The 2013 drought across a wide swath of the U.S. corn belt has resulted in high insurance payments, both for farmers who faced a lower yields than they expected at planting and for farmers who had a modest or better crop but received payments because they...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Politics, Agriculture
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Will Syria give peace a chance?
Given the failure of previous efforts to find a diplomatic solution to Syria's civil war, it might seem the height of naivete for the United States to join Russia — the protector and arms supplier of President Bashar Assad — in trying to...
Tags: Israel, Bashar Assad, Russia, Wars and Interventions, Iran
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Russians hedging their bets on prospects for Syrian peace accord
Russian officials are working diligently with U.S. counterparts to revive collapsed peace talks on Syria’s future after more than two years of bloody civil war. But Moscow also has threatended to ship sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles to the...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Polio, European Union
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