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Four colossal Sun flares in 48 hours
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Haiti to plant millions of trees to boost forests and help tackle poverty
Government-backed campaign aims to double Caribbean country's forest cover by 2016 Haiti aims to plant 50m trees a ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
Hugo Chávez: poor boy from the plains who became leftwing figurehead
No one imagined it would end like this. A ravaged body, a hospital bed, a shroud of silence, invisible. Hugo ...Posted by Pamela Hogle
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Venezuela's Chavez returns after treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home to Venezuela after more than two months of medical treatment in ...Posted by Pamela Hogle -
13 days: the real story behind the Cuban Missile Crisis
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The law of war does not shield the CIA and John Brennan's drone kill list | Morris Davis
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WHO report finds rich and poor nations now battle all kinds of diseases
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Like oil and water in the gulf
As Cuba explores for oil in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. embargo could hurt both countries. Cooperation and ...Posted by Barry Grossheim
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Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Saul Landau on U.S.-Aided Anti-Castro Militants & the Cuban 5
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Castro's reality check
Fidel Castro, 84, may have failing eyesight but he has noticed something: "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us ...Posted by Neil R. Anderson
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