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Cuban foreign minister says island is ready for talks with US

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Cuba is willing to hold talks with the United States "on any level," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday in conciliatory remarks aimed at the Obama administration.

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US ranks 31st in gender equality of 134 nations surveyed

NEW YORK — Women remain far behind men in economic and political power, but the Nordic countries come closest to closing the gender gap, according to a survey of 134 nations released Tuesday.

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Guinea deal raises more doubts on China's push into Africa

BEIJING — A $7 billion mining deal between Guinea's repressive military regime and a little-known Chinese company underscores China's full-throttle rush into Africa and its willingness to deal with brutal and corrupt governments.

Frenetic pace, superb acting in PBS film about apartheid talks

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but, at times, edgier as well, as evidenced by the behind-the-scenes drama that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa.