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2010 </span>
<span class="texte2" style="font-family:
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none;">Behind the smoke, rubble and unending drama
of human tragedy in the hapless Caribbean country,
a drama is in full play for control of what
geophysicists believe may be one of the world’s
richest zones for hydrocarbons-oil and gas outside
the Middle East, possibly orders of magnitude
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<span class="texte2" style="font-family:
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none;">Despite their gargantuan military budget
and despite being the only country with troops and
military bases astride all five continents, the
United States continue desperately to look for
imaginary threats to their national security so as
to justify their repeated interventions and boost
business for the industrial-military complex which
can only thrive on perpetual war. In recently
announcing an arms sales package to Taiwan, the
United States leveled a direct strike at the heart
of the most sensitive diplomatic issue between the
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among others, have them. Yes, the U.S. military
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island. These facts are not conclusive in
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People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), urged the
United States to give up the Cold War mindset and
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from a distance the presence of explosives in
cars. They are (...)</span>
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"entente cordiale" with France within the NATO
structure.
As former British Minister of Defence and
of (...)</span>
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31 January to 3 February 2010. It is chaired by
General Danny Rothschild in the presence of
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assassinated in Tehran on 12 January 2010.
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar
says the assassination of nuclear physics
professor (...)</span>
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style='margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 1px solid
#000000;' /></a></td>
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<span class="references"
style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:
bold;">2 February 2010 </span>
<span class="texte2" style="font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration:
none;">UNESCO is launching a campaign to protect
Haiti’s moveable heritage, notably art
collections in the country’s damaged museums,
galleries and churches, from pillaging.</span>
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<a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163777.html"
class="titre2" style="font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color:
#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:
none"><b>Haiti : Letters to the Editor</b></a><br>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L90xH121/arton163777-51c5b.jpg"
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<span class="references"
style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:
bold;">30 January 2010 </span>
<span class="texte2" style="font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;">In
response to the following articles: « Was the
earthquake in Haiti caused by the United States?
» and « Haiti and the seismic
weapon ».</span>
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<a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163737.html"
class="titre2" style="font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color:
#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:
none"><b>The U.S. and its unruly Latin American
’backyard’</b></a><br>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L90xH64/arton163737-3915b.jpg"
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<span class="references"
style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 10px; color: #B91111; font-weight:
bold;">by Eric Toussaint | 26 January
2010 </span>
<span class="texte2" style="font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration: none;">U.S.
aggressiveness towards the Venezuelan, Bolivian,
and Ecuadorian governments has increased in
response to diminishing U.S. influence over the
Latin American and Caribbean area, which
Washington has been blaming on Hugo Chávez, in
particular, and also on Cuba ... but Cuba is a
much older story.</span>
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uppercase; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #909090;
font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">«
Current Concerns», Vol V, n° 3, February
2010</span><br><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163860.html"
class="titre2" style="font-family: Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; color:
#000000; text-align: left; text-decoration:
none"><b>EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia
May Lead the Way</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;">3 February 2010 </span>
<span class="texte2" style="font-family:
Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
10px; color: #5C5C5C; text-decoration:
none;">EU/IMF Revolt: Greece, Iceland, Latvia May
Lead the Way, by Ellen Brown / «We Cannot and Do
Not Wish to Cede this Responsibility to a Group of
Twenty Selected States», address by Doris
Leuthard / Possible Solutions for the Hunger
Crisis – How to Achieve More Social Justice
Excellently illustrated brochure on the IAASTD
report (International Assessment of Agricultural
Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development)
/ Security and Co-operation in Europe. Europe can
redefine its role in the world, by Karl Müller /
The Right to Self-Determination. A small mountain
commune chooses to remain autonomous, Interview
with Andrea (...)</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/article163840.html"
class="discret"><b>Six Cuban Rehabilitation Wards
Offer their Services in Haiti</b></a></td></tr>
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<img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
<a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163840.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH47/arton163840-bbaa5.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>
<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">Doctor Carlos Alberto
Garcia, one of the leaders of the Cuban medical
brigade now in Haiti to help disaster victims,
affirmed that physical therapy is a nonexistent
public (...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
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width='498' height='1' vspace='2'>
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cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163839.html"
class="discret"><b>Nobel Prize Winner to Attend
Havana’s International Book Fair
</b></a></td></tr>
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">During her visit, the
South African narrator will present her novel Un
capricho de la naturaleza (A Caprice of Nature),
published on this occasion by the Arte y
Literatura (...)</span>
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</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/article163838.html"
class="discret"><b>Eusebio Leal: Unity to Preserve
Heritage</b></a></td></tr>
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">Leal, who is also the
director of the Havana City Historian Office,
offered a conference during the 4th Symposium on
City Management, which inaugurated a week of
cultural (...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
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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/article163837.html"
class="discret"><b>OCLAE’s General Secretariat
Meets in Havana </b></a></td></tr>
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">OCLAE’s President
Yordanys Charchaval told ACN that the executive
board was summoned to define the venue and date of
the Congress and other basic aspects needed to
start with (...)</span>
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</tr>
</table>
<img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
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width='498' height='1' vspace='2'>
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cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163683.html"
class="discret"><b>We Send Doctors, Not Soldiers
</b></a></td></tr>
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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/article163683.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">“The head of our
medical brigade has informed that ‘the situation
is difficult but we are already saving
lives.’”
