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Target Latin America</b></a><br>
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style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:
bold;">by Rick Rozoff&nbsp;| 20 November
2009&nbsp;</span>
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Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;">The
United States are back in Latin America.  The
military coup in Honduras marked the beginning of
Washington’s renewed grip on that continent. 
While another coup was thwarted in Paraguay, the
United States, the United Kingdom and the
Netherlands have been deploying new forces to
encircle the ALBA countries with a view to
attacking Nicaragua, Ecuador and Venezuela. 
Readying for the gathering storm, Chile has
embraced the North-American camp and stockpiled a
powerful&nbsp;(...)</span>
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popular opposition to the pro-U.S. coup gets
tougher</span><br><a
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Democracy: They Demand a New Republic!</b></a><br>
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bold;">by Arnold August&nbsp;| 19 November
2009&nbsp;</span>
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Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;">Over
three months since the Honduran military coup,
ousted President Manuel Zelaya has yet to be
reinstated. Having secretly organized the coup,
the Obama administration on the surface continues
to emit an emollient discourse.  In particular, it
obstinately refuses to qualify it as a "military"
coup to avoid severing ties with the regime, as
U.S. legislation would have it.  Washington wants
elections that will paste a democratic face on the
new regime, but the population and its principal
leaders will not go for a sham vote overseen by
the putschists.  The Honduran&nbsp;(...)</span>
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Nobel</b></a><br>
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bold;">by Noam Chomsky&nbsp;| 17 November
2009&nbsp;</span>
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10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;">It
is facts and actions that define the real temper
of a politician, in this case Barack Obama.  This
is precisely what is bewildering many an
intellectual or political analyst, considering
that Obama has gone back on most of the promises
formulated during his electoral campaign:
Guantanamo’s closure, military withdrawal from
Iraq and many others.  Acclaimed scholar Noam
Chomsky offers his observations on this
issue.</span>
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class="discret"><b>The Israeli Lobby appeals
before the US Congress to stop the Ergenekon trial
in Turkey</b></a></td></tr>
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                                                <span class="discret">The investigation into
the illegal network known as Ergenekon, which was
plotting to overthrow the Erdogan Government and
replace it by a pro-U.S. military
dictatorship,&nbsp;(...)</span>
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Counsel to resign</b></a></td></tr>
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                                                <span class="discret">White House Counsel
Greg Craig has again tendered his resignation
which was accepted by President Obama.

A high-profile lawyer, Gregory Craig gained renown
through a series&nbsp;(...)</span>
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#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:
none"><b>Bantustans and the unilateral declaration
of statehood</b></a><br>
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                                                                        <span class="references"
style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:
bold;">by Virginia Tilley&nbsp;| 22 November
2009&nbsp;</span>
                                                                        <span class="texte2" style="font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;">The
rumoured unilateral proclamation of a Palestinian
State by Mahmoud Abbas has been portrayed by the
media as an attempt to settle the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict by arriving at a
forced conclusion.  Nothing could be further from
the truth, points out Virginia Tilley. In reality,
the de facto President of the Palestinian National
Authority is prepared to undertake what Israel
wants but is unable to do: the creation of a
bantustan in order to bring about the achievement
of the apartheid&nbsp;(...)</span>
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sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #909090;
font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">«
Current Concerns», Vol IV, n° 21, November
2009</span><br><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163012.html"
class="titre2" style="font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color:
#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:
none"><b>Red Cross and the International
Humanitarian Law</b></a><br>
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                                                                        <span class="references"
style="font-family:  Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:
bold;">20 November 2009&nbsp;</span>
                                                                        <span class="texte2" style="font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;">Red
Cross: Preparing the Future. To create the
political will for compliance with International
Humanitarian Law Sixty years of the Geneva
Conventions and the decades ahead / The EU and
Switzerland Do Not Match, by Dr iur Marianne
Wüthrich / The EU Propaganda Machine / It is Time
to Reduce the German Pile of Debt. All citizens
can help, by Karl Müller / The EFTA – an
Alternative to the EU / Bundeswehr: Marching into
the Past, by Hans Wallow / Children Need to Be
Guided by Values, by Dr phil. Elisabeth Nussbaumer
/ More Than Ever – Young People Need Positive
Role Models Opposing the US dominated globalized
youth “culture” / Vegetable Cultivation in
Sweden Is Changing.&nbsp;(...)</span>
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Castro!-------------------------------------------------------------->

