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US, Cuba to hold second round of migration talks
AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States and Cuba will hold a second round of talks on migration issues in Havana at a yet undetermined date, a State Department spokesman said Monday.
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US, Cuba to hold second round of migration talks
CIA offers bounties to Pakistani intelligence: report
AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The CIA provides hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan’s spy service, including payments for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a US newspaper reported, citing unnamed officials and former officials.
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CIA offers bounties to Pakistani intelligence: report
Bernanke sees sustained US growth despite ‘headwinds’
AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday he expects the US economy to sustain its growth into 2010 despite “important headwinds” including tight credit and weak employment.
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Bernanke sees sustained US growth despite ‘headwinds’
Outrage in Washington over Obama’s Japan bow
AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan’s emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas.
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Outrage in Washington over Obama’s Japan bow
Top Rwanda genocide fugitive in Kenya: US envoy
AFP – NAIROBI (AFP) – Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.
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Top Rwanda genocide fugitive in Kenya: US envoy
Obama presses Internet freedoms in China
AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and expanded political freedoms, seeking to get around China’s media curbs with a webcast town hall event in booming Shanghai.
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Obama presses Internet freedoms in China
Former US president Carter builds homes in Asia
AFP – BANGKOK (AFP) – Former US president Jimmy Carter launched a campaign Monday in which thousands of volunteers will build homes for the poor in five nations along the Mekong River, a humanitarian group said.
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Former US president Carter builds homes in Asia