Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines: Cuba
News from Cuba
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Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:50:12 +0000
| 07/25/2008 12:00 AM |
| Cuba takes spin at silkworm raising |
| HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): So far, so good as Cuba has begun raising silkworms for the production and sale silk, cocoons and other derivatives. This experiment, underway at the Indio Hatuey Pasture and Forage Experimental Station in central Matanzas province, constitutes a baseline study still in the evaluation phase. |
| 07/25/2008 12:00 AM |
| Russia denies planning to base bombers in Cuba |
 MOSCOW, Russia (AFP): Russia's defence ministry on Thursday denied a report it was considering basing bomber aircraft in Cuba in retaliation for US missile defence plans in Eastern Europe, a news agency reported. On Tuesday, US General Norton Schwartz said Russia would cross "a red line for the USA." |
| 07/25/2008 12:00 AM |
| First virtual library on health inaugurated in Cuba |
| HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): A regional project sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to facilitate equitable access to information on Health Sciences was inaugurated on Wednesday in Havana. PAHO representative Amaparo Zequeira participated in the opening of a Virtual Library on Health. |
| 07/25/2008 12:00 AM |
| Fidel Castro says no excuses from Cuba on Russian bomber issue |
 HAVANA, Cuba (AFP): Fidel Castro said Havana owed no apologies to Washington over reports that Russia might start flying long-range bombers to Cuba, and warned that his country "had nerves of steel in times of genocide". It was the first official comment from the Americas' only one-party communist government. |
| 07/25/2008 12:00 AM |
| Raul Castro to speak at birthplace of Cuba revolution |
 HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): President Raul Castro returns to the birthplace of the Cuban revolution this week for a speech that will be watched for news on what some consider another, quieter revolution now taking place on the socialist island. Instead of the armed rebellion that brought his brother Fidel Castro to power. |
