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<title><![CDATA[ Obama to visit region beset by drug smuggling ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:26:00 EDT</pubDate>
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When President Obama arrives in the tiny nation of El Salvador this week to talk about security and poverty, he will stand at a crossroads of arms, drug and human trafficking, where homicide rates are soaring and weak governments are struggling without much help against powerful transnational mafias
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haitian presidential vote marred by delays, confusion at polls ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:24:11 EDT</pubDate>
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Haiti struggled once more to pull off an orderly election Sunday, as confusion broke out at polls and turnout appeared low, but when the day ended quietly without major violence, election officials and foreign observers declared it a success.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Conflicting reports on whether Wyclef Jean was shot in Haiti ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:56:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean was shot in the hand Saturday night on the eve of Haiti's tense presidential runoff vote, but he has since been treated and released from a local hospital, according to his publicist.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haitian election is contrast in style, not substance ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:36:02 EDT</pubDate>
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Voters in this shattered country will go to the polls Sunday to choose Haiti's next president. The first round of balloting in November was a disaster that led to rioting. Things are supposed to be smoother this time around.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haitian ex-president Aristide returns ahead of runoff vote ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:06:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home to Haiti Friday after nearly seven years in exile in South Africa. Opponents wondered how he might affect Sunday's presidential election.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti braces for deposed president Aristide's return as election nears ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:08:01 EDT</pubDate>
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Exiled leader set to return less than 48 hours before a runoff vote in a presidential election marred by fraud and chaos.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ St. Lucia official decries violent robbery of 3 gay American tourists ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:53:03 EDT</pubDate>
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CASTRIES, St. Lucia - A robbery and assault on three gay American tourists at their vacation cottage has St. Lucia officials scrambling to assure visitors that the southern Caribbean island is safe and welcoming for homosexuals.
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<dc:creator>GUY ELLIS</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mexican drug cartels draws Guatemalan army to jungles where it fought civil war ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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IN COBAN, GUATEMALA The once-fearsome Guatemalan army has returned to the jungles where it battled Marxist guerrillas a generation ago, this time to hunt shadowy Mexican drug traffickers fighting for control of strategic smuggling routes to the United States.
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<dc:creator>William Booth and Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cuba seeks 20 years for U.S. contractor ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:09:01 EST</pubDate>
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Cuban prosecutors announced Friday that they will seek a 20-year jail term for U.S. government contractor Alan Gross, who was arrested more than a year ago for distributing satellite communication equipment to the island's Jewish community.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti panel announces candidates for runoff presidential election ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:14:00 EST</pubDate>
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Many Haitians sighed with relief Thursday after election officials announced that former first lady Mirlande Manigat will face Michel Martelly, a carnival singer known as "Sweet Micky," in a runoff presidential election next month.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ NGOs in Haiti face new questions about effectiveness ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:24:03 EST</pubDate>
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IN PORT-AU-PRINCE In the days after the earth shook and the government collapsed, the municipal nursing home here became one of the most desperate sights in Haiti, as old people lay swaddled in dirty sheets, huddled in cramped tents, begging visitors for water.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Duvalier's return adds to Haiti's political turmoil ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:28:00 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -  The political paralysis created by the bungled and inconclusive presidential election here has virtually halted business investment and reconstruction aid from rich countries, as ordinary Haitians seethe and international diplomats fear Haiti might spin into another round...
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama administration lifts some Cuba travel, money-sending restrictions ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:32:01 EST</pubDate>
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The Obama administration on Friday announced the most wide-ranging liberalization of travel and money-sending regulations to Cuba in over a decade, making it easier for American students and religious and cultural groups to visit the Communist-ruled island.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Haiti, earthquake survivors pray, lament 'a day that nobody can forget' on disaster's anniversary ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Haitians spent the anniversary of the worst natural disaster in their country's history remembering the dead and thanking God or luck or strong cement for saving their own lives.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ A year after quake, good news for Haiti: New jobs and a restored landmark ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:44:01 EST</pubDate>
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IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI Haiti could use some good news, and so on the eve of the anniversary of the nation's ruinous earthquake, business and government leaders signed a deal for a big factory, a historic market reopened, and an aid worker returned to tell how he survived 65 hours buried in the ...
