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| 07/03/2008 10:53 PM |
| Dissidents: Cuba detains more critics |
| Havana - Cuba has detained four more dissidents, according to human rights officials on Thursday. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National REconciliation reported that four men were seized early Thursday morning by security officials. Anoth... |
| 06/30/2008 08:40 PM |
| US charges Saudi in Cole bombing |
| Washington - The Pentagon has charged a Saudi Arabian man held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for helping to organize the bombing of the USS Cole in a Yemeni port in October 2000. Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann, the top legal advisor to the Pentagon mili... |
| 06/21/2008 03:43 AM |
| Castro, dissidents chide EU for 'hypocrisy' on sanctions issue |
| Havana - Fidel Castro Friday added his voice of condemnation of the European Union for the discredited way in which it lifted sanctions against Cuba, saying he despised the huge hypocrisy of the move. At my age and my state of health, one does... |
| 06/20/2008 05:52 PM |
| EU takes 'difficult' decision to lift Cuba sanctions - Summary |
| Brussels - European Union foreign ministers have agreed to lift sanctions on Cuba in spite of deep divisions within the 27- member bloc about the regime's human rights credentials, officials said Friday. We have expressed the hope that Cuba will cha... |
| 06/20/2008 01:56 PM |
| 1STÂ LEAD: EU agrees to lift sanctions on Cuba |
| Brussels - European Union foreign ministers have agreed to lift sanctions on Cuba, drawing criticism from the island's dissidents and placing Brussels and Washington on a collision course. The Thursday night deal scrapped the sanctions that were impo... |
| 06/20/2008 12:30 AM |
| EU agrees to lift 'symbolic' sanctions on Cuba |
| Brussels - European Union foreign ministers agreed late Thursday to lift sanctions on Cuba, diplomats said. The sanctions, imposed in 2003 but suspended in 2005, are largely symbolic. They include limits on high-level government visits and the role o... |
| 06/19/2008 11:00 PM |
| US advises EU against lifting sanctions on Cuba |
| Washington - The United States warned the European Union against lifting sanctions on Cuba, saying the move would sent the wrong signal to the dictatorial regime. Certainly we would not be supportive of the EU or anyone else easing those restrictio... |
| 06/19/2008 01:58 AM |
| Physician group says exams confirm Abu Ghraib, other torture |
| Washington - A US human rights group said Wednesday that medical examinations of prisoners held at prisons in Iraq and Cuba by the US military confirmed evidence that had been were tortured. The Boston-based group, Physicians for Human Rights, conduc... |
| 06/16/2008 06:38 PM |
| Elian, removed at gunpoint from US, joins Cuba's Communists |
| Havana - Elian Gonzalez, the child at the centre of a heated custody disputebetween the US and Cuba in 2000,has joined the youth wing of the Communist Party of Cuba, the party newspaper Granma reported Monday. Gonzalez, now 14, swore loyalty to the C... |
| 06/16/2008 12:24 PM |
| EXTRA:Â Cuba off the table as Ireland crisis bites |
| Luxembourg - The European Union's relations with Cuba became the first victim Monday of the crisis caused by Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon treaty, as EU foreign ministers took the question off the table at a meeting in Luxembourg. Ahead of the re... |
| 06/13/2008 06:11 PM |
| US government: Guantanamo trials will continue |
| Washington - The military tribunals of terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will continue despite a Supreme Court ruling that allows prisoners to challenge their detention in federal courts. The case before the Supreme Court was not a challenge... |
| 06/12/2008 09:35 PM |
| Cuba surprised after boxer defects to Germany on second-attempt |
| Havana - Cuban boxing officials were surprised Thursday by the news that boxer Erislandy Lara has defected from the communist island to become a professional in Germany. Lara, 25, left Cuba weeks ago in a speedboat that took him to Mexico. On Wednesd... |
| 06/12/2008 09:07 PM |
| Cuba condemns court decision against two Cubans accused of spying |
| Havana - Cuba condemned the decision of a United States court upholding the sentences against two of the so-called Cuban Five, facing prison for espionage and conspiracy to commit murder in the United States, Cuban media reported Thursday. Cuban offi... |
| 06/12/2008 08:35 PM |
| UN human rights chief praises decision on Guantanamo detainees |
| New York - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Thursday welcomed the US Supreme Court's ruling that detainees at the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge their detention in US federal courts. Louise Arbour, a fo... |
| 06/12/2008 04:51 PM |
| Supreme Court says Guantanamo inmates can appeal detention - Update |
| Washington - The Supreme Court has ruled that prisoners in the war on terrorism can challenge their detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in US federal courts, CNN reported Thursday. In a long-awaited decision, the highest US court ruled 5-4 in favour o... |
| 06/12/2008 05:11 AM |
| Cuba starts to come out of the closet with great discretion |
| Havana - In Havana, Monica and Elizabeth hold hands and proudly wear the small golden rings that sealed their wedding. The party took place in December in Cuba's National Centre for Sexual Education (CENESEX) headed by sexologist Mariela Castro - th... |
| 06/10/2008 04:42 PM |
| EXTRA: US, EU challenges Cuba to free prisoners |
| Brdo, Slovenia - The European Union and the United States on Tuesday urged Cuba's new government to free all political prisoners to show it is serious about improving human rights. US President George W Bush sharpened that challenge to new Cuban Pr... |
| 06/06/2008 03:56 AM |
| Defence lawyers livid after first day of 9/11 trial |
| Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, pressured other co-defendants to reject their court appointed lawyers, defence attorneys charged. The lawyers also said judge and court... |
| 06/05/2008 09:46 PM |
| EXTRA: Judge delays bin al-Shibh's request to relinquish lawyers |
| Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - The judge presiding over the trial of the suspects in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Thursday delayed a request by one of the defendants to dismiss his attorneys, citing the need to clarify his mental state. Ramzi ... |
| 06/05/2008 04:39 PM |
| EXTRA: Mohammed says he wants to be martyred |
| Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, said Thursday at a US military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that he hopes to get the death penalty so that he can be martyred. Thi... |
