U.N. again condemns U.S. embargo against Cuba

For the 18th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to condemn the 47-year embargo against Cuba by the United States. “You can’t read a novel, but you could read a manual about procedures or about the airplane,” the former Boeing 767-400 pilot said.

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U.S. set to pay Taliban members to switch sides

There is a well-known saying in Afghanistan: “You can rent an Afghan, but you can’t buy him.” “There’s been an amnesty program for low-level Taliban in place for many years now and thousands of people have taken advantage of it,” he said.

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Report: Nuclear inspectors visit newly revealed Iran plant

United Nations-backed nuclear inspectors on Sunday visited a newly disclosed Iranian nuclear facility near the city of Qom, Iranian media has reported. That proposal calls for low-enriched uranium produced in Iran to be sent abroad for further enrichment and then returned for use in medical research and treatment.

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Iran weighs high-stakes nuclear offer

Two days after negotiators reached a draft agreement over Iran’s nuclear activities, Tehran left it unclear Friday whether it would ultimately sign on. If Iran agrees to the proposal — reached Wednesday at the Vienna headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N

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Berlusconi’s son on growing up in Italy’s first family

Pier Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s eldest son and a top official in his media empire, says his father was “always there for me.” Berlusconi, 40, is vice chairman of Mediaset SpA, the Italian commercial television network founded by his father and now owned by the Berlusconi family through the holding company, Fininvest.

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H1N1 vaccinations rolled out in UK

A mass H1N1 immunization program began in the UK Wednesday, with the country’s health minister urging all priority groups to take up the vaccine. Health and social care workers are among those identified in the “priority” group given first access to the vaccine against the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu.

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Next violation means jail, judge tells Lohan

Lindsay Lohan will be heading to jail if a judge hears again the actress has not been attending a required alcohol counseling program. “This is the last time we are going to be talking about re-enrolling and doing what you need to do,” Judge Marsha Revel told Lohan on Friday in extending her probation for a 2007 conviction for driving under the influence

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