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Colombia agrees to protect unions
The government of Colombia has agreed to better protect union members and vigorously prosecute those responsible for violence against them, potentially paving the way for the Obama administration to seek congressional approval of a free trade treaty with the South American country....
Rush to use crops as fuel raises food prices and hunger fears
The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed....
In Syria, many uneasy about where a power struggle might lead. The majority Sunni Muslims want power while the minority Alawite sect is determined to ...
CAIRO — When anti-government protesters buried their dead last week in southern Syria, their chants made clear that the divisions now coursing through Syria run even deeper than politics....
US-Colombia trade pact faces hurdles–key Democratic legislator says Colombia needs significant improvement in labor rights and worker protection
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Shady dealings helped Qaddafi build fortune and regime–Colonel Qaddafi’s family and his government have accumulated billions of dollars with t...
WASHINGTON — In 2009, top aides to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi called together 15 executives from global energy companies operating in Libya’s oil fields and issued an extraordinary demand: Shell out the money for his country’s $1.5 billion bill for its role in the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 and...
United States finds $29 billion of Libyan assets in one bank—freezes them
The Treasury Department team had been working nonstop on a plan to freeze Libyan assets in U.S. banks, hoping they might snare $100 million or more and prevent Moammar Gaddafi from tapping it as he unleashed deadly attacks against protesters who wanted him gone....
Thousands march to protest Syria killings
Syria’s repressive leadership came under unexpectedly heavy pressure on Thursday as thousands of angry demonstrators massed again in the southern city of Dara’a, demanding democratic reform and protesting the deaths of more than a dozen people shot by security forces in the past week....
Muslim Brotherhood is rising force in new Egypt
CAIRO — In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at t...
Western forces attack Libya, establish no-fly zone; Arab League objects to severity of attack
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, has said the military operation in Libya called for by the UN Security Council is not aimed at regime change - adding that a "stalemate" could well exist, leaving Muammar Gaddafi in power....
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