News : Cuba
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BBC report from CubaAs I mentioned earlier, the BBC broadcast a program from Cuba earlier today. You can listen to it by clicking here .
Source : Topix.net | 24-Jul-2008 16:13
Editorial: From Russia with spite
The Russians remain peeved that the United States plans to put a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, and they seem especially annoyed that the interceptors and radars will be installed in two former ...
Source : Topix.net | 24-Jul-2008 08:02
Cuba receives locomotives from China
HAVANA, Cuba, (ACN): Deputy Minister of Transportation Antonio Puente said that 11 more of the 100 Chinese locomotives set to revamp the country's railway system will be up and running next week, pulling cars loaded with fuel, cement, containers, food and other cargo, reported the Granma newspaper.
Source : caribbeannetnews.com | 24-Jul-2008 02:00
Yemen wants US to hand over Guantanamo detainees
SANAA: Yemen's Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Kurbi on Saturday called on the United States to hand over Yemenis held in the military detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Source : Topix.net | 24-Jul-2008 01:45
Osama bin Laden's driver goes on trial
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence on Monday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver, ruling he was subjected ...
Source : Topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 20:38
The Cuban Blind Access Computers
Havana, Jul 22 Cuban blind people count on seven computing classrooms in specialized centers to learn how to work with computers and different digital techniques.
Source : Topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 12:39
SEPULTURA In Cuba: CNN Report Available
Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA performed in front of an estimated 60,000 people in Havana, Cuba on Saturday, July 19.
Source : Topix.net | 23-Jul-2008 04:38
US general warns against Russian bombers in Cuba
WASHINGTON, USA (Reuters): A top US Air Force officer warned on Tuesday that Russia would be crossing "a red line" if it were to use Cuba as a refueling base for nuclear-capable bombers. General Norton Schwartz was asked how he would advise US policymakers if Russia were to proceed with such a plan.
Source : caribbeannetnews.com | 23-Jul-2008 02:00
Testimony begins in Guantanamo war crimes trial
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Salim Hamdan was Osama bin Laden's personal protector as well as his driver and joined an al Qaeda conspiracy to wage war on the United States, a prosecutor said Tuesday ...
Source : Topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 20:36
Cubans tend farms for themselves, not their state
Speckled chickens in Geraldo Pinera's garden will be on his family's dinner table soon, stewed with herbs and tomatoes and garnished with creamy slices of the avocados now ripening on a pair of spindly trees.
Source : Topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 12:48
UNIDO Bamboo Project in Cuba
Havana, Jul 21 A joint project between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and Cuba's Forest Research Institute guarantees the industrialization of bamboo in the island