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Unidentified detainee mysteriously dies at Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON — A detainee died over the weekend at the US prison for “war on terror” suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the ninth since the detention center opened in 2002, the US military said Monday. The detainee, who was not identified pending notification of his government and next of kin,…
Cuba releases award-winning dissident
Leading Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas told AFP Saturday he had been released after being detained 40 hours earlier, following an argument with agents guarding his home. Farinas said he was released at around 8:15 am, in a telephone interview from his home in the central city of Santa Clara. The…
Technical glitch delays 9/11 hearing at Guantanamo
US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — The next court appearance of five men charged over the 9/11 attacks has been delayed until Thursday due to an Internet outage, the presiding judge said Tuesday. The preliminary hearings in a US military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba had already been…
Fidel Castro quietly celebrates 86th birthday
HAVANA — Cuba’s former president, Fidel Castro, celebrated his 86th birthday quietly and out of the public eye Monday, while political allies and Cuban citizens paid tribute from afar. Bolivia President Evo Morales praised Castro as an “example of international solidarity,” in a message to the father of Cuba’s communist…
U.S. keeps Cuba on its terror black list
The United States kept Cuba on a black list of alleged state sponsors of terrorism for the 30th year running, the State Department said in an annual report. Cuba angrily denounced the action as another US attempt to justify its 50-year-old trade embargo on the communist-ruled island. “Cuba’s foreign ministry…
Florida takes Cuba business ban appeal to U.S. federal court
MIAMI — Florida has appealed in a Miami federal court last month’s ruling blocking the entry into force of a state law prohibiting state agencies from awarding contracts to companies doing business with Cuba and Syria. Florida Governor Rick Scott announced the appeal of the June 26 ruling by US…
Swimming granny fails to reach Florida from Cuba
An attempt by British-Australian woman Penny Palfrey to swim unassisted from Cuba to Florida ended in failure early Sunday after she had to be pulled out of the water unable to cope with a strong ocean current. “Penny Palfrey had to be pulled out of the water, after swimming for…
India to boost economic ties with Cuba
India wants to strengthen economic ties with Cuba, the top Indian diplomat said Saturday on a trip to the Communist-run Caribbean island. “The purpose of my visit to Cuba is to promote economic relations between both countries,” S.M. Krishna said on state television after a meeting with the speaker of…
Chavez returning to Cuba for more cancer treatment
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday he would soon return to Cuba for another round of radiation treatment in his ongoing battle with cancer, which resurfaced earlier this year. “I will return in the next few hours to Havana,” he said in a message broadcast on radio…
Two Cuban actors to seek U.S. asylum
Two Cuban cast members of an award-winning film who disappeared en route to New York for a film festival have emerged in Miami and will apply for political asylum in the United States. “In Cuba, we were talking about it, to stay,” actor Javier Nunez Florian told the Miami-based, Spanish-language channel America TeVe in an interview that aired late Friday, appearing alongside…
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