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Monday, April 13, 2009 - 00:00
The term "refugee crisis" usually conjures images of Africa, the Balkans and other war-torn regions. It may come as a surprise, then, that one of the world's most severe refugee crises is taking place in the same time zone as Washington, D.C.
Monday, April 13, 2009 - 00:00
For many, becoming a professional baseball player is nothing more than a dream.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
Air traffic control specialists tested radio frequencies for the helicopter operations April 7 aboard hospital ship USNS Comfort as it prepares for upcoming operations in Haiti during Continuing Promise 2009 (CP09).
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
When the hospital ship USNS Comfort left Miami April 6 to continue on its four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin and the Caribbean region, more than 20 Army Reservists from the 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) were aboard
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
Sailors, partner nations and Latin American representatives are working the final details on the exercise UNITAS Gold, the longest running, multi-national naval exercise in the world.
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia has been among the nations hardest hit in Latin America this year and its prospects may not improve as exports fall
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
At least 29 people have been killed in Colombia as drug traffickers fight for control of an organisation set up by Pablo Escobar of the Medellin cartel
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
A book by Pablo Escobar's brother provides tantalising details of an empire that used submarines to distribute its drugs and literally flayed its enemies alive
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
In a reversal from the group's founding principles, he said American policy should focus not on sanctions but on proactive policies that direct resources to Cuba
Thursday, April 9, 2009 - 00:00
As long as Congress is moving to unilaterally dismantle U.S. leverage -- and shunning Cuba's democratic opposition -- the regime will have no incentive to compromise