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...growing international controversy over what amounts to a clandestine CIA prison system. The Washington Post reported last week that the agency at different times has had top al-Qaeda detainees stashed at "black sites" in several East European countries, as well as in Thailand, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba...
...coup against Chavez in 2002 (a charge the White House denies). Fuel was added last summer when conservative televangelist Pat Robertson-a high-profile supporter of President Bush - publicly called for Chavez's assassination. (Robertson has since apologized.) Chavez is a democratically elected president, but his close friendship with Cuba's Fidel Castro, his own flirtations with autocratic government and his recently declared interest in acquiring nuclear technology have Washington bristling. As a result, the fiery Chavez and his growing number of supporters around the region remain vocally convinced that Bush is out to kill...
...Still, the U.S. remains by a long way Latin America's most important trading partner, a relationship worth over $400 billion a year. So, despite the North-South acrimony at the 34-nation Summit (communist Cuba is excluded), both sides have reason to seek common ground...
History and politics are among the things that pilots Bill and Gayle James, both 65, of Canton, Ohio, have taught their grandkids at 7,000 feet. On one trip they flew over Cuba with their granddaughters, 12 and 13. "They'd only heard how bad it was," says Bill, "but Cuba looked gorgeous, and the Cuban controllers were so friendly. They were full of questions about Cuba and why they couldn't go there. Poppy and Nonny gave them a real history lesson...
...when it comes to the things we really need we can't get it done." Gas-powered electric generator use was massive in South Florida; five deaths resulted from carbon monoxide fumes overpowering homes. In total, 14 people died across the state, more than in Mexico and Cuba combined. Damage in Florida could reach $10 billion...