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• Costa Ricans Vote on Trade Pact

  Published: October 8, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Costa, Ricans, Vote, Trade, Pact, Oscar Arias, Costa Rica, Dr Cafta, The White House, Alfredo Volio, Bernie Sanders, George W Bush, United States, The Associated Press, Byron Dorgan, Dana Perino, Eugenio Trejos Benavides, Kevin Casas, Sherrod Brown, Susan Schwab, Central

  MEXICO CITY, Oct. 7 -- Costa Rica appeared headed late Sunday toward approval of a trade pact with the United States after a count of 88.7 percent of polling stations showed 51.6 percent of voters in favor of the trade deal. The balloting follows a contentious campaign marked by a scandal that...

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: October 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, Baghdad, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Dominican Republic, Dr Cafta, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Nicaragua, United Nations, Mediaset Spa, Ankara, Aura Salazar, Caribbean, Europe, Fidel Castro, Joshua Partlow, Latin America, Milan, Omar Al Bashir, Otto Perez, Pope Benedict Xv

  A series of four explosions occurred near the Polish Embassy in Baghdad on Monday, five days after the Polish ambassador was wounded in the bombing of his convoy, Polish officials said.

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• Free-Trade Fight Reflects Broader Battle

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Free Trade, Fight, Reflects, Broader, Battle, George W Bush, United States, Costa Rica, Harry Reid, The White House, Dr Cafta, Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Michaud, Tony Fratto, Panama, Peru, Turkey, Arizona, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Cnbc Inc, Bill Clinton, Caribbean

  The vote was barely 24 hours away when President Bush's aides held an emergency conference call at 10:45 p.m. last Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had sent a letter that could sink a U.S.-led free trade agreement up for referendum in...

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• Free-Trade Fight Reflects Broader Battle

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Free Trade, Fight, Reflects, Broader, Battle, George W Bush, United States, Costa Rica, Harry Reid, The White House, Dr Cafta, Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Michaud, Tony Fratto, Panama, Peru, Turkey, Arizona, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Cnbc Inc, Bill Clinton, Caribbean

  The vote was barely 24 hours away when President Bush's aides held an emergency conference call at 10:45 p.m. last Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had sent a letter that could sink a U.S.-led free trade agreement up for referendum in...

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• Free-Trade Fight Reflects Broader Battle

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Free Trade, Fight, Reflects, Broader, Battle, George W Bush, United States, Costa Rica, Harry Reid, The White House, Dr Cafta, Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Michaud, Tony Fratto, Panama, Peru, Turkey, Arizona, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Cnbc Inc, Bill Clinton, Caribbean

  The vote was barely 24 hours away when President Bush's aides held an emergency conference call at 10:45 p.m. last Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had sent a letter that could sink a U.S.-led free trade agreement up for referendum in...

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• Free-Trade Fight Reflects Broader Battle

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Free Trade, Fight, Reflects, Broader, Battle, George W Bush, United States, Costa Rica, Harry Reid, The White House, Dr Cafta, Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Michaud, Tony Fratto, Panama, Peru, Turkey, Arizona, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Cnbc Inc, Bill Clinton, Caribbean

  The vote was barely 24 hours away when President Bush's aides held an emergency conference call at 10:45 p.m. last Friday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) had sent a letter that could sink a U.S.-led free trade agreement up for referendum in...

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• How Trade Breakthrough Almost Broke Down in Congress

  Published: November 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: How, Trade, Breakthrough, Almost, Broke, Down, Congress, Charles Rangel, John J Sweeney, Nancy Pelosi, United States, George W Bush, The White House, Afl Cio, Dr Cafta, Peru, Berlin, Bill Clinton, Jim Mccrery, International Labour Organization, Nafta, Cable News Network Lp

  Just weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hailed the 285 to 132 vote in favor of the Peru Free Trade Agreement, which she had helped shepherd through the chamber, as a moment steeped in Democratic tradition.

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• How Trade Breakthrough Almost Broke Down in Congress

  Published: November 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: How, Trade, Breakthrough, Almost, Broke, Down, Congress, Charles Rangel, John J Sweeney, Nancy Pelosi, United States, George W Bush, The White House, Afl Cio, Dr Cafta, Peru, Berlin, Bill Clinton, Jim Mccrery, International Labour Organization, Nafta, Cable News Network Lp

  Just weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hailed the 285 to 132 vote in favor of the Peru Free Trade Agreement, which she had helped shepherd through the chamber, as a moment steeped in Democratic tradition.

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• How Trade Breakthrough Almost Broke Down in Congress

  Published: November 22, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: How, Trade, Breakthrough, Almost, Broke, Down, Congress, Charles Rangel, John J Sweeney, Nancy Pelosi, United States, George W Bush, The White House, Afl Cio, Dr Cafta, Peru, Berlin, Bill Clinton, Jim Mccrery, International Labour Organization, Nafta, Cable News Network Lp

  Just weeks ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hailed the 285 to 132 vote in favor of the Peru Free Trade Agreement, which she had helped shepherd through the chamber, as a moment steeped in Democratic tradition.

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• Honduran Socks to Face Tariff, But U.S. Firms Say It's Too Small

  Published: April 26, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Honduran, Socks, Face, Tariff, But, U S, Firms, Say, It S, Too, Small, George W Bush, United States, Dr Cafta, Honduras, Robert Aderholt, Colombia, Jim Schollaert, Nancy Pelosi, R Matthew Priest, China, Pakistan, Panama, South Korea, U S Department Of Commerce

  The Bush administration said yesterday that it will impose a six-month tariff on socks imported from Honduras in an effort to give domestic manufacturers temporary relief from a surge of imports following the passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

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• One Palestinian State, Hold the Swiss

  Published: May 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: One, Palestinian, State, Hold, The, Swiss, George W Bush, Paul C Light, Julie Myers, Marwan Muasher, Dr Cafta, Iraq, Michael Steel, Peter Maer, Argentina, Ahmed Qurei, Alexander Hamilton, Bill Clinton, Buenos Aires, John Boehner, King Abdallah Ii, Mark Knoller, Rahm Emanuel

  President Bush took off last night for the Middle East and another round of peace chats. With Israel's prime minister weakened by scandal and the Palestinian half-president rumored to be resigning, it doesn't seem as though much is going to happen.

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• One Palestinian State, Hold the Swiss

  Published: May 14, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: One, Palestinian, State, Hold, The, Swiss, George W Bush, Paul C Light, Julie Myers, Marwan Muasher, Dr Cafta, Iraq, Michael Steel, Peter Maer, Argentina, Ahmed Qurei, Alexander Hamilton, Bill Clinton, Buenos Aires, John Boehner, King Abdallah Ii, Mark Knoller, Rahm Emanuel

  President Bush took off last night for the Middle East and another round of peace chats. With Israel's prime minister weakened by scandal and the Palestinian half-president rumored to be resigning, it doesn't seem as though much is going to happen.

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