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    U.S. Push for Latin American Free Trade Agreement Falls Short

    Nov 07, 2005 09:00 PM EDT

    ... that would stretch from Canada to Cape Horn. But a movement led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez foiled attempts to come to a formal agreement. "Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay and Venezuela find that conditions do not exist to negotiate the FTAA as proposed," explained Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa at ...

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    Tribute to Simon Wiesenthal

    Sep 20, 2005 04:00 AM EDT

    ... members of their immediate families. Wiesenthal himself survived three death camps; in one he was among just 34 inmates of an original 150,000 to make it out alive. On liberation, he weighed under seven stone. For the next six decades from a nondescript office in Vienna, Wiesenthal made sure ...

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    Airline Delays Over Christmas Weekend

    Dec 27, 2004 05:00 AM EDT

    ... university. He's now a visiting professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. And Tom Leritz, he's a transportation analyst with Argent Capital in St. Louis. Welcome to you both. Darryl Jenkins, can you recall a weekend meltdown like this, especially at Christmastime? DARRYL JENKINS: Well ...

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    IMF Managing Director Discusses Organization's Role

    Aug 05, 2004 04:00 AM EDT

    ... an MBA from Berkeley back in the '70s, Rato has been Spain's economic czar for the past eight years, managing to stir competition there, make it easier to fire and hire workers, cut taxes, and spur Spanish economic growth. He lost his job when his party lost in the ...

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    Conflicting Stem Cell Research

    Jul 14, 2004 05:04 PM EDT

    ... a healthy one. The FDA has approved such trials on a case-by-case basis, but now will allow scientists in the United States to make their case for further study using data from other countries, such as Argentina, Italy and Uruguay which allow stem cell therapy on humans, said ...

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    Extended Interview: Hank McKinnell

    Mar 01, 2004 05:00 AM EDT

    ... found is more than 50 percent were registered to fictitious persons and fictitious addresses here in the United States, or in countries like Belize and Argentina and India and Pakistan. You might think those are Canadian Internet sites, but they are not. And the products that come through those sources ...

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    U.S. - Latin American Relations

    Jan 13, 2004 05:00 AM EDT

    ... opposed the Iraq invasion at the U.N. Brazil ushered in a left-leaning president critical of the global economy. And protesters in Bolivia and Argentina ousted leaders perceived to be aligned with corporate interests and the International Monetary Fund. But the most vehement U.S. foe is the Venezuelan ...

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    Debt Mission for Iraq

    Dec 19, 2003 05:00 AM EDT

    ... like $120 billion which is a huge amount of money, just to put all this in perspective -- Iraq's obligations are ten times higher than Argentina's on a per capita basis and Argentina heretofore has been the largest debt problem of any problem country in the world. If you ...

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    Crackdown in Cuba

    Apr 24, 2003 04:00 AM EDT

    ... not just, you know, following a divisive policy of isolation and engagement on the other side, you know. So only if you can, you know, make a concerted effort to exercise pressure on that government, you will, you know, hopefully get some results very soon and the release of the ...

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    Meet the Candidates: Howard Dean

    Feb 25, 2003 05:00 AM EDT

    FMR. GOV. HOWARD DEAN: Sure. Look, I don't have a problem with the second resolution because the United Nations will ultimately make the decision about how Saddam is to be disarmed. My own preference is that we give the inspectors some more time-- we're making some progress there ...