US Must Give Free Speech to Cuba, Iran Writers-OSCE
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The United States government should lift  its ban on publishing literature from countries like Cuba, Iran  and Sudan without special permission, Europe's biggest rights  watchdog said on Thursday.
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Bush urges international community to use resignation as opportunity to help Cuba
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Cuba vowed to defy U.S. efforts for economic and political change on the island in a front-page editorial Thursday in the Communist Party's newspaper that also referred to dissidents as "mercenaries" and "counterrevolutionary puppies."
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In an open letter to US President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry, the leading Cuban-American lobby group called for tougher US policies against Cuba's communist government.
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Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro  warned the United States on Tuesday not to repeat its mistakes  in Vietnam and Iraq by invading Cuba because its armed forces  and civilian population were ready to resist.
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The United States has called on Britain, France and Germany to send a "stern message" to Iran to stop producing the uranium feedstuff gas that can be used to make nuclear weapons, a US official told AFP.
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LONDON - Iran has again escaped censure over its nuclear program, prompting the United States to warn it may take unilateral action against the Islamic regime at the UN Security Council, and in the form of sanctions.
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Cuba's communist government said it would defend itself against U.S. attempts to take advantage of Fidel Castro's health crisis as some exiles urged Washington to go further in fostering a democratic transition on the island.
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Leftist intellectuals and human rights activists from around the world pleaded with the United States on Monday not to interfere with Cuba while Fidel Castro recovers from intestinal surgery, and Cuba's parliament speaker warned the U.S. would face dire consequences if it did.
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A conference of former world leaders led by former Czech President Vaclav Havel has called for international pressure on Cuba to move the communist nation toward democracy.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to the American people that will be released at U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday, a state newspaper reported.
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The United States on Friday denounced as "disgraceful" Iranian plans to hold a conference that will question whether the Nazis used gas chambers to kill Jews during the Holocaust.
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Americaâs freedom of speech is under attack. Mickey Mouse and Private Ryan had better watch out, says Ros Davidson in Los Angeles.
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A radio reporter being detained in Iran urged the Bush administration on Tuesday to end its vocal campaign for democracy there, saying it encouraged Iran's current regime to curtail its citizens' freedoms.
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While the US State Department demands an explanation, Iran's Foreign Ministry calls the incident 'normal.'
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The US expresses grave concern over what it calls the worsening human rights situation in Iran.
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U.S. sanctions against Cuba are more restrictive than those imposed on any other country, including Iran and North Korea, and their rigorous enforcement risks diverting government attention from higher-priority counterterrorism tasks, a new government audit has found.