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• When it comes to gay rights, is Cuba inching ahead of USA?
March 2.07
YEARS before George W. Bush proclaimed his support for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages in the United States, the ideologically rigid government of Fidel Castro made a big move in the opposite direction.

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Ohio congressman pleads guilty to corruption charges
September 19, 2006
Rep. Bob Ney, a Republican lawmaker from Ohio, agreed to plead guilty today to public corruption charges that he accepted golf trips, meals and campaign contributions from lobbyists and their clients.

• Cuban Popularity in Indonesia
August 22, 2006
Many of the international aid teams that descended on Indonesia after the 27 May earthquake in Java have packed up and gone home. But a medical team from Cuba has proved so popular that locals have asked it to stay on for another six months.

• TERRORISM AND MEDIA MANIPULATION
The other weapon of the USA and its allies
August 17, 2006
THE new threat of a "terrorist attack" is intimidating the world. But: whose interests does "international terrorism" really serve?

• Changing Course On Cuba
August 14, 2006
Days before Cuban President Fidel Castro announced that he was emporarily ceding power, U.S. policymakers presented a report to Congress that recommended providing assistance to Cuba only when requested by a democratic transition government.

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