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New Year's wishes
IN THE TIMES' sporadic New Year's Day tradition of making wishes for the coming year, only a precious few have come true. Last year was no different: Of 36 New Year's wishes, just five were fulfilled; two others were only partially realized. We got the...Tags: Antonio Villaraigosa, Telecommunication Service, U.S. Supreme Court, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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Ready for Takeoff
After a marathon promotional tour for a slate of new movies, Brazilian actor Rodrigo Santoro pauses to reflect on the nature of celebrity and his growing fame in America. Linney, Santoro’s Love Actually costar, gets the story. Laura Linney: Hello, my...Tags: Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carrey, Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Benicio Del Toro
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China keeps Tibet closed
1 China The Chinese government has changed its mind and will not open Tibet to tourists again on May 1, as it had previously announced. The Tibetan Tourism Bureau told tour operators late last week to stop arranging trips beginning on that date....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hotels and Accommodations, George W. Bush, Heads of State, Travel
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Bill O'Reilly to Sean Penn: Drop dead, will ya?
Reporter's Paul Bond has a new Q&A interview up with Fox News curmudgeon Bill O'Reilly once again proving that political conservatives have a bizarre antipathy toward Hollywood celebrities. Most of the Q&A is pretty softball stuff -- with questions like...Tags: Hugo Chavez, Jim Carrey, Washington (U.S. state), Politics, George Clooney
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Obama Sees Positive Signs From Venezuela, Cuba
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - President Barack Obama on Sunday suggested Cuba release its political prisoners and strongly defended his highly publicized handshakes with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the end of overseas trip that he said heralded a...Tags: Hugo Chavez, Business Trips, Politics, Travel, Human Rights
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Cuba's surrogates
Today, Fidel Castro will fire another round in his battle with the United States that began 47 years ago when the Kennedy administration imposed an economic embargo on Cuba. Castro may be on his deathbed, but he has surrogates.
In this case, it will...Tags: Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, Freedom of the Press, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Politics
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U.S.-Cuba relations
The United States has begun a liberalization of its Cuba policy. The omnibus spending bill that President Obama signed this week not only loosens restrictions on travel to Cuba, it opens the door for more exports from the U.S. despite the 47-year-old...Tags: Indiana, Washington (U.S. state), Politics, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Heads of State
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Fidel Castro suggests his health is failing
Fidel Castro suggested today that his health is failing, saying that four years from now he doesn't expect to be following current events. In an online column titled "Reflections of Comrade Fidel," the 82-year-old Cuban leader appeared to be pondering...Tags: Democracy, Politics, Economic Sanctions, Human Rights, Cuba
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Reach out to Cuba
Not since Richard Nixon went to China has an intractable foreign policy issue been so ripe for resolution as U.S. relations with Cuba are today.
As with China, bilateral hostility has persisted long after the causes of the initial break have ceased to...Tags: South Africa, United Nations General Assembly, Moscow (Russia), Washington (U.S. state), Taiwan
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Reporters behind bars
At least 125 journalists are being held worldwide in blatant government attempts to restrict freedom of speech, according to human rights groups, employing a form of hostage-taking in the service of censorship. Most of these are journalists arrested in...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Politics, Heads of State, Punishment, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Old guard in Cuba keeps reins
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersCuba's parliament signaled Sunday that the status quo of a stunted state-run economy and strained relations with the United States will persist for now as it named Raul Castro to replace his ailing brother, Fidel, as president and chose another aging...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Political Systems, Washington (U.S. state), Politics, Communist Party of China
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Hurricane Ike shreds central Cuba, heads for Havana
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHurricane Ike ripped through central Cuba on Monday, toppling colonial landmarks and forcing the evacuation of nearly 1 million people -- with more likely to be displaced as the powerful storm plowed toward populous Havana. Revolutionary leader Fidel...Tags: Disasters, The Associated Press, Meteorological Disasters, Washington (U.S. state), U.S. Navy
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