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ After massive aid, Haitians feel stuck in poverty ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:02:00 EST</pubDate>
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PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI -  One of the largest and most costly humanitarian aid efforts in history saved many lives in the aftermath of last January's earthquake but has done little to ease the suffering of ordinary Haitians since then.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Climate change prompts debate among experts about spread of tropical diseases ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:47:02 EST</pubDate>
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The room where 10,000 Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes hatch each week is hot and humid and smells like the tropics - an appropriate surrogate for a warming world. The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute in Baltimore, where the insects are raised, was created with a billionaire's anonymous don...
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<dc:creator>Arthur Allen</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mexico summoning Interpol's aid to catch outlaw lawmaker  ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:28:01 EST</pubDate>
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MEXICO CITY -  Mexico's attorney general said Thursday that he was calling on Interpol to help authorities capture a lawmaker suspected of having ties to a drug cartel.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Tax-cut legislation includes $55 billion in benefits for a host of industries ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 15:51:00 EST</pubDate>
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A host of industries, from Caribbean distilleries to Hollywood producers, would gain billions in tax breaks and other subsidies under compromise tax-cut legislation now moving its way through Congress.
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<dc:creator>Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Monitors say Haiti vote fraud not massive ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:41:01 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -  The streets of Haiti's capital were mostly quiet Monday, as the international observers who monitored Sunday's tumultuous elections called for the vote-counting to continue and results to be respected, saying they had witnessed irregularities but not the "massive fraud" a...
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Election fraud alleged by candidates for Haiti president ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:34:00 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -  Haiti's much-anticipated presidential election ended Sunday as broken as the buildings around the capital city, with protests flaring across the country and nearly all the major candidates calling for the results to be tossed out amid "massive fraud."
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mexican cartels emerge as top source for U.S meth ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:37:00 EST</pubDate>
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IN VERACRUZ, MEXICO Exploiting loopholes in the global economy, Mexican crime syndicates are importing mass quantities of the cold medicines and common chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine - turning Mexico into the No. 1 source for all meth sold in the United States, law enforcement agen...
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<dc:creator>William Booth and Anne-Marie O'Connor</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Funding delays, housing complexities slow Haiti rebuilding effort ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 00:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Yolette Pierre says thank you, America. She points to the plastic over her head, to a gray sack on the dirt floor, to a bucket in the corner. Thank you for the tarp. Thank you for the rice. Thank you for the water, too.
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<dc:creator>William Booth and Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haitians hope presidential election isn't another catastrophe ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:10:05 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - After the earthquake , the hurricane and cholera , now comes the presidential election, which Haitians pray is not another disaster.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ 7 U.N. troops hurt, attacked by Haitians blaming foreigners for cholera epidemic ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:51:01 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -  Protesters throwing rocks and bottles lashed out against the Haitian government and United Nations peacekeepers in Haiti's second largest city Monday, venting fear and anger over a cholera epidemic that many Haitians believe came from foreigners.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Amid cholera outbreak in Haiti, a scramble to get soap ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:51:01 EST</pubDate>
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PORT AU PRINCE - The difference between life and death in Haiti is now an ordinary bar of soap.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Events and Commemorations ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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* Prices listed where available. November UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS GRAND REVIEW WEEKEND Descendants of African American Civil War troops convene in Harrisburg, Pa., to honor the contributions of the 180,000 black soldiers who fought on behalf of the Union. Through today. 717-635-6217.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Cholera outbreak threatens Haiti's capital ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:58:01 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI --  A cholera outbreak that already has left 250 people dead and more than 3,000 sickened is at the doorstep of an enormous potential breeding ground: the squalid camps in Port-au-Prince where 1.3 million earthquake survivors live. Health authorities and aid workers are scra...
