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NFL: Miami, con un estadio anticuado, se queda sin Super Bowl
El sur de Florida, con todo su glamour y eclecticismo, recibió un duro golpe esta semana cuando los dueños de equipos de la NFL hicieron pedazos el sueño de Miami de convertirse nuevamente en sede de un Super Bowl. En una votación que resultó en...
Tags: Blake Griffin, Miami Marlins, Wade LeBlanc, Starlin Castro, Mariano Rivera
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: Susan Collins, Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, John Kerry
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Myanmar forces accused of 'ethnic cleansing' as EU ends sanctions
The European Union discarded the last of its economic sanctions against Myanmar on Monday, despite fresh reports that Rohingya Muslims there face bloody and persistent attempts at "ethnic cleansing." The decision worried activists working to help the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, BBC, Skype, Politics, Foreign Aid
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Beyonce and Jay-Z save communism
The communist regime in Cuba was just about to come tumbling down, ending decades of dictatorship and opening the way for freedom and democracy. But before that could happen, Jay-Z and Beyonce took a trip to the island. So Cuba's despotism can expect to...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Tourism and Leisure, Cuba, Government, Travel
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Rep. Castor pushes for closer relations with Cuba
Florida Congresswoman Kathy Castor returned from a weekend trip to Cuba convinced the United States should encourage its recent economic reforms and consider normalized relations. “I’ll be communicating with President Obama and...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Weston (Broward, Florida), Barack Obama, Tampa, Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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Cuban dissident blogger finds allies in Congress
After years of trying to leave Cuba to visit other lands, Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez is making rounds on Capitol Hill and impressing Florida members of Congress of all stripes. On Wednesday, it was Sen. Marco Rubio’s turn to praise...Tags: U.S. Congress, Cuba, Marco Rubio, Tampa, Politics
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U.N. Security Council loosens arms embargo on Somalia
An arms embargo on Somalia will be eased for a year, allowing the country's new government to buy some weapons to battle religious extremists, the U.N. Security Council said Wednesday. The Security Council resolution adopted Wednesday maintains the...
Tags: Somalia, Amnesty International, United Nations, Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Letters: Back to Cuba
Re "Breaking the family embargo," Opinion, Feb. 3 Parents should not load on their children the baggage of their past suffering when it comes to something as important as their cultural identity and heritage. The "family embargo" that Vanessa Garcia...Tags: Cuba, Politics, Foreign Aid
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Breaking the family embargo
Last month, Cuba opened its doors a little wider. President Raul Castro announced that Cuban citizens would no longer need to obtain notoriously hard to get exit permits to leave the country; just a passport. Many Cubans are understandably skeptical...
Tags: Demographics, Trips and Vacations, Raul Castro, Heart Attack, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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U.N. Security Council imposes arms embargo on Congo rebels
In a bid to quell violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Nations Security Council imposed an arms embargo late Monday on two armed groups accused of rape and mass killings. The decision came just before Rwanda, which has been...
Tags: Rwanda, Crime, Law and Justice, March 23 Movement, Politics, Foreign Aid
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Standard Chartered agrees to $327-million U.S. settlement
WASHINGTON -- Britain's Standard Chartered bank has agreed to a $327-million settlement with U.S. officials, who have been investigating the bank for possible violations of economic sanctions against Iran and other countries. The settlement, announced...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, York (York, Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Iran, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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News Media ignores plight of Cuban dissidents on island
The emphasis of the American news media on the third anniversary of the imprisonment of American contractor Allan Gross in Cuba for attempting to give internet access to the island's small Jewish community is natural. American journalists always follow up...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Cuba, Al Jazeera (tv network), Government, Crime, Law and Justice
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Dec 6, 2012
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