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Kerry Dangles Opportunity of U.S. Investment, Security Cooperation, to Nations of Central Asia
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 06:58
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ventured Tuesday to a place few world leaders and even fewer journalists or human rights monitors ever see, dangling the opportunity of greater U.S. investment, expanded security cooperation and a strategic counterweight to nearby Russia and China if the government improves its human rights record.
6 months after Haiti quake, land disputes grind recovery to a near-standstill
Monday, July 12, 2010 - 00:00
Everyone bemoans the lack of progress. But Bellerive says the government needs to proceed with caution so it doesn't simply replicate the pre-quake slums