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Colombia military atrocities alleged
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe number of civilians killed by the Colombian armed forces has soared, activist groups allege, with many of the abuses committed by army units that had been vetted by the State Department. There were 329 so-called extrajudicial killings by the...Tags: Defense, Trade Agreements, Alvaro Uribe, Vermont, Armed Forces
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Obama should break away
In the last decade political change has swept across most of Latin America. Much of the region — including the majority of South America — is now run by left-leaning governments. These governments also have become much more independent of the...Tags: United Nations, Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid, Elvis Presley, Barack Obama
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Democrats' choice in U.S. House District 5: Carol Castagnero, John Russell, David Werder
Sentinel Staff WriterA grandmother who taught school, a nurse and a former truck driver who once sat on a flagpole for weeks to protest the high cost of gasoline are the three Democratic candidates vying to challenge U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville. But whether...Tags: Lake County (Florida), Defense, Medical Services, Trade Agreements, Alternative Energy
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On This Date: Aug. 12
1877: Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording. 1898: The Spanish-American War ended with the United States acquiring Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. 1953: The Soviet Union secretly tested its first hydrogen bomb....Tags: Puerto Rico, International Business Machines Corporation, Trade Agreements, Economic Policy, Economic Organization
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Gregorio Luke takes Latino Museum post
Times Staff WriterGREGORIO LUKE approaches with a contented grin, reaches into the vest pocket of his black business suit and hands me a business card as if we had never met before. "It's something very special," says the former director of the Museum of Latin American...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Olvera Street, Heavy Engineering, Arts, History
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Oil, Grain Prices Spike Louisiana Export Values
Record prices for oil and grain pushed the value of Louisiana's worldwide exports to $22 billion over the first six months of 2008, according to a report issued Thursday by the World Trade Center of New Orleans. That represented a 64.4 percent increase...Tags: Trade Agreements, Texas, Petroleum Industry, Exports, California
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Business Topics by Industry
A half-dozen companies from El Salvador and Guatemala are visiting South Florida in late August, seeking to buy auto supplies, dental clinic supplies, office equipment, alarm systems and other goods. Meetings are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Aug. 27...Tags: Trade Agreements, Google Inc., Texas, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Management Change
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Look at Dent's voting record
Regarding the Aug. 6 letter, ''Dent: A Republican who cares'': A Republican fighting for union jobs? Mr. Dent supports NAFTA, which cost thousands of jobs, union and non-union. Mr. Dent voted for CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement), more...Tags: Unions, Trade Agreements, Economic Policy, State Budgets, Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Democrats pledge guaranteed health care
Of The Associated Press| Democrats shaped a set of principles Saturday that commits the party to guaranteed health care for all, heading off a potentially divisive debate and edging the party closer to the position of Barack Obama's defeated rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton....Tags: Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Trade Agreements, Medical Services, Economic Organization
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Official: Mexico open to new NAFTA talks
Chicago Tribune correspondentThe Mexican government dismisses talk of disbanding NAFTA as politics, the country's economy minister said Friday, but it would back the idea of a new round of North American trade talks, with the aim of including issues such as the environment and labor....Tags: Hillary Clinton, Trade Agreements, Economic Policy, Felipe Calderon, Economic Organization
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Free trade an elusive concept
Chicago Tribune correspondentCary business owner Douglas Bartlett doesn't need to sort through the minutia of the Doha Round of trade talks to gauge his reaction to the surprise breakdown in negotiations. He has his own data points to measure. Bartlett Manufacturing Co., a maker...Tags: Employees, Consumers, Unemployment, Treaties, Government Health Care
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Bush thanks troops, Ted Stevens
The Swampby Katie Fretland Touting progress in Iraq, President Bush yesterday stopped at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, where he thanked both the troops and an indicted Sen. Ted Stevens for their support of the war. He said an Army......Tags: Defense, Trade Agreements, Armed Forces, George Bush, Laura Bush
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