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Global News Blog The United States and Venezuela begin to make nice
An exchange of ambassadors is part of Obama's policy of engagement over confrontation.
06/27/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion The tragedy of Chávez
Ten years in, a capitalist elite has merely been replaced by a quasi-socialist elite with little regard for Venezuelans.
06/25/2009 01:00 am -
Why Iran's Twitter revolution is unique
The government's tight control of the Internet has spawned a generation adept at circumventing cyber roadblocks, making the country ripe for a technology–driven protest movement.
06/19/2009 01:00 am -
Rudder could be cause of Air France crash, pilots and experts say
There's been a pattern of irregularities linked to the tail fin, but Airbus says it's too soon to know.
06/19/2009 01:00 am -
Alleged spy couple planned to sail 'home' to Cuba
Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers, arrested two weeks ago, made a court appearance Wednesday.
06/18/2009 01:00 am -
Convicted 'Cuban Five' spies lose bid for new trial
The Supreme Court refused Monday to hear their appeal. Their lawyers had argued they couldn't receive a fair trial in Miami.
06/15/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Monday's coverage agenda: Post-election Iran, Air France, healthcare reform
06/15/2009 01:00 am -
Embargo on Cuba loosens, by stages
But more trade and eased travel restrictions appear unlikely to win much in return from the island nation.
06/12/2009 01:00 am -
US House panel bars benefits for Gitmo detainees
Republicans vote to ensure Guantanamo Bay detainees do not receive US immigration benefits if they are released.
06/12/2009 01:00 am -
Guantánamo's untouchables: What to do with Uighurs
The US moves toward sending the Chinese Muslims to Palau, a remote Pacific island. But some experts say that would be a mistake.
06/11/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion A 10-year truce between Islam and the West
Obama should follow his speech in Cairo with a global conference and a call for a 10-year hudna.
06/11/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog How an American couple came to be spies for Cuba
Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers were recruited from academia by Fidel Castro's intelligence service - one of the best in the world.
06/06/2009 01:00 am -
Obama proclaims an end to Bush's regime-change doctrine
His Cairo speech asserted that a country should not impose its system of government upon another.
06/05/2009 01:00 am -
Will OAS decision to readmit Cuba change US-Latin America relations?
Cuba has shown no desire to rejoin. Socialist states like Venezuela and Nicaragua say they want to form an association that excludes the US.
06/04/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's coverage: World reaction to Obama speech, and more
06/04/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog OAS welcomes Cuba back after nearly 50 years
Latin American leftist leaders are hailing the Organization of American States' move Wednesday as a symbolic 'end to the cold war.'
06/03/2009 01:00 am -
Will potential US-Cuba thaw dominate OAS meeting?
This week's meeting of the Organization of American States could pave to way to Cuba's reentry into the group after nearly 50 years – and toward lifting the US embargo.
06/02/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion Rethink Washington's 'War of Ideas'
We need not 'defeat' detrimental ideas. Rather, we should aim to make bestsellers of the ideas that bolster our cause.
06/02/2009 01:00 am -
Cuba and US inch closer
The two countries agree to talk about immigration policy. It is the second significant overture Obama has made to Cuba in two months.
05/31/2009 01:00 am -
From Albania, freed Guantánamo prisoner watches detainee debate unfold
As Congress worries about the dangerous prisoners, a Chinese Uighur asks: Why not release those deemed innocent?
05/23/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Cuba: Cuisine only tourists can afford
05/13/2009 01:00 am -
US rejoins UN’s human rights forum
Bush had shunned it as an ineffective dictators' club. Obama's team pledges to work from within to 'improve' it.
05/12/2009 01:00 am -
Mexico City returns to normal as swine flu restrictions fade
Restaurants and offices reopened Wednesday. High school and university students return to school tomorrow.
05/06/2009 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View The Obama doctrine: Charm enemies, arm-twist friends
For a friendly foreign leader, a visit to the White House can be a visit to the woodshed.
05/06/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Lions, tigers, and bloggers! Oh, my!
The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a report on the "10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger" last week, just days before World Press Freedom Day, today.
05/03/2009 01:00 am
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