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Cuban President Raul Castro backs greater gay rights and ending discrimination against homosexuals, his daughter Mariela, a famed sexologist, said Saturday during a colorful gay rights march in Havana. Mariela Castro runs Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) and

The media flurry over Obama’s most recent position on gay marriage almost obscured a statement that could have significant implications for America’s security.  As reported by Elliott Abrams at the Weekly Standard, Obama has returned to his 1996 position of

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home from Havana late Friday, declaring success in his fight against cancer after a week in which he received what was supposed to be his last session of radiation therapy. Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami

The government of Iraq’s Kurdish region fired back on Saturday over allegations by Iranian diplomats and officials that Kurdistan was playing host to Israeli intelligence. Kurdish authorities described the claims, made in previous weeks, as “untrue”, after Iran’s consul in

A roadside bomb killed four Afghan policemen when it ripped through their patrol vehicle in western Afghanistan, a provincial government official says. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but roadside bombs are regularly planted by Taliban insurgents fighting a

DEMETRIS NELLASAssociated PressATHENS, GreeceGreek President Karolos Papoulias called for the leaders of Greece’s political parties to meet on Sunday, in a last-ditch effort to broker a deal for a coalition government and avoid another general election. Papoulias took the step

Spain head to Euro 2012 looking to make history but their bid for a third consecutive major tournament triumph could be hit by fatigue, with top players feeling the effects of several years competing at the highest level. Spain were

China said on Saturday it would cut reserve requirements for banks, after disappointing economic data raised fears of a sharp slowdown in the world’s second largest economy. The People’s Bank of China, the central bank, said it would cut banks’

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated PressWASHINGTONChina’s assertive behavior is breathing life into America’s historically tumultuous relationship with the Philippines. With Washington turning its attention more to the Asia-Pacific region, the U.S. and the Philippines last week held the first joint meeting of

Tens of thousands of people flocked to South Korea’s 2012 international expo Saturday on the first day of the three-month show with the theme of “The Living Ocean and Coast”. The southern coastal city of Yeosu opened Expo 2012 to

By DON MELVIN and ROD McGUIRKAssociated PressIn Europe, where more than 200,000 people thronged a Berlin rally in 2008 to hear Barack Obama speak, there’s disappointment that he hasn’t kept his promise to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay,

China has impounded Philippine fruit exports alleged to carry pests, squeezing a key industry amid a tense stand-off between the two countries over disputed territory, a Philippine official said. Manila newspapers on Saturday reported tonnes of Philippine bananas were rotting

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Greece will make one last desperate attempt to form a government Spain follows Greece into crisis, as Bankia bank is nationalized Al-Qaeda establishes a safe haven in northern Mali Greece will make one last