 Marking the Cuban missile crisis
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. For two weeks in 1962, during the Cold War, the world was on the verge of a nuclear conflict as the United States imposed a blockade... (photo: National Park Service) Al Jazeera
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 50 years after Cuban missile crisis, scholars say compromise not brinkmanship ruled the day
HAVANA - The world stood at the brink of Armageddon for 13 days in October 1962 when President John F. Kennedy drew a symbolic line in the Atlantic and warned of dire consequences if Soviet Premier... (photo: WN / Marzena J.) Star Tribune
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 UN extends Haiti peacekeeping mission
The UN Security Council has renewed a one-year mandate for its peacekeeping mission in Haiti, although with a staff reduction and focus on training police in the country. In line with a recommendation... (photo: UN / Rick Bajornas) Al Jazeera
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 Peru cozying up to ‘attractive’ Indonesia
Paper Edition | Page: 10 At the inauguration in Jakarta in July of the third ASEAN-Latin American and Caribbean Business Forum, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono urged the gathered businesspeople... (photo: WN / Marzena J.) Jakarta Post
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 Encouragement for alternative systems of medicine
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy on Friday said the government was all for encouraging alternative systems of medicine including Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani,... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Hindu
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