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Inquiring Minds Want to Know (The Corner)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:14:11 GMT

Well, Senator Obama, would you have met with Adolph Hitler in 1939? Based on your stated policy, I think you would have. If not, how do you differentiate that situation with your stated position that you would meet with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea without preconditions (July 2007)? And in your statement today, responding to President Bush's brilliant speech in Israel...

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Three killed as violence mars Dominican election (OTB News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:09:25 GMT

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Three people, including a former congressman, were shot and killed as violence marred the close of campaigning before Friday's presidential election in the Dominican Republic, authorities said. Share This

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A very worthy cause (Sadly, No!)

Fri, 16 May 2008 01:04:39 GMT

OK, I don't get too serious all that often, but please bear with me. I’m not sure if any of you have been following the news from Haiti recently, but it is decidedly not good. This article gives a good overview of what's going on: Subsidized US rice began flooding in 30 years ago, so cheap [...]

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Everclear To Play Guantanamo Bay (Starpulse News Blog - Gaming News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:30:00 GMT

Rockers Everclear are to perform for 6,000 U.S. troops and their families at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Memorial Day.[...] Read more!

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Three killed as violence mars Dominican election (Reuters)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:23:30 GMT

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Christian Slater, Cuba Gooding Jr. Set For 'Lies' (KillerMovies)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:34:50 GMT

Christian Slater and Cuba Gooding Jr. are toplining Nu Image/Millennium Films' action/comedy "Lies & Illusions." "Lies" is directed by Tibor Takacs ("Mega Snake") from a script by Eric James..

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Failed Haiti PM nominee lashes out (Miami Herald)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:34:31 GMT

An international banker whose nomination for Haiti's No. 2 political post was rejected by the lower house of Parliament said Thursday he was hamstrung by corrupt legislators.

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Corruption defeated me, Haitian PM nominee says (Alertnet)

Thu, 15 May 2008 23:02:38 GMT

Source: Reuters By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 15 (Reuters) - Haiti's newly defeated nominee for prime minister said on Thursday that parliament rejected him because he refused to accept bribes in ...

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Cheeks Kilpatrick, black caucus to visit Haiti (Detroit Free Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 21:17:48 GMT

WASHINGTON — Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and members of the Congressional Black Caucus will make a one-day trip to Haiti on Friday to meet with the president of the economically depressed nation and talk about the effects of escalating food prices.

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Looking Good! (Celebrity Babies Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:58:08 GMT

Gwen Stefani is looking good second time around. She was spotted at a boutique in Beverly Hills Wednesday. She is such a good mom to Kingston. I can't wait to see her with this new little one.

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China One Corporation: China One Corporation Announces Acquisition of IND Lifetech Group Ltd. as Its Qualifying Transaction (Market Wire - Financial Services)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:48:00 GMT

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) China One Corporation ("China One") (TSX VENTURE: CHO.P) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a letter of intent (the "LOI") dated effective May 7, 2008 with IND Lifetech Group Ltd. ("IND"), a Cayman Islands company, for the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding securities of IND (the "Acquisition"). IND is an emerging raw milk producer in...

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A Growing Chorus? (Babalu Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:32:21 GMT

I was wading through the newsstand at my local bookstore when I came across the Americas Quarterly. Lo and behold, they have a special section in the Spring 2008 Issue entitled "Cuba: Until When?" For most of us, the information...

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Without Comment (Babalu Blog)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:32:20 GMT

Speaking of literal "people to people exchanges," read this travel piece from the Brit bringers of democracy down Havana way. I kid you not. Oh, well, I'll allow myself one comment: "Que despretigio! "...

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I’m more of a Triscuit (pamibe)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:25:10 GMT

I thought I was immune to the name calling, living here in Margaritaville cum little Haiti. It's not Houston's fifth ward, not Harlem. But it doesn't feel too far off sometimes. And the names usually don't involve me, or I can't hear them, anyway. But today I almost lost it… because I’m sick [...]

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Because The People Of Cuba Voted For Them (Down With Everybody)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:19:24 GMT

“The Conservatives are being honest to their own convictions, but they are in violation of their international obligations,” said Graham Riches, a University of British Columbia social rights specialist who has worked with the UN on the right to food. The rest.

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Dominican building boom may help president in vote (OTB News)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:52:59 GMT

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has led the nation out of economic crisis and turned the capital into a huge construction zone, gains that are expected to win him a third term in Friday's elections…. Share This

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Dominican building boom may help president in vote (kansascity.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:40:00 GMT

Dominican President Leonel Fernandez has led the nation out of economic crisis and turned the capital into a huge construction zone, gains that are expected to win him a third term in Friday's elections.

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Bush's 'Appeasement' Remark Hits Nerve (Free Internet Press)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:13:20 GMT

Addressing the Israeli parliament, President Bush set off a political firestorm today with an apparent criticism of Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential hopeful, over his position on negotiating with some dictatorships. Obama, who has pledged to talk to regimes in Iran, Cuba and North Korea, promptly accused the Bush White House of launching "a false political attack" for suggesting such...

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Bicitaxi in Old Havana (Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:56:00 GMT

Bicitaxi in Old Havana Originally uploaded by bazril

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Estancia - Punta Cana, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:49:14 GMT

Republica Dominicana. Verano 2007

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