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Obama Calls for Updated US Policy on Cuba

U.S. President Barack Obama says it is time for the United States to revise its policies regarding Cuba.

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Rouhani: Iran Rejects Threats, Cites Red Lines in Nuclear Talks

President Hassan Rouhani, architect of Iran's diplomatic opening to big powers, said it would not yield to any threats or discrimination in an apparent bid to keep hardliners on side as Tehran edges toward a deal on its nuclear program.

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Central African Republic: UN rights chief warns cycle of violence may ‘spin out of control’

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay

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Tests Show Arafat May Have Been Poisoned

Swiss forensic scientists say samples taken from the exhumed corpse of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat show unexpectedly high levels of the lethal radioactive isotope polonium-210.

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