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Relations between US, Cuba seem within reach
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HAVANA (AP) – Talks toward a thaw in US-Cuba relations seemed to be a real possibility after the new presidents of both countries reached out to each other with surprisingly straightforward language about their desire to revive a relationship frozen by …
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Thai 'yellow shirt' leader shot
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The leader of a Thai protest movement which brought down then-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra last year has been shot and injured in Bangkok.
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Mexico drug clash kills 16 ahead of Obama trip
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MEXICO CITY, April 16 (Reuters) – Sixteen people died in a shootout in Mexico between soldiers and suspected drug traffickers ahead of a visit by US President Barack Obama to discuss the drug war, the defense ministry said on Thursday.
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Crew Seized by Pirates Returns to US Soil
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By MARK McDONALD AND MATTHEW SALTMARSH The crew of the American cargo ship briefly seized last week by Somali pirates arrived back in the United States early Thursday morning.
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Crew Seized by Pirates Returns to US
New York Times
By MARK McDONALD AND SHARON OTTERMAN The crew of the American cargo ship briefly seized last week by Somali pirates arrived back in the United States early Thursday morning.
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US Lays Out Anti-Piracy Plan
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A photo from the French Defense Ministry shows French military teams in two dinghies, right, intercepting a vessel east of the Mombasa, Kenya, port.
Video: Somalia: pirates improving methods for night attack France 24
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French raid pirate ship, US seeks to freeze assets
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) – The US and its allies battled Somalia's pirates on two fronts Wednesday, with French forces seizing a bandit mother ship and Washington seeking to keep the marauders from their spoils.
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Puntland court jails 37 Somali pirates
AFP
MOGADISHU (AFP) – The supreme court in Somalia's northern breakaway state of Puntland on Wednesday handed down three-year prison terms to 37 pirates detained by the French and US navies, officials said.
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Women protesters against 'marital rape' law spat on and stoned in …
Times Online
Women protesting in Kabul against a controversial new law were pelted with stones, jostled and spat on today as they held what is believed to be the first public demonstration calling for equal rights for women in recent Afghan history.
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US food aid ship escapes Somali pirate attack
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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) – Somali pirates fired grenades and automatic weapons at an American freighter loaded with food aid but the ship managed to escape the attack and was heading Wednesday to Kenya under US Navy escort, officials said.
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