A Prisoner Swap With Cuba - NYTimes.com:
"Nearly five years ago, authorities in Cuba arrested an American government subcontractor, Alan Gross, who was working on a secretive program to expand Internet access on the island. At a time when a growing number of officials in Washington and Havana are eager to start normalizing relations, Mr. Gross’s continued imprisonment has become the chief obstacle to a diplomatic breakthrough."
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Sunday, November 2, 2014
Keeping Mexico’s Revolutionary Fires Alive - NYTimes.com
Keeping Mexico’s Revolutionary Fires Alive - NYTimes.com:
"AYOTZINAPA, Mexico — In their first week of school, the new students eat and drink nothing but beans and cold coffee, and spend sleepless days cleaning up the buildings and planting crops."
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"AYOTZINAPA, Mexico — In their first week of school, the new students eat and drink nothing but beans and cold coffee, and spend sleepless days cleaning up the buildings and planting crops."
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Argentine Judge Seeks to Put Franco Officials on Trial - NYTimes.com
Argentine Judge Seeks to Put Franco Officials on Trial - NYTimes.com:
"MADRID — Spain, whose judges have aggressively pursued human rights abuse cases far beyond its borders, finds itself on the receiving end of such an inquest, as an Argentine judge seeks to extradite and try Spanish police officials accused of torturing opponents of the regime under Francisco Franco, the dictator who died in 1975."
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"MADRID — Spain, whose judges have aggressively pursued human rights abuse cases far beyond its borders, finds itself on the receiving end of such an inquest, as an Argentine judge seeks to extradite and try Spanish police officials accused of torturing opponents of the regime under Francisco Franco, the dictator who died in 1975."
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Argentine Judge Seeks to Put Franco Officials on Trial - NYTimes.com
Argentine Judge Seeks to Put Franco Officials on Trial - NYTimes.com:
"MADRID — Spain, whose judges have aggressively pursued human rights abuse cases far beyond its borders, finds itself on the receiving end of such an inquest, as an Argentine judge seeks to extradite and try Spanish police officials accused of torturing opponents of the regime under Francisco Franco, the dictator who died in 1975."
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"MADRID — Spain, whose judges have aggressively pursued human rights abuse cases far beyond its borders, finds itself on the receiving end of such an inquest, as an Argentine judge seeks to extradite and try Spanish police officials accused of torturing opponents of the regime under Francisco Franco, the dictator who died in 1975."
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Braced for a Shift in Congress, Obama Is Setting a New Agenda - NYTimes.com
Braced for a Shift in Congress, Obama Is Setting a New Agenda - NYTimes.com:
"WASHINGTON — Whipsawed by events and facing another midterm electoral defeat, President Obama has directed his team to forge a policy agenda to regain momentum for his final two years in office even as some advisers urge that he rethink the way he governs."
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"WASHINGTON — Whipsawed by events and facing another midterm electoral defeat, President Obama has directed his team to forge a policy agenda to regain momentum for his final two years in office even as some advisers urge that he rethink the way he governs."
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
Why is there such an explosion of violence across the Middle East? Here's an alternative view... - Middle East - World - The Independent
Why is there such an explosion of violence across the Middle East? Here's an alternative view... - Middle East - World - The Independent:
"What on earth has descended upon the Middle East?"
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"What on earth has descended upon the Middle East?"
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DNA Tests Confirm 3 Dead in Mexico Were U.S. Citizens - NYTimes.com
DNA Tests Confirm 3 Dead in Mexico Were U.S. Citizens - NYTimes.com:
"MEXICO CITY — DNA testing confirmed that three U.S. citizens were among the four bodies found shot to death near the Texas border more than two weeks after they went missing on a visit to Mexico, prosecutors announced."
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"MEXICO CITY — DNA testing confirmed that three U.S. citizens were among the four bodies found shot to death near the Texas border more than two weeks after they went missing on a visit to Mexico, prosecutors announced."
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