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Saturday, May 17, 2008   18:18 GMT
POLITICS-US : Venezuelan Student Feted - and Faulted
Haider Rizvi

NEW YORK - 'Shame, shame,' an angry crowd of protesters shouted from across the street as a group of affluent U.S. citizens wined and dined their Venezuelan friends at the Waldorf Astoria, one of Manhattan's most luxurious hotels.
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US/IRAQ: Soldier Refuses Tour, Citing 'Stomach-Churning Horrors'
Aaron Glantz
WASHINGTON - A U.S. Army soldier who served as a military journalist in Afghanistan, Japan, Europe and the Philippines announced Thursday his intent to refuse orders to deploy to Iraq.
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POLITICS-US: Same-Sex Marriage Making a Comeback?
Bill Berkowitz*
OAKLAND, California - Still not fully embraced by the religious right, Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee, has been handed an opportunity to prove his loyalty to the party's most influential and powerful grassroots force.
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In Focus: Iraq
 
Economy and Trade
> ECONOMY-US: Foreclosures Spike as Lenders' Aid Efforts Founder
> POLITICS-US: New Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba
> ECONOMY: U.S. Woes, Anti-Immigrant Moves Hit Latin America
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Politics
> POLITICS-US: Venezuelan Student Feted - and Faulted
> US/IRAQ: Soldier Refuses Tour, Citing 'Stomach-Churning Horrors'
> POLITICS-US: Same-Sex Marriage Making a Comeback?
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Civil Society
> ENVIRONMENT: Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves
> ENVIRONMENT: A Contest for the Biggest Loser
> RIGHTS-MIDEAST: Govts Ever More Draconian, Group Says
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Environment
> BIODIVERSITY-US: Loggers, Owls Not Out of the Woods Yet
> ENVIRONMENT-US: Poll Finds Deep Concern Among Hispanics
> POLITICS-US: Taking on the Two-Party Monopoly
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Development
> POLITICS-US: New Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba
> US/IRAQ: Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains 'Surge'
> US/PAKISTAN: New Gov't Needs Aid, Leeway to Address Terror Front
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Human Rights
> POLITICS-US: Venezuelan Student Feted - and Faulted
> US/IRAQ: Soldier Refuses Tour, Citing 'Stomach-Churning Horrors'
> POLITICS-US: Same-Sex Marriage Making a Comeback?
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Health
> RIGHTS-US: Vets Await Verdict in Class Action Lawsuit
> RIGHTS-US: Vets' Lawsuit Opens Door on Suicides, Poor Care
> Q&A: 'We Wanted to Know How a Corn Cob Gets into a Pepsi'
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Media & Communications
> POLITICS-US: Lawmakers Seek Probe of 'Media Generals'
> ENVIRONMENT: Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves
> POLITICS-US: Media Wrong on Rev. Wright, Critics Say
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Multilateralism Under Siege
Development Deadline
 
U.S. Elections 2008
IRAQ: The U.S. Surge... More of a Fizzle?
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 POLITICS-US: Bush Comments Rally Dems Behind Obama
 POLITICS-US: An Ocean Apart, Bush, McCain Play to Neo-Con Dreams
 ECONOMY-US: Foreclosures Spike as Lenders' Aid Efforts Founder
 POLITICS: Bogus Claim, al-Maliki Stall U.S. Plan on Iran Arms
 POLITICS-US: New Approach Awaited on Latin America, Cuba
 THEATRE-US: The Year the War Came Home
 US/IRAQ: Tangled Web of Allegiances Leads Back to Tehran
 RELIGION-US: Missionaries Look to Immigrant 'Chinatowns'
 POLITICS: Lebanon Crisis Shows Hues of Iraq
 RIGHTS-US: School Recruiting Could Violate Int'l Protocol
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Lucy Komisar
Bill Berkowitz
William Fisher
Stephen Leahy
Jim Lobe
Gareth Porter
Haider Rizvi
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 TECHNOLOGY-CUBA: University Opens Doors to Free Software
 TRADE-AFRICA: EPA Threatens to Tear Apart Oldest Customs Union
 EU-LATIN AMERICA: Rhetoric Crowns Fifth Summit
 POLITICS: Burma Fears Politicisation of Humanitarian Crisis
 POLITICS-US: Venezuelan Student Feted - and Faulted
 EUROPE: Home to Roma, And No Place for Them
 MIDEAST: Amid Rocket Attacks, Israel Ponders Peace
 CLIMATE CHANGE-EUROPE: There's Money in Emissions
 US/IRAQ: Soldier Refuses Tour, Citing "Stomach-Churning Horrors"
 PERU: Women - The Guardians of Potato Biodiversity
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Bush at War Part II
War Comes Home