                                
                                        <div class="e-title"> Agencia Cubana de
Noticias (ACN) English Service </div>
                                

                                
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cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163052.html"
class="discret"><b>Cuban First VP Receives
Australian Foreign Minister</b></a></td></tr>
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                                        <td>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
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href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163052.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH47/arton163052-ff66a.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='47' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:47px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">During the meeting,
the Cuban VP highlighted the perspectives of
spreading the relations between the two countries
in different fields, and mentioned the climate of
mutual&nbsp;(...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
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cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163051.html"
class="discret"><b>Cuba and Australia Sign
Memorandum of Understanding</b></a></td></tr>
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                                        <td>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163051.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH47/arton163051-0b3e4.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='47' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:47px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">The document reads
that it has the purpose of institutionalizing the
political consultations between the two Ministries
as well as to expand the cooperation and
mutual&nbsp;(...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
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cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163050.html"
class="discret"><b>Swazi FM Thanks Cuba for
Support in the Medical Sector</b></a></td></tr>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">In a meeting with the
Cuban Health Minister Jose Ramon Balaguer, the
Swazi FM said he felt honored with the presence of
Cuban doctors in that African nation and requested
for&nbsp;(...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163049.html"
class="discret"><b>South African Parliamentarian
Leader Pays Tribute to Oliver Tambo in
Havana</b></a></td></tr>
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                                        <td>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163049.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH94/arton163049-208a1.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='94' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:94px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">Oliver Tambo  

Sisulo was accompanied by Jorge Risquet, member of
the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party
and by Cuban Heroine and Brigade General Desla
Esther Puebla.&nbsp;(...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163048.html"
class="discret"><b>Surinamese Official Praises
Bilateral Relations with Cuba</b></a></td></tr>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">In an interview
published on Tuesday by Granma newspaper, the
official recalled that both nations established
diplomatic relations on March 23, 1979, and that
Cuba’s&nbsp;(...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163043.html"
class="discret"><b>Hugo Chavez Speaks with Cuban
Delegation about Upcoming ALBA
Summit</b></a></td></tr>
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                                        <td>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163043.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH70/arton163043-3b00a.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='70' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:70px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
                                        <td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">The South American
leader and the Cuban visitors spoke about the
upcoming Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the
Peoples of the Americas (ALBA) scheduled for
December 14-15&nbsp;(...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163042.html"
class="discret"><b>Visiting Australian FM
Satisfied with State of Relations with
Cuba</b></a></td></tr>
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                                        <td>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163042.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH94/arton163042-d8e08.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='94' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:94px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
                                        <td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">Bruno Rodriguez
Parrilla  

During a meeting with Rodriguez Parrilla on Monday
morning, Smith expressed his interest in further
strengthening bilateral ties. “I want my visit
to&nbsp;(...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163041.html"
class="discret"><b>Ricardo Alarcon Calls for
Increase of Int’l Solidarity in Favor of the
Cuban Five</b></a></td></tr>
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                                        <td>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163041.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH94/arton163041-ff829.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='94' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:94px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
                                        <td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">Ricardo Alarcon  

Speaking to participants in the International
Conference of Studies on the Americas that began
yesterday in Havana, Alarcon referred to the
importance of&nbsp;(...)</span>
                                        </td>
                                  </tr>
                                </table>
                                 <img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162994.html"
class="discret"><b>Swazi Foreign Minister pays
Homage to Cuban Nacional Hero</b></a></td></tr>
                                <tr valign="top">
                                        <td>
                                                <img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162994.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH94/arton162994-08aae.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='94' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:94px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
                                        <td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">The Swazi Minister, in
a 6-day visit to the Caribbean nation following an
invitation made by his Cuban counterpart Bruno
Rodriguez, was accompanied at the ceremony by
Marcos&nbsp;(...)</span>
                                        </td>
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                                </table>
                                 <img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
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cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162995.html"
class="discret"><b>The Bolivarian Revolution And
Peace </b></a></td></tr>
                                <tr valign="top">
                                        <td>
                                                <img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162995.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH94/arton162995-d7738.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='94' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:94px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
                                        <td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">Hugo Chavez  