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti cholera outbreak feared in rural areas ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:21:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -  Haiti's government and its aid partners fought Friday to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed at least 140 people in the nation's worst medical emergency since the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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<dc:creator>Joseph Guyler Delva</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Central American leaders plead for more U.S. anti-drug help ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:16:00 EDT</pubDate>
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President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador presented Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton with a $900 million plan to step up the fight against drug traffickers in Central America. He and other leaders say they fear their democracies are in peril because of the threat spreading from Mexico.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Colombian rebel leader reportedly killed in military strike ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:48:01 EDT</pubDate>
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The legendary military strategist of Colombia's largest rebel group has been killed in a military strike, a development that President Juan Manuel Santos called Thursday the biggest blow against a guerrilla organization in the rebels' 46-year war with the Colombian state.
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<dc:creator>Juan Forero</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rahm rumors move aides to eye new digs ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 23:42:01 EDT</pubDate>
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The likely departure of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel after the November elections - to be followed by those of senior adviser David Axelrod, Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina and who knows how many other top aides early in 2011 - has set off a high-stakes game of musical offices.
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<dc:creator>Al Kamen</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ As Cuba gives capitalism a try, experts ponder future ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 22:43:01 EDT</pubDate>
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MEXICO CITY - As Cuba embarks on a bold new experiment - firing 500,000 state workers and letting them plunge into freer markets - experts in the region are watching to see whether the communist government and its baby entrepreneurs can salvage the economy without sacrificing the nation's "social...
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ RNC's Steele visits U.S. territories, prompting talk of a reelection bid ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:07:01 EDT</pubDate>
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For a man hoping to lead his party to major congressional victories in November, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele has packed his travel schedule with some unusual destinations in recent weeks: Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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<dc:creator>Amy Gardner</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hurricane Earl could force U.S. evacuations before Labor Day ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:46:01 EDT</pubDate>
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As Hurricane Earl made its way toward the Eastern Seaboard on Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency warned people along the coast to prepare for possible evacuation orders from state and local governments.
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<title><![CDATA[ Despite 'all that money,' more than 1 million Haitians remain displaced by January earthquake ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Immacula Pierre had a question. Why, she wanted to know, are she and 50,000 other homeless Haitians still living in a squalid tent city on the Champ de Mars, an esplanade in the heart of Port-au-Prince just across the street from the destroyed National Palace.
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<dc:creator>Edward Cody</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti rejects hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean's candidacy for president ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI --  Haiti's electoral council ruled Friday night that hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president, ending his bid to lead the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean island.
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<dc:creator>Mike Melia and Tamara Lush</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean could be real contender for Haitian presidency ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- In the space of two weeks, Wyclef Jean has redrawn the map of Haitian politics, emerging as a new force -- and perhaps the leading contender -- in the country's presidential contest.
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<dc:creator>Edward Cody</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean could be real contender for Haitian presidency ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:42:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- In the space of two weeks, Wyclef Jean has redrawn the map of Haitian politics, emerging as a new force -- and perhaps the leading contender -- in a presidential election scheduled for November.
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<dc:creator>Edward Cody</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Another emergency in Afghanistan, another Kerry visit ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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AFGHANISTAN The arrival of Sen. John F. Kerry has come to signify a crisis in Kabul.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Conservatives returning to the high seas ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:57:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Is the Tea Party going all cruise-y? "ENLIST NOW to be on board with the most freedom-embracing and liberty-loving navy at sea: the WND Navy and the Tea Party at Sea!" is the online come-hither for an eight-day Caribbean cruise in September, sponsored by the conservative publishing site WorldNet...
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<dc:creator>Ann Gerhart</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Democrat Rangel charged with 13 ethics violations ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The House ethics committee charged Rep. Charles B. Rangel with 13 separate violations of House rules Thursday, saying his various financial dealings broke the "public trust." The long-awaited release of the charges against Rangel at an afternoon hearing was the first formal step toward a possible...
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<dc:creator>Paul Kane and Ben Pershing</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mexican drug cartels bring violence with them in move to Central America ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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SAN SALVADOR -- Drug cartel violence in Mexico is quickly spilling south into Central America and is threatening to destabilize fragile countries already rife with crime and corruption, according to the United Nations, U.S. officials and regional law enforcement agents.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff and William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Despite House ethics probe, Charles Rangel's support remains strong in Harlem ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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NEW YORK -- Whatever troubles Charles B. Rangel has in Washington, they haven't seemed to follow him to the streets of Harlem, where he is the only congressman many people have ever voted for, and where on sidewalks and stoops his recent trials are sometimes chalked up to conspiracy and dismissed...