Hour after hour, day and night, the Cuban health
professionals (...)</span>
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</tr>
</table>
<img
src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
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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/article163682.html"
class="discret"><b>Cuban FM Praises ALBA’s Role
in Haiti Crisis</b></a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">Speaking in a meeting
of ALBA’s Extraordinary Political Council held
on Sunday in Caracas, Venezuela, to examine the
situation in Haiti, Rodriguez made reference to a
recent (...)</span>
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<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'
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cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163681.html"
class="discret"><b>Cuban VP Ricardo Cabrisas
Visits Russia</b></a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">The two high-ranking
officials meet on Monday to prepare the tenth
meeting of the Cuba-Russia Intergovernmental
Commission that takes place in Havana next April
and also to (...)</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/article163680.html"
class="discret"><b>Cuban VP Ramiro Valdes
Addressed Bolivians in La Paz </b></a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">Ramiro Valdes, who led
the Cuban delegation to Morales’ swearing-in
ceremony, addressed thousands of Bolivian citizens
and dozens of artists who met for the occasion in
the (...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
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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/article163679.html"
class="discret"><b>US Organizations Will Protest
Posada Carriles’ Trial for False Swearing
</b></a></td></tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">The protest was
summoned and organized by the US Free the Five
National Committee of the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
along with other groups to expose the actual
crimes committed (...)</span>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
width='1' height='3' alt=' '><br><img
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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/article163678.html"
class="discret"><b>Hugo Chavez Highlights
Solidarity of Cuba and ALBA with
Haiti</b></a></td></tr>
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">During his weekly
radio and television program ‘Aló,
Presidente’ on Sunday, Chavez stressed that the
island’s specialists have already provided
health care to thousands of
people (...)</span>
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<div class="e-title">Diplomatic Wire</div>
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<tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163782.html"
class="discret"><b>Hillary Clinton’s Speech on
Future of European Security</b></a></td></tr>
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<span class="discret">SECRETARY CLINTON:
Thank you very much, Mr. Charillon. And it is a
great pleasure to be here at this historic
setting, and I appreciate the opportunity to
discuss a matter of (...)</span>
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cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163783.html"
class="discret"><b>Afghanistan London Conference,
Final Declaration</b></a></td></tr>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
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class="bordure"><img
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style='height:53px;width:70px;' /></div></a>
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">Afghan Leadership,
Regional Cooperation, International Partnership
1. The Government of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan and the international community met
today in (...)</span>
</td>
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</table>
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src='#URL_SITE_SPIP/elements/transpix.gif'
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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/article163780.html"
class="discret"><b>Opening Speech by Nicolas
Sarkozy at 40th World Economic
Forum</b></a></td></tr>
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<img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
width="1" height="3" alt=" "><br>
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href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163780.html"><div
class="bordure"><img
src="http://www.voltairenet.org/local/cache-vignettes/L70xH53/arton163780-12a94.jpg"
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9px;color:
#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">May I of course begin
by thanking Professor Schwab and all the Davos
Forum organizers for inviting me to give the
opening address of this 40th session.
Crisis
Let me make (...)</span>
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
<tr valign="top"><td colspan="3"><a
href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article163752.html"
class="discret"><b>Remarks by the Barack Obama in
State of the Union Address</b></a></td></tr>
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src="http://www.voltairenet.org/elements/transpix.gif"
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<td style="font-family: Verdana, Arial,
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#515151; text-align:justify">
<span class="discret">© White House/Pete
Souza
U.S. Congress
Washington D.C.
January 27, 2010
Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of
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