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Obama hopes Cuba trip can remake US image
AFP, Published on 11/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - Barack Obama will make history this month by becoming the first US president to visit Cuba in almost a century, but he also hopes to remake the United States' image in Latin America.
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Isan youths' development stunted as parents go to Bangkok
AFP, Published on 23/03/2016
» With a bit of luck eight-year-old Chayanit will see her mother twice this year.
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From Cuba, history-laden trip takes Obama to Argentina
AFP, Published on 23/03/2016
» BUENOS AIRES - After bidding to turn the page on the Cold War in Cuba, Barack Obama headed to Argentina where campaigners hope he will acknowledge US backing for its former dictatorship.
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With baseball and tango Obama offers Latin America a softer US
AFP, Published on 25/03/2016
» BUENOS AIRES - Dancing tango, watching baseball and acting in a TV comedy, US President Barack Obama used cultural soft power to polish his country's image in Latin America this week.
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Brazil's Rousseff slams 'fascist' attempts to remove her
AFP, Published on 25/03/2016
» LONDON - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff condemned the "fascist methods" of opponents seeking her ouster and said the country's current political crisis would leave a "scar" if not resolved democratically.
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Niger's 'Lion' seeks new term as voters go to the polls
AFP, Published on 21/02/2016
» NIAMEY - Niger's voters go to the polls Sunday for a presidential election that has all the makings of a political thriller -- including a jailed candidate facing baby-trafficking charges, a failed military coup and fears of jihadist attacks.
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Foreign investment plummeted in 2015, data show
AFP, Published on 13/01/2016
» Foreign investment plummeted last year, official data showed, the latest sign that the economy continues to falter under the current military government.
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Hopes for peace as Central Africans vote in presidential run-off
AFP, Published on 14/02/2016
» BANGUI (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC) - Voters in the Central African Republic were casting their ballots Sunday in delayed legislative elections and a presidential run-off which they hope will bring peace after the country's worst sectarian violence since independence in 1960.
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Independent takes commanding lead in C. Africa presidential race: partial results
AFP, Published on 04/01/2016
» BANGUI (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC) - Independent candidate Faustin Archange Touadera took a commanding lead in the Central African Republic's presidential race on Sunday, garnering more than 23 percent of the vote with a quarter of the ballots counted, electoral officials said.
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Venezuela tense as defiant deputies take over assembly
AFP, Published on 05/01/2016
» CARACAS - A tense struggle for control of Venezuela's legislature threatens to come to a head at a swearing-in ceremony Tuesday as opposition lawmakers defy government efforts to weaken their majority.
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