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<dc:creator>Nia-Malika Henderson</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Guantanamo detainee Naji sent back to Algeria against his will ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration has for the first time sent a detainee at Guantanamo Bay back home against his will.
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<dc:creator>Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Mexican drug cartels' newest weapon: Cold War-era grenades made in U.S. ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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MEXICO CITY -- Grenades made in the United States and sent to Central America during the Cold War have resurfaced as terrifying new weapons in almost weekly attacks by Mexican drug cartels.
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<dc:creator>Nick Miroff and William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Walter Myers, State Dept. analyst who spied for Cuba, gets life; wife 6 years ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A retired State Department intelligence analyst was sentenced to life in prison and his wife got more than six years Friday for spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years in a screenplay-ready tale of romance and espionage.
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<dc:creator>Spencer S. Hsu</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ The sad math of aid in Haiti: 6 months, 2 percent ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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We're two weeks into Defense Secretary Robert Gates's new campaign for more "coordination and discipline" in the military's public statements -- and everything seems to be going according to plan.
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<dc:creator>Dana Milbank</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Fidel Castro appears on television to talk about Iran and North Korea ]]></title>
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MEXICO CITY --  Fidel Castro returned to Cuban television Monday night, his first major appearance in years, as the aging, ailing revolutionary leader held forth on the dangers of possible nuclear confrontations in Iran and the Korean Peninsula.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Six detainees would rather stay at Guantanamo Bay than be returned to Algeria ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The Obama administration would quickly send home six Algerians held at the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but for one problem: The men don't want to go. Given the choice between repatriation and incarceration, the men choose Gitmo, according to their lawyers.
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<dc:creator>Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ How to conquer the invasive lionfish? Saute it. ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Lionfish makes for a stunning sight underwater, with its vibrant red hue and long, venomous spines. But it is also a relentless predator in U.S. and Caribbean waters, a trait that threatens coral reefs in the Southeast, Gulf of Mexico and beyond.
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<dc:creator>Juliet Eilperin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ At Guantanamo, fewer assaults on guards after conditions eased ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO -- More prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are sharing meals and recreation time with fellow inmates -- an easing of conditions that has led to fewer assaults against guards at the U.S. base in Cuba, the new commander said Friday.
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<title><![CDATA[ Retiring abroad can cut expenses, but don't let wanderlust blur vision ]]></title>
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When Sid and Barb Williams began searching for the perfect place to retire, they never thought they'd wind up living outside the United States. But they kept hearing about the benefits of retiring to Panama.
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<dc:creator>Laura Cohn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands go head to head on rum, fueling tensions in Congress ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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It's the preferred drink of Caribbean tourists and swashbuckling pirates alike, and now it's at the heart of a nasty political dispute: The rum wars have come to Washington.
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<dc:creator>Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Gangs, corrupt officials make illegal migrants' trip through Mexico dangerous ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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IXTEPEC, MEXICO -- As the Mexican government condemns a new immigration law in Arizona as cruel and xenophobic, illegal migrants passing through Mexico are routinely robbed, raped and kidnapped by criminal gangs that often work alongside corrupt police, according to human rights advocates.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Digest ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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BARBADOS Sometimes success breeds new problems. The U.S.-backed campaign against drug dealers in Colombia and Mexico has led gangs to look for new transit routes through the Caribbean. Drug gangs have become so brazen that Kingston, Jamaica, erupted in violence last month when the country's prime...
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<title><![CDATA[ Obama administration's anti-narcotics fight spreads to Caribbean ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:14:00 EDT</pubDate>
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BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS -- Sometimes success breeds new problems.
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<dc:creator>Glenn Kessler</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ FBI denies paying thousands to van der Sloot in sting operation ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The FBI denied published reports Wednesday that it had paid thousands of dollars in a sting operation to Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in Natalee Holloway's disappearance, and put off arresting him to help build a murder case.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Police: Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot says he killed woman in Peru ]]></title>
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LIMA, PERU -- Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, long the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of a U.S. teenager in Aruba, has stated under questioning that he killed a young Peruvian woman in his Lima hotel room, Peru's chief police spokesman said Tuesday.
