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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez(R) and actor/activist Danny Glover hug while attending the The CITGO-Venezuela Heating Oil Program innauguration ceremony at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Harlem 21 September. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Why black Hollywood liberals hailed Chavez

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theGRIO REPORT - While many Americans considered the late Hugo Chavez to be an authoritarian dictator and foe of the U.S., for some liberal African-American entertainers like Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte, he was an ally...
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Belafonte: Obama should 'work like a third world dictator'

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theGRIO REPORT - Singer and social activist Harry Belafonte went on MSNBC's 'Politics Nation' last night, hosted by Al Sharpton, to discuss the GOP and goals for President Barack Obama's second term...
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor waits for the start of his sentencing judgement in the courtroom of the Special Court for Sierra Leone(SCSL) in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday May 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Toussaint Kluiters, Pool)

Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years in prison

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LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Judges at an international war crimes court have sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison...
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Ex-Liberian president convicted for war crimes

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LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) - In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity...
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Robert Mugabe: 'I have beaten Christ'

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Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe recently celebrated his 88th birthday by stating that he had 'beaten Christ'...
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Haiti president may pardon dictator 'Baby Doc'

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DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Haiti's president suggested Thursday that he might pardon former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, saying reconciliation for his nation is more important than making the man known as 'Baby Doc' pay for his bloody rule...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died

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Kim Jong Il dead at 69. Kim's death was announced Monday by the state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang...
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Gadhafi wrote song for 'Black Flower' Condi

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In what may well be the most awkward personal moment in U.S. diplomatic history, in her new memoir Condoleezza Rice recalls a creepy 2008 meeting with then-Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi...
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Obama: Libyans won revolution, opportunity ahead

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Thursday cast the demise of Muammar Gadhafi as a momentous opportunity for Libya and its long-suffering people...
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Gadhafi's lair: Rebels find photos of 'darling' Rice

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MSNBC - The former U.S. Secretary of State paid a visit to Tripoli in 2008 during a brief interlude that saw Gadhafi begin to be welcomed back into the international fold...
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