I know Chavez well, and no one could be more
reluctant than him to allow a showdown between the
Venezuelan and Colombian peoples leading to
bloodshed. These are&nbsp;(...)</span>
                                        </td>
                                  </tr>
                                </table>
                                 <img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162991.html"
class="discret"><b>Int’l Colloquium on the Cuban
Five Begins Today in Holguin</b></a></td></tr>
                                <tr valign="top">
                                        <td>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162991.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH70/arton162991-94216.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='70' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:70px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
                                        <td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">Amaury Torno, delegate
of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP) in this
territory,  announced that the list of
participants includes political activists,
lawyers, writers,&nbsp;(...)</span>
                                        </td>
                                  </tr>
                                </table>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
                                <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162993.html"
class="discret"><b>WHO Expert Describes Cuban
Health System as Model to the
World</b></a></td></tr>
                                <tr valign="top">
                                        <td>
                                                <img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162993.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH47/arton162993-e3d9b.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='47' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:47px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
                                        </td>
                                        <td width="2"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="3" height="1" alt=" "></td>
                                        <td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
                                                <span class="discret">In an exclusive
interview to ACN news agency, the official
underscored the leading role Cuba plays in the
development of medicine, especially in Latin
America.

Al Khudri is&nbsp;(...)</span>
                                        </td>
                                  </tr>
                                </table>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/pictos/ligne_pointilles_gris_498.gif'
width='498' height='1' vspace='2'> 
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cellpadding="0">
                                <tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162974.html"
class="discret"><b>Cuba Criticizes Rich
Countries’ Incompetence to Fight World Hunger at
Summit on Food Security</b></a></td></tr>
                                <tr valign="top">
                                        <td>
                                                <img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
                                                <a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162974.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH94/arton162974-bf8c6.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='94' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:94px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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                                                <span class="discret">Minister of
Agriculture and Vice President of the Ministry
Council of the Republic of Cuba H.E. Ulises
Rosales Del Toro addressing the Plenary on the
occasion of the World&nbsp;(...)</span>
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href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162973.html"
class="discret"><b>US Lawmakers Paid for
Supporting Anti-Cuba Policy</b></a></td></tr>
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                                                <span class="discret">Granma newspaper gives
details on Tuesday of a report released by the
American non-partisan organization Public Campaign
in which it reveals the names and amounts received
by&nbsp;(...)</span>
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class="discret"><b>Remarks by President Barack
Obama with Future Chinese
Leaders</b></a></td></tr>
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                                                <span class="discret">Good afternoon.  It is
a great honor for me to be here in Shanghai, and
to have this opportunity to speak with all of you.
 I’d like to thank Fudan University’s
President Yang&nbsp;(...)</span>
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cellpadding="0">
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href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162943.html"
class="discret"><b>Address of Benedict XVI to the
World Summit on Food Security</b></a></td></tr>
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href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162943.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH53/arton162943-98cfe.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='53' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:53px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
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                                                <span class="discret">Mr President, Ladies
and Gentlemen!

1. I was very pleased to receive an invitation
from Mr Jacques Diouf, Director General of FAO, to
speak at the opening session of
this&nbsp;(...)</span>
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cellpadding="0">
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href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article162941.html"
class="discret"><b>Statement by Jacques Diouf at
the World Summit on Food
Security</b></a></td></tr>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH53/arton162941-c81a7.jpg"
alt="" width='70' height='53' class='spip_logos' 
style='height:53px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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                                                <span class="discret">Your Excellency the
President of the Senate of the Italian Republic, 

Your Majesties, 

Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government, 

The President of the UN General&nbsp;(...)</span>
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