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<dc:creator>Franklin Briceno</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ At least $500 million has been spent since 9/11 on renovating Guantanamo Bay ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA -- At the U.S. naval station here, a handsome electronic sign hangs between two concrete pillars. In yellow enamel against a blue metal backdrop is a map of Cuba, the "Pearl of the Antilles," above flashing time and temperature readings.
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<dc:creator>Scott Higham and Peter Finn</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S. commander says some Taliban fighters are training in Iran ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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AFGHANISTAN The commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Sunday that there is "clear evidence" some Taliban fighters have trained in Iran.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Jamaican police have tenuous hold on Kingston violence; death toll more than 44 ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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KINGSTON, JAMAICA -- Jamaican security forces claimed a tenuous hold over the slum stronghold of an alleged drug kingpin and gang leader sought by the United States, but only after clashes that killed at least 44 civilians, the country's official ombudsman said Wednesday.
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<dc:creator>David McFadden</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Renewed questions about firm's involvement in Jamaican extradition case ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 17:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The ongoing violence in Jamaica continues to generate unwelcome scrutiny toward a prominent U.S. lobbying firm that played a mysterious role in extradition negotiations between the two governments leading up to a military manhunt for a drug kingpin with political ties to the Jamaican prime minister.
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<dc:creator>Jason Horowitz</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Violence surges in Jamaica as troops hunt alleged drug kingpin ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Thousands of police and soldiers swarmed into slums in Jamaica's capital Tuesday in search of an alleged drug kingpin wanted by the United States, trading gunfire with masked supporters of the fugitive. At least 30 people, mostly civilians, have been reported killed since the battle erupted Sunday.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ State Department's Cheryl Mills on rebuilding Haiti ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Long before an earthquake killed 230,000 people and left 1 million homeless in Haiti, Cheryl D. Mills was riveted on our Caribbean neighbor and the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's counselor and chief of staff, Mills's portfolio truly cover...
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<dc:creator>Lois Romano</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Johnson & Johnson division recalls 43 OTC medicines for infants and children ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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A division of Johnson &amp; Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children -- including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl -- after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company's manufacturing facility.
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<dc:creator>Lyndsey Layton</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ House approves bill that would let Puerto Ricans vote on relationship with U.S. ]]></title>
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The House on Thursday approved legislation that could set in motion changes in Puerto Rico's 112-year relationship with the United States, including a transition to statehood or independence.
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<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In Haiti's shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- They pound concrete. Smash it over and over. Smash it until it powders.
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<dc:creator>Manuel Roig-Franzia</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Study: Guidance needed to apply sanctions against Syria ]]></title>
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U.S. officials in Damascus lack clear guidance on how to implement U.S. economic sanctions against the Syrian regime, an internal State Department study has found.
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<dc:creator>Josh Rogin</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Seven Honduran broadcasters slain since March 1 ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Honduran television reporter Jorge Alberto "Georgino" Orellana had just left the station where he hosted his own show when a man stepped from the shadows, shot him dead and vanished.
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<dc:creator>Anne-Marie O'Connor</dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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-- An April 21 A-section article about the difficulty of predicting volcanic activity misstated the location of Mount Pel?e, whose eruption in 1902 killed an estimated 30,000 people. It is on Martinique, not Montserrat.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.S.-Jamaica relations tested by lobbying dispute ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Last fall, the blue-chip law firm of Manatt, Phelps &amp; Phillips signed a $400,000 contract to lobby on behalf of the government of Jamaica, spending the next several months talking with White House and other administration officials about why the United States should not extradite an accused K...
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<dc:creator>Dan Eggen</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Many of Haiti's most-wanted on the loose after earthquake ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- Early one morning this month, in the buzz saw that is downtown Port-au-Prince, three men approached a police checkpoint, firing automatic weapons. When the shooting finally stopped, a seven-year veteran of the Haitian National Police lay dead, his body riddled with bullets.
