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A profile picture of the Brazilian president, Lula da Silva Brazil leader blasted for stance on Cuba prisoners
BRASILIA, Brazil—Brazil's president is coming under criticism for his deference to the Cuban government regarding the island's political prisoners and hunger strikes over human rights. A Cuban... (photo: Creative Commons / Marcello Casal) Denver Post
Brazil   Cuba   Leader   Photos   President
President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform, Wednesday, July 15, 2009, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama Tells Haitian Leader That U.S. Aid Will Continue
WASHINGTON — Even as the United States military withdraws the forces it sent urgently to Haiti after its devastating earthquake in January, President Obama on Wednesday pledged a lasting... (photo: AP / Ron Edmonds) The New York Times
Aid   Earthquake   Haiti   Photos   US
Crack cocaine Fake Fruit Conceals Cocaine Cargo in Netherlands
Filed at 10:58 a.m. ET THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- First it was drugs among the flowers. Now, drug traffickers have stuffed real drugs into fake fruit in an effort to smuggle cocaine into the... (photo: US DEA) The New York Times
Cargo   Cocaine   Drug   Fruit   Photos
2010 Chile earthquake Austin woman survives Chilean earthquake
3/10/2010 9:38:30 AM By Edie Grossfield The Post-Bulletin, Austin MN How to help Learn more about donating to the American Red Cross' Chile earthquake relief fund. Feb. 27 was a scary day for Paulette... (photo: Creative Commons / Juan Orellana) Post-Bulletin
Austin   Chile   Environment   Photos   Woman
Rene Preval President of the Republic of Haiti, Obama to meet with Haiti's Preval for discussions on rebuilding after quake
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama meets Wednesday with his Haitian counterpart, Rene Preval, who has come to Washington to thank Americans for the massive outpouring of earthquake aid and to outline... (photo: Public Domain / United States) Star Tribune
Haiti   Photos   Quake   US   Washington
Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. His visit... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson) The New York Times
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Saudi Arabia   US
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