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Venezuelan students end hunger strike

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:04:35 GMT

Protest leader Julio Rivas talks with journalists after students called of an 18-day hunger strike in Venezuela. 21 students, activists, held hunger strike over what they call political prisonersThe protesters say Venezuelan government persecutes...
Source: CNN

Students end hunger strike in Venezuela

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:49:06 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela -- A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days following a meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela.
Source: Miami Herald

Students end hunger strike in Venezuela

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:44:43 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela -- A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days after meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela.
Source: The State

Venezuelan students end hunger strike after OAS officials listen to protesters' complaints

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:33:06 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela - A group of college students ended a hunger strike after 17 days after meeting Tuesday with Organization of American States representatives to air their concerns about human rights in Venezuela.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Former ambassadors condemn Ottawa's attack on diplomat

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:29:47 GMT

T wenty-three former ambassadors are speaking out against the Conservative government's attacks on the credibility of diplomat Richard Colvin, saying Ottawa's response to his Afghan detainee abuse testimony threatens to cast a chill over Canada's...
Source: Globe and Mail

Quoted in 'B’nai B’rith elects new president'

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:49:24 GMT

said in JTA:

During my tenure, I will work to position B'nai B'rith at the forefront of Jewish organizations, and to continue to have [it] play a principal role at the United Nations, the Organization of American States and the European Union

Quoted in 'Brazil Says It Didn't Get All It Wanted in Honduras, But It Was Still Helpful'

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:52:32 GMT

said in Brazzil Magazine:

With regard to Cuba, there was a unanimous decision of the OAS (Organization of American States), which has withdrawn the suspension to Cuba. As for Honduras, there was a coup that took place recently, while the democratic charter that Honduras signed was fully in force, a coup that we condemned with all the other countries of the OAS.

The Unveiling of the Colin Powell Portrait

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:47:47 GMT

SECRETARY CLINTON: Welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Room here at the State Department for such a happy occasion, totally in keeping with the spirit of the times where we are about to have the unveiling of the official portrait of Colin Powell as...
Source: News Blaze

In the World

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:31:42 GMT

Bolivia's Morales wins reelection LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales easily won reelection in Bolivia, gaining more than 60 percent of the vote, according to exit polls.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

OAS, EU stress transparency of Bolivia's general elections

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:54:46 GMT

LA PAZ, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- The general elections of Bolivia held on Sunday were transparent with a high rate of citizen participation, observers of the Organization of American States (OAS) and of the European Union (EU) stressed.
Source: Xinhua

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:57:41 GMT

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, left, applauds Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at the OAS in Washington.

Photo from AP Photo

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza, right, welcomes Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009, at OAS headquarters in Washington.

Frost over the World - Alireza Nourizadeh and Hector Morales - 12 Jun 09

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:03:25 GMT