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<dc:creator>Manuel Roig-Franzia</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Nation Digest ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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The U.S. Border Patrol says it has arrested more than 100 people from Haiti for allegedly entering Vermont illegally from Canada since a massive earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation.
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti's rainy reason could mean suffering is in the forecast ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI --  Mud invades every inch of the saggy handmade tent Mimose Pierre-Louis now calls home.
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<dc:creator>Manuel Roig-Franzia</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In blueprint for Haiti, U.S. takes new approach to aid ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:28:00 EDT</pubDate>
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An internal Obama administration assessment concludes that the U.S. government has provided $4 billion in aid to Haiti since 1990 but "struggled to demonstrate lasting impact," according to a summary of the review, which has not been publicly released.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti to release far-reaching spending plan to rebuild country ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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UNITED NATIONS -- Haitian President René Préval will unveil a $3.9 billion plan Wednesday to begin radically reshaping his country's post-earthquake economy and infrastructure, according to a Haitian reconstruction action plan.
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<dc:creator>Colum Lynch</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti to unveil $3.9B restructuring plan at the U.N. ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:44:00 EDT</pubDate>
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UNITED NATIONS  -- Haitian President René Préval will unveil a $3.9 billion plan Wednesday to begin radically reshaping his country's post-earthquake economy and infrastructure, according to a Haitian reconstruction action plan.
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<dc:creator>Colum Lynch</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ In earthquake, Haiti's concrete buildings proved anything but ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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As Haitians deal with the psychological aftershocks of the devastating earthquake, city dwellers here -- prominent and poor alike -- confess they continue to harbor deep anxieties about entering buildings constructed of concrete.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Steady supply of medical services begins to pressure Haiti's doctors ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Jerry and Marlon Bitar are prominent Haitian surgeons, identical twins who have done everything together for all of their 48 years. They both studied medicine in France, returned to Haiti in 2000 to take over a clinic serving low-income patients, and built a separate private practice that has giv...
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<dc:creator>Lois Romano</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Corrections ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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-- A March 21 Page One article about the health-care victory's potential costs for Democratic politicians quoted former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) as saying that President Obama and congressional Democrats "will have destroyed their party much as Lyndon Johnson shattered the Democratic...
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<dc:creator>Post</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ U.N. and Haitian government to begin campaign to house homeless before rain season ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- The United Nations and the Haitian government are poised to begin an intense public awareness campaign in the capital city, part of an urgent effort to move hundreds of thousands of people left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake out of harm's way before the rain and flood...
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<dc:creator>Lois Romano</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haitians who fled capital strain impoverished towns in countryside ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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LASCAHOBAS, HAITI --  The earthquake that struck Haiti's capital city has also jarred the impoverished countryside, sending 600,000 people into the provinces -- where locals are now overwhelmed with the task of feeding and sheltering desperate newcomers.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Three with links to U.S. Consulate in Juarez are slain ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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Assailants gunned down three people returning from a party at a U.S. Consulate employee's home in the Mexican city of Juarez, including a pregnant U.S. government employee and her husband, in two attacks a few minutes apart that prompted a furious response from the White House on Sunday.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Old and poor in Haiti suffer mightily after the quake ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- It was always hard to be old in Haiti, but after the earthquake, to be old and poor feels like a curse, say those who are both.
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<dc:creator>William Booth</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haitian president renews call for direct aid from U.S. ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Haitian President René Préval pleaded Wednesday for U.S. help plugging a multimillion-dollar budget gap caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake but said he got a cool reception from congressional leaders wary of handing over cash.
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<dc:creator>Mary Beth Sheridan</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Haiti faces colossal and costly cleanup before it can rebuild ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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Before Haiti and international donors can rebuild this devastated city, they must first destroy it.
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<title><![CDATA[ Blind violinist injured in Haiti quake fighting the odds, once again ]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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MIAMI --  As darkness fell on what was left of his music school in Haiti, Romel Joseph found a distraction for his pain and fear. He imagined himself performing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. His right hand gracefully slid the bow and his left hand caressed the violin's neck as his fingers glided...
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<dc:creator>Darryl Fears</dc:creator>
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