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Case against man alleged to be "20th hijacker" is withdrawn by the Pentagon. ... The US holds about 270 individuals accused of having links to "terrorism," al-Qaeda and the Taliban [EPA] The Pentagon has dropped charges against a man alleged to have been the "20th...
Posted to the web 13 May 2008 Namibe About 20 Cuban physicians, out of the 33 initially planned, will arrive next June in the south west Namibe province, to reinforce the medical assistance to the population, announced the local health director, Pedro Viayayauca. According to him, the physicians...
In a little over two days the doors to Cuba Nostalgia 2008 officially open and thus the beginning of our fourth year in attendance at the event. (A huge thanks to those that have helped out with their donations - without you all it would not be possible.) We've got a great group of people - as...
It is clear now that the climb in oil prices is not over. That quantity would replace nearly a quarter of our projected gasoline consumption. The government is also encouraging the building of nuclear power plants to reduce the need for burning oil. We open Cuba to travel, and then we negotiate a...
MIAMI-When the Human Rights Torch arrived in Miami on May 10, it had already traveled thousands of miles across six continents; yet to the groups that supported it, this was only the first step in ... ... Miami Human Rights Torch Forum Draws Support From Many Communities...
I’ve always been a bit smitten by the tropics. As far back as I can remember I wanted to write and be near the ocean. I should expand on that a bit: I wanted to be near, in, or beneath the ocean’s surface. By the time I was in my early thirties,... ... I’ve always been a...
The results of new research has shown that patients given high doses of beta blocker drugs following non-cardiac surgery were more likely to have a stroke or die. However they were less likely to suffer a heart attack. ... The results of new research has shown that...
During a taping session for a new book I am involved with titled America and the World featuring the Washington Post's David Ignatius interviewing former national security advisers Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski, I asked Brent Scowcroft whether he thought the US embargo of Cuba made any...
300 star RODRIGO SANTORO will portray Cuban President RAUL CASTRO in moviemaker STEVEN SODERBERGH’s CHE GUEVARA biopic. The 32-year-old Brazilian actor will star opposite Benicio Del Toro, who plays the legendary revolutionary in Che. The much-anticipated movie is based on the diaries of the...
From Havana: Life under the cross-dressing Raul Castro continues to improve. Cuban government employees who are retired on pensions, which is much of the population, are going to get a monthly increase in June. That’s the good news. The bad news is it will be about $1.95 cents. That brings the...
