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Alarcon: US Treatment of the Cuban Five is "Terrorist"

Cuba News - Thu, 2010-07-29 10:26
The U.S. position with the five Cuban prisoners in its jails for nearly 12 years is a policy that promotes terrorism, said President of the Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcon.

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Cuba weighs expanding small private businesses

Cuba News - Thu, 2010-07-29 10:26
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) -- Cuba's lawmakers on Wednesday mulled legalizing more small private businesses, perhaps expanding a limited program to include farm and food industries in the economically struggling Caribbean nation, state media said.

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O'Neill: Castor is pressuring Obama administration on Cuba

Cuba News - Thu, 2010-07-29 10:21
For U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, patience was fast losing its virtue status.

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Fidel Castro to chronicle the birth of his revolution

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:55
Fidel Castro once again seems to be everywhere in Cuba.

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Travel ban-lifting bill to be discussed in another House committee

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:55
Three weeks after it was marked up by the House Agriculture Committee and two weeks before the U.S. House of Representatives adjourns Aug. 9- Sept. 10, a bill that would lift the travel ban is facing a hearing in a second committee.

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Sherritt 2nd quarter: Stagnating nickel production, higher earnings

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:52
Toronto-based Sherritt International said in its second-quarter report that, although nickel production stagnated and sale volume was down from the second quarter last year, nickel revenues rose thanks to higher prices.

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Cuban and Venezuelan Filmmakers Strengthen Cooperation

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:49
HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuban and Venezuelan filmmakers meeting in Caracas agreed to carry out joint projects and work together in the training of personnel linked to the film industry in both countries.

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Cuban Parliament to Debate National and International Issues

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:43
The 12 Permanent Commissions of the Cuban Parliament are opening Wednesday two days of deliberations in preparation for the 5th sessions of the 7th Legislature of the National Assembly of People''s Power.

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Calle 13 and Buena Fe Celebrate Anniversary of Caracas

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:40
Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 and Cuban group Buena Fe will join their voices next Saturday to celebrate the 443rd founding anniversary of this city, during a concert at a central square of the capital.

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Fidel Castro to release first volume of memoirs in August

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:37
Havana (Cuba), July 28 : Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has announced plans to release the first volume of his memoirs.

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Freedom of Cuban Five among Priorities of Deputies

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 18:33
Havana, Jul 28 (Prensa Latina) The battle for the release of the five Cubans imprisoned in the U.S. was one of the priorities in the Commission of the Cuban Parliament during the last six months, deputies stressed today.

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Get to Cuba Legally: Compete in the Masters Cycling Champ

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 10:18
Margie Goldsmith has traveled to 116 countries and written about them all Compete in the Masters Cycling Championships in Cuba

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Finding the Good in Sports Not as Hard as You Think

Cuba News - Wed, 2010-07-28 10:15
Diane NyadA 60-year-old woman, tired of feeling her value had slipped in the world, readies to swim 103 miles in shark-infested waters, from Cuba to Florida, a journey she tried and failed when she was 29.

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Cuba Heads Latin America and the Caribbean at 2010 IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championship

Cuba News - Tue, 2010-07-27 19:20
Cuba headed Latin America and the Caribbean at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships that concluded on Monday in Canada.

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U.S. food sales to Cuba in steep decline

Cuba News - Tue, 2010-07-27 19:16
Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:15pm EDT. HAVANA July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. food sales to Cuba fell by 35 percent from January through May compared with the same period in 2009, as the cash-strapped nation cut imports and bought from countries offering credit, a U.S.-based trade group said on Tuesday.

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Fidel Castro to publish new book in August

Cuba News - Tue, 2010-07-27 19:12
Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuba's Fidel Castro on Tuesday said he would publish a new book in August on the fighting more than 50 years ago between his ragtag rebels and the 10,000-strong army under former dictator Fulgencio Batista.

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The City of Churches

Cuba News - Tue, 2010-07-27 19:04
Anywhere you look, it’s difficult to find a panoramic of Camaguey in which the steeples of churches don't jot up in the landscape.

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Holiday Resorts Grow in Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus province

Cuba News - Tue, 2010-07-27 18:50
Hotel room capacity in Trinidad is expected to be doubled in less than a five-year term with the construction of joint ventures.

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Cuban Culture Celebration - October, London

Cuba News - Tue, 2010-07-27 18:30
The Cuba Solidarity Campaign campaigns in the UK against the US blockade of Cuba and for the Cuban peoples' right to self-determination and sovereignty announces a night to celebrate Cuba's National Day of Culture.

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