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November 18, 2009 Cuban leader Raul Castro has maintained an abusive system that his brother put in place to repress dissent, according to Human Rights Watch. The report also calls for a change in U.S. policy, lifting the longtime trade embargo in favor of more targeted sanctions.

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October 29, 2009 The deadly attack on a U.N. guesthouse in Kabul on Wednesday underscored the dangers of being a U.S. civilian in Afghanistan. The State Department is currently in the process of beefing up its corps of U.S. civilian advisers in Afghanistan, despite the security concerns.

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October 27, 2009 National Security Adviser James Jones addressed the inaugural J Street conference on Tuesday. The startup pro-Israel lobby says it represents not only a missing street on the map of Washington, but also a missing voice in the foreign policy establishment.

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October 23, 2009 Sen. John Kerry took the foreign policy spotlight this past week, jetting off to Afghanistan, where he persuaded President Hamid Karzai to agree to a runoff vote, and meeting with officials in Pakistan. It raised the question: Where's Richard Holbrooke, Obama's designated point man on Afghanistan and Pakistan?

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October 21, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made combating sexual violence against women a top priority. But there are many obstacles to change in places such as conflict-ravaged Congo, which is suffering from an epidemic of rape.

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• In Guinea, Sexual Violence Fails To Silence Women