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• Immigration

  Haiti workers can now apply for US guest worker visas

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that low-skilled Haitian workers can now apply for jobs in the United States.
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  War court

  Scooter Libby case invoked at Guantánamo terror trial

  Prosecutors working out procedures for handling secret evidence in the trial of an alleged Al Qaida chieftain invoked a surprising precedent Wednesday — the 2007 felony trial of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, former Vice President Dick Cheney’s aide.
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  Cuba

  Havana building collapse kills at least 3, injures 6

  Families refuse to leave buildings, such as the one that collapsed Tuesday, because of Cuba’s housing shortage.

• CUBA

  Convicted Cuban spy wants transfer to Florida prison

  One of the five Cuban spies convicted as part of the “Wasp Network” requested a transfer to a medium-security prison in northwestern Florida to make it easier for his mother to visit him, according to supporters.

• Haiti

  Tragic accident kills at least 29 Haitians, injures 56

  At least 29 people were killed and 56 injured in a tragic road accident in Haiti.
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  WAR COURT

  Guantánamo prison camps chief defends legal mail monitoring

  Army Col. James Pohl, judge of the war court at Guantanamo, plans to hear more testimony Wednesday about whether prison staff read captives’ mail.
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  French judge wants to investigate at Guantánamo

  A French judge is seeking U.S. permission to visit the prison camps here to investigate claims by former French inmates that they were tortured, the Associated Press reported from Paris on Tuesday.

• CUBA

  Jailed Cuban dissident reported near death

  Wilman Villar is in a coma after hunger strike and contracting pneumonia
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  Immigration

  Argentine family, in U.S. since 2001, unlikely to be deported

  The Flores family arrived without a visa after fleeing Argentina’s economic crisis. Under current federal policy, however, they probably won’t be sent home even though they are undocumented.
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  Russia assails US over Guantánamo prison

  Russia’s Foreign Ministry has accused the U.S. of breaking international law by keeping terror suspects in indefinite custody without trial at the Guantánamo Bay prison.
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  MIAMI

  Chávez: ‘There will be no consulate in Miami’

  The decision, which is in response to the expulsion of consul Livia Acosta, impacts more than 200,000 Venezuelans in the Southeast.
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  War on terror

  Spanish judge reopens U.S. torture probe

  The Obama administration may want to look forward but but other countries are still interestedin determining whether Bush-era anti-terror practices violated international law.
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  Army officer recommends trial in WikiLeaks case

  An Army officer recommended a general court-martial for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged with causing the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.
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  HAITI: TWO YEARS LATER

  Haiti, South Florida remember quake victims on anniversary

  In Haiti and South Florida, victims of Haiti’s 7.0-earthquake were remembered Thursday with reflections and prays.
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  HAITI | TWO YEARS LATER

  Many question whether Haiti quake donations put to best use

  Two years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, many complain that they haven’t seen where billions in donations were spent.
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  HAITI: TWO YEARS LATER

  Thousands of Haitians march demanding jobs, housing

  As Haitians prepare to mark the second year since a devastating 7.0-earthquake, officials and diplomats stress jobs

• Haiti: Two Years Later

  Memorial walls being designed to honor Haitian quake victims

  Memorial walls, in cyberspace and the real world, are being created to honor those killed in the devastating Haitian earthquake.
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  CUBA

  Iran’s president visits Havana during Latin American swing

  Ahmadinejad agrees with Fidel Castro that capitalism is on its way out
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  Fight escalates over legal mail at Guantánamo

  The chief defense counsel for the Guantánamo Bay war crimes tribunals said Wednesday that he has instructed attorneys not to follow a new rule subjecting legal mail to a security review, escalating a dispute with the prison’s commander.

• In My Opinion

  Romney will have big problem: Hispanic voters

  Republican hopeful Mitt Romney will have two big problems if, as expected, he clinches the Republican nomination for the November election: his business background and Hispanic voters.

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