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US, Cuba to hold second round of migration talks

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:34:00 +0000

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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CIA offers bounties to Pakistani intelligence: report

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:14:00 +0000

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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Bernanke sees sustained US growth despite ‘headwinds’

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

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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Outrage in Washington over Obama’s Japan bow

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +0000

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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Top Rwanda genocide fugitive in Kenya: US envoy

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:08:00 +0000

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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Obama presses Internet freedoms in China

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:52:00 +0000

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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Former US president Carter builds homes in Asia

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:44:00 +0000

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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Obama hails China, Taiwan ties, talks on ‘rights’

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:45:00 +0000

AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Monday hailed improvements in relations between China and Taiwan, saying there was no need to change Washington’s “one-China” policy.

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US health overhaul could face key Senate test

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:36:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama’s drive to remake US health care could face a critical test vote in the US Senate, where lawmakers await an influential report on the plan’s cost and overall impact.

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US has no long-term stake in Afghanistan: Clinton

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:36:00 +0000

AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States has no long-term stake in Afghanistan and its primary aim is to defeat Al-Qaeda there, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday.

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