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Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:19:22 +0000
| 07/04/2008 11:23 PM |
| Fidel chides FARC for 'cruel actions' |
| Fidel Castro on Friday made his first public comment on the rescue Wednesday in Colombia of Ingrid Betancourt and other prisoners of the FARC guerrillas. In the closing paragraphs of an article on assorted |
| 07/04/2008 07:08 PM |
| Cuba arrests dissidents |
| At least 16 Cuban dissidents were released on Thursday after police arrested them earlier in sweep targeting government opponents across the communist island, opposition sources said. 'At least 16 of |
| 07/04/2008 12:42 PM |
| Journalists hail a colleague: Fidel Castro |
| Communications Minister Ramiro Valdés Menéndez addressed the preliminary session of the Eighth Congress of the Cuban Journalists Union (UPEC) at the Palace of Conventions, the newspaper El Habanero |
| 07/04/2008 11:04 AM |
| Cuban dissidents released after arrest |
| At least 16 Cuban dissidents have been released after police arrested them earlier in sweep targeting government opponents across the communist island, opposition sources said. 'At least 16 of around |
| 07/04/2008 09:22 AM |
| WNU #952: Is CANF Smuggling Cuban Migrants? |
| Cuba: Is CANF Smuggling Migrants? 2. Mexico: Congress OKs 'Plan Mexico' 3. Links to alternative sources on: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti ISSN#: 1084-922X. |
| 07/04/2008 05:50 PM |
| United Nations: Security Council Al-Qaida And Taliban Sanctions Committee Adds Names |
| the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the four entries specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, |
| 07/04/2008 04:05 PM |
| Boks' "greatest challenge" (Yahoo!7) |
| 4:46 pm Global agency to promote Aussie tourism 4:27 pm DPP to decide on triple murder retrial 4:26 pm Grand Prix set to stay in Melbourne 4:26 pm Youth Day laws worse than APEC: council 4:25 pm |
| 07/04/2008 03:42 PM |
| Cuba's Castro Praises Colombian Army Rescue Of Hostages |
| HAVANA (AFP)--Former Cuban president Fidel Castro on Thursday praised the Colombian army's rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages from Marxist FARC rebels and said they should never have been |
| 07/04/2008 11:59 AM |
| Opposition supporters arrested in Cuba |
| Eight people have been arrested in Cuba, in an action against opponents of the communist government. Police have confirmed the arrest of the eight, but opposition leader Vladimiro Roca has said there |
| 07/04/2008 11:17 AM |
| Cuba to launch program to curb environmental pollution |
| (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Cuba will launch a national program to fight environmental pollution as part of the National Environmental Strategy 2007-2010. The project will provide an integrated |
| 07/04/2008 09:09 AM |
| 'Charlie Wapp' caught by Cubans |
| Dwayne Thomas, otherwise called 'Christopher Thomas' and 'Charlie Wapp', is now in police custody and is being questioned. According to a release from the police, Thomas is wanted by the Kingston East |
| 07/04/2008 03:18 PM |
| U.S. Denies Plotting Protests In Cuba |
| HAVANA -- A spokesman for the U.S. mission here on Thursday denied Cuba's charge that American diplomats were instigating opposition protests linked to American independence day. 'If they are planning |
| 07/04/2008 07:54 AM |
| Building on a Gouda reputation |
| The way Walter Schep sees it, a bigger manufacturing facility might fix all his problems. The Thunder Bay resident and owner of Thunder Oak Cheese, the only Ontario producer of Gouda, has been turning |
| 07/04/2008 07:48 AM |
| US airline fined for violating blockade against Cuba |
| HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The biggest US private airline, Spirit Airlines, has been fined $100,000 by the US federal government for violating Washington's economic blockade of Cuba. According to Granma news |
| 07/04/2008 06:03 AM |
| Dissidents seized; Cuba repeats charges |
| At least seven dissidents were detained by State Security on Thursday, as Foreign Minister Felipe PĂ©rez Roque repeated charges that the U.S. Interests Section in Havana was encouraging anti-Castro demonstrations |
| 07/04/2008 04:08 AM |
| Cuba, Nicaragua Sign Trade Agreement |
| The Chamber of Commerce of Cuba (CCC) and the Chamber of Industry of Nicaragua (CADIN) signed an agreement in this capital to boost bilateral trade. The document was penned at the end of the opening session |
| 07/04/2008 04:09 AM |
| Havana: U.S. Instigating Anti-Cuba Activities |
| Cuba on Wednesday accused the U.S. government of encouraging new anti-government activities as the latest evidence of the U.S. subversive strategy to overthrow the Cuban government. Anti-government groups, |
| 07/04/2008 01:02 AM |
| Of Mobs And Revolution: T.J. English's 'Havana' |
| Before the Cuban Revolution, Havana was a playground for American gangsters, mafiosi and the debauched tourists who frequented their casinos. T.J. English's new book Havana Nocturne provides a vision |
| 07/03/2008 11:07 PM |
| Mexico Cracks Down on Cubans |
| MERIDA, Mexico - For the first time, Mexican immigration authorities have launched raids on safe houses where Cubans await transportation to the U.S. border. In the first such raid, reported widely throughout |
| 07/03/2008 08:33 PM |
| Mpumalanga health urges youth to take up medicine in Cuba |
| Nelspruit - As part of its efforts to reduce the shortage of health professionals in Mpumalanga, the provincial Department of Health is to send a contingent of youth to study medicine in Cuba. The provincial |
| 07/03/2008 04:39 PM |
| Defying Cuba's media laws |
| Time magazine named her one of the world's 100 most influential people and Yoani Sanchez won Spain's top online journalism award, all while living in communist Cuba where the state controls the media. |
| 07/03/2008 04:23 PM |
| Try diplomacy with Cuba, too |
| In its June 30 editorial Diplomacy useful in dealing with threats The Miami Herald supports diplomacy and ''realism'' in dealing with that key ''Axis of Evil'' renegade, North Korea. On the other hand, |
| 07/03/2008 03:33 PM |
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| 07/03/2008 12:13 PM |
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| 07/03/2008 09:22 AM |
| Exile debate on Cuba travel restrictions |
| Beyond the controversy over a new state law that tightens regulations for travel agencies that book Cuba trips lies a growing debate about whether Cuban exiles should visit family and friends frequently |
