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Cuba Maintains U.S. Embargo Is Harsh Financial Persecution

12:48pm June 25, 2014

On his recent trip to Cuba, David Greene sat down with Josefina Vidal to talk about the state of U.S.-Cuban affairs. Vidal is director of U.S. Relations for the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

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British Air Mixes Up Granada With Grenada

12:48pm June 25, 2014

Edward Gamson used frequent flyer miles on a first class ticket to Granada, Spain. Instead, he found himself on a plane to Grenada in the Caribbean.

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Iraqi Crisis Brings Focus On Indian Migrants Who Seek Profit Amid Peril

7:14pm June 24, 2014

by Julie McCarthy

When the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was captured by Sunni militants, 40 Indian construction workers were taken hostage. It's one of the first diplomatic challenges for the new government in India, which sees millions of migrant workers move abroad and send some $70 billion back home to family.

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Change Is Coming But What Does That Mean For Communist Cuba?

1:14pm June 24, 2014

Renee Montagne talks to David Greene about his recent trip to Cuba, where the government and people are experimenting with looser economic and social restrictions.

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How Much Does Iran Dominate Iraq's Government?

10:10am June 24, 2014

The Iraq crisis could draw the U.S. and Iran into an uneasy alliance. To sort out the regional dynamics, Steve Inskeep talks to Shadi Hamid, a fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution

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Kerry's Iraq Mission Takes Him To Kurdistan

10:10am June 24, 2014

by Jackie Northam

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is back in Iraq on his week-long mission to try to hold the country together. He's in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan.

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1 Editor Cleared, 1 Found Guilty In U.K. Phone-Hacking Trial

10:10am June 24, 2014

by David Folkenflik

Former News of the World editor Andrew Coulson was found guilty Tuesday, but fellow editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted after a trial centering on illegal activity in the Murdoch newspaper empire.

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World's Chemical Weapons Watchdog Clears Syria

8:07pm June 23, 2014

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical weapons has announced that Syria has handed over the last of its declared chemical weapons stockpile. Despite the milestone, what questions remain about chemical weapons in Syria?

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Portugal Snatches Victory From U.S., Match Ends 2-2

11:11am June 23, 2014

by Tom Goldman

The U.S. men's soccer team had a chance to secure its spot in the second round of the World Cup, but it failed to hold on to its lead in the final moments of the match.

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Egyptian Court Sentences Al Jazeera Reporters To Prison

11:11am June 23, 2014

by Leila Fadel

Two journalists in Cairo got seven years in prison and third received 10 years. Egypt's government accused them of helping the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

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