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Raul Castro Receives Spanish Socialist Delegation
Radio Cadena Agramonte (English), 6 hours 27 minutes ago / Cuban President Raul Castro met with Spanish Socialist Workers Party representatives Senator Leire Pajin, organizational secretary, and Elena Valenciano, international relations and cooperation secretary.
Fidel Castro dons military duds for 1st time since stepping down; possible sign of larger role
Macleans, 10 hours 27 minutes ago / He has returned to the message almost daily since emerging from seclusion in July. But Friday's 35-minute speech to thousands of students assembled on and in front of the majestic stairway leading to the historic university was by far Castro's most significant.
Castros Cash Flow
Miami New Times - Miami FL, 13 hours 15 minutes ago / Miami has plenty of expats who have spent time rotting in Cuban prisons.
Fidel Castro regrets discrimination against gays in Cuba
Telegraph - London - UK, Sep 01, 2010 / Castro did not blame the ruling Communist Party for the discrimination, instead regretting that he himself did not pay enough attention to the plight of gays during an era of sabotage, armed attacks and assassination plots against him.
Raul Castro Meets with the President of Guinea Bissau
Venceremos - Cuba (English), Aug 31, 2010 / Army General Raul Castro, President of the Cuban councils of State and Ministers, met on Monday afternoon at the Council of State with his counterpart from Guinea Bissau, Malam Bacai Sanha. president Jose Ramon Machado Ventura and the foreign ministers from Cuba and Guinea Bissau, Bruno Rodriguez and Adelino Mano Queta, respectively, also participated. laid a wreath by the monument to Cuba's National Hero Jose Marti at the memorial named after him, located at Revolution Square. devoted to African National Heroes, and at Havana's Colon Cemetery he paid homage to the Cuban internationalist combatants who fell in heroic deeds for the liberation of Africa.
Cuba expands free-market reforms
Estonia Times, Aug 28, 2010 / The Cuban government has issued two free-market reforms aimed at boosting its struggling economy, including allowing foreign investors to lease state-owned land for up to 99 years.
Cuba expands free-market reforms
Nigeria Master Web, Aug 28, 2010 / The Cuban government has issued two free-market reforms aimed at boosting its struggling economy, including allowing foreign investors to lease state-owned land for up to 99 years.
Raul Castro Meets with Namibian Ambassador
Radio Cadena Agramonte (English), Aug 27, 2010 / Cuban President Raul Castro met with Namibian Ambassador Claudia Grace Uushona, on the occasion of her concluding her diplomatic work on the island.
Raul Castro urged to free 8 dissidents
Miami Herald - Miami FL, Aug 27, 2010 / The U.S. State Department and Amnesty International have urged Cuba to immediately release eight dissidents detained during peaceful protests and threatened with prosecutions.
Raul Castro urged to free 8 dissidents
Cuba Daily, Aug 27, 2010 / For nearly five decades, the United States has pursued a policy toward Cuba that could be described as incredibly stupid.
Cuba Snuffs Smoking Subsidy for Elderly
Newser, Aug 26, 2010 / Cigarettes should no longer be considered an essential item for the elderly, the Cuban government has decided.
Chavez: Castro health 'magnificent'
Daily Express - London - UK, Aug 26, 2010 / Cuban state television said Mr Chavez expressed satisfaction at Mr Castro's "magnificent" health.
Cuba's subsidized cigarettes going up in smoke
Tobacco.org, Aug 26, 2010 / Cuba is phasing out its longstanding monthly allotments of subsidized cigarettes as President Raul Castro works to jump-start the island's sputtering economy.
End hypocritical Cuba ban
The Daily Herald - Everett WA, Aug 25, 2010 / Lifting the U.S. travel ban against Cuba and making food sales to the country easier would benefit both nations.
Cuban Catholic Church reveals names of 6 more prisoners Castro's gov't has promised to free
The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA, Aug 24, 2010 / Cuba's Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday revealed the names of six more political prisoners to be released into exile in Spain under an agreement with President Raul Castro's government.
Last words from Bill Breuer
Cleveland Daily Banner - Cleveland TN, Aug 22, 2010 / Before author and military historian William B. Breuer passed away Wednesday, the World War II veteran expressed concerns about the national security of the United States.
MLB: Chi. W. Sox 7, K.C. 6 (2nd game)
United Press International (UPI), Aug 22, 2010 / Juan Pierre 's RBI double in the 10th inning Saturday gave the Chicago White Sox a 7-6 victory over Kansas City in the second game of a doubleheader.
More government land to Cuban small farmers to help boost food production
MercoPress, Aug 21, 2010 / In September 2008 the Cuban government approved a bill to hand idle land for its exploitation under an usufruct regime, after admitting that over half of the islands' farm land remained untilled and non productive.
Cuban dissidents denounce government harassment
KNAU - Flagstaff AZ, Aug 18, 2010 / Cuba's Communist government continues to harass critics who publicly express their discontent on the streets even as it releases some political prisoners, Cuban dissidents said on Wednesday.
Obama warms to closer ties with Cuba
Cuba Daily, Aug 18, 2010 / For nearly five decades, the United States has pursued a policy toward Cuba that could be described as incredibly stupid.
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Somali MPs killed in suicide bomb attack on Mogadishu hotel
Telegraph - London - UK
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
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Plane crashes in Nepal; foreigners among 14 dead
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
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Cairn Energy narrows loss, sees Greenland promise
MarketWatch
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
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World stock markets fall as economy worries linger
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
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Two British hostages survive bus siege carnage as eight are shot dead by rogue cop
The Daily Mirror - London - UK
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
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Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is the President of the Cuban Council of State and the President (As Premier) of the Council of Ministers of Cuba.
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