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Terrorism & Security CIA rendition flights landed in British territories

The British government says it has learned from the US that its earlier denials of aiding the criticized operations were wrong.
02/22/2008 12:00 am
Castro's exit may spur U.S. policy rethink

US-Cuba relations are unlikely to thaw anytime soon, but change may be only a matter of time.
02/21/2008 12:00 am
An honest look at a slave-trading family’s past

Thomas DeWolf tells of his voyage into some ugly chapters of family history.
02/21/2008 12:00 am
Fidel Castro retires as president of Cuba

After nearly 50 years in power, Fidel effectively hands the reins to his younger brother, Raul Castro.
02/20/2008 12:00 am
Castro exit unlikely to thaw U.S.-Cuba relations

The State Department said Tuesday that Castro's departure won't lead to a change in policy or the lifting of the embargo.
02/20/2008 12:00 am
Opinion Fidel Castro's letter of resignation

'My only wish is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas.'
02/20/2008 12:00 am
World

02/19/2008 12:00 am
An honest look at a slave-trading family's past

Thomas DeWolf tells of his voyage into some ugly chapters of family history.
02/19/2008 12:00 am
Burma's censors monitor Internet, newspapers - and poets

The regime has watched the media more closely since last September's uprising by monks.
02/11/2008 12:00 am
At Grammys, zydeco music gets a spark of renewal

Terrance Simien, a leading light among the younger generation of zydeco musicians, is raising the genre's profile at this year's Grammy awards.
02/08/2008 12:00 am
World

02/04/2008 12:00 am
Family confronts the North's slave-trading past

Descendants of the DeWolf family of Rhode Island retrace the infamous 'triangle trade' in a documentary film.
01/31/2008 12:00 am
Chávez sees U.S.-Colombian war plans

But critics say Venezuela's president is trying to distract from economic problems at home.
01/30/2008 12:00 am
In Miami's Little Havana, Giuliani makes his stand

On the eve of Tuesday's primary in Florida, the one-time national GOP front-runner is still running strong among Cuban-Americans, who represent 10 to 12 percent of the state's GOP electorate.
01/28/2008 12:00 am
Will Fidel Castro step down next month?

Cubans voted for 614 candidates running unopposed in Sunday's parliamentary poll.
01/22/2008 12:00 am
Colombian leftist guerrillas free two high-level hostages

A deal brokered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez could pave the way for the liberation of dozens of others being held in rebel camps.
01/11/2008 12:00 am
Nicaraguan opposition resists Chávez's expanding 'revolution'

Some lawmakers say that President Ortega is taking a page from the Venezuelan leader's playbook to expand his own presidential powers.
01/03/2008 12:00 am
Global elections watch: All eyes on U.S. race

Who would foreigners like to see at the helm of the world's superpower – a Republican or Democrat?
01/02/2008 12:00 am