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Caribbean Won't Accept Haiti's New Gov't
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts - The 15-nation Caribbean Community has decided against recognizing Haiti's new U.S.-backed government, senior Caribbean officials said Friday.

Why John Kerry Must Retract his Position on Venezuela
The Democratic candidate for President of the United States, John Kerry, published a statement on his web site this past March 19, setting forth his position on the political situation in Venezuela. In this declaration, Kerry relies on inaccurate information and repeats views identical to those of the Venezuelan opposition to democratically-elected President Hugo Chavez.

Spain's PM rejects plea on Iraq troops
Spain's new Prime Minister has rejected face-to-face appeals from British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US Secretary of State Colin Powell to keep his country's troops in Iraq to maintain the unity of the coalition.

Aristide to settle in South Africa
Haiti's ousted leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide is to set up permanent home in South Africa, Jamaican officials said yesterday. He would not go there until after the general election next month, because President Thabo Mbeki's government believed it would be "politically unsettling", they added. He would remain in Jamaica in the meantime.

Bush jokes about search for WMD,
but it's no laughing matter for critics
President George Bush sparked a political firestorm yesterday after making what many judged a tasteless and ill-judged joke about the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Mr Bush made the joke at a black-tie event for radio and television journalists in Washington on Wednesday night.