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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 13, 2010

  The origin of wars

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) I affirmed on July 4 that neither the United States nor Iran would give in; "one, due to the pride of the powerful, and the other, out of resistance to the yoke and the capacity to fight, as has occurred so many times in the history of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 27, 2010

  The story of a man (and a woman), a nation and of a generation

By Jean H Charles: I was traveling from a stint of three weeks in Haiti to New York. My schedule on Spirit Airlines from Santo Domingo necessitates a stay over in Fort Lauderdale. In spite of my pleading with the airline, I could not find a seat on the La Guardia-bound route. It was after...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 2, 2010

  UN official sees opportunity in Haiti's tragedy

By Joseph Guyler Delva and Tom Brown: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) -- It could take decades for Haiti to recover from last month's devastating earthquake, but the tragedy may provide the impoverished country a chance to rebuild "the right way," a top UN official said on Monday. "This...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 23, 2010

  Haiti calamity could prove a blessing

By KEEBLE McFARLANE: WE will never know exactly how many lives the devastating earthquake claimed in Haiti last week. The images which have riveted us to our television screens have been appalling, distressing and occasionally, heartening. The relief effort began chaotically,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 14, 2008

  The White House ghost

Reflections of Fidel: THREE days ago, on Friday October 10, the world was shocked by the impact of the Wall Street financial crisis. There is no way to count the millions of dollars in paper money injected by the Federal Reserve into the world’s finances to keep up banking operations and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 20, 2008

  The same lie twice over

Reflections of Fidel: READING the cables will suffice. In the reflection I wrote the day before yesterday I stated that Cuba would not accept any donation from the government that is blockading us and that, in the Verbal Note handed over to the U.S. Interests Section, we had requested...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 21, 2008

  From Kosovo to South Ossetia: in search of a precedent

MOSCOW. (Oksana Antonenko, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies for RIA Novosti) - When Europe and the US advocated the independence of Kosovo, many experts warned that its impact on the Caucasus would be destabilising. The Allies responded by repeating that Kosovo...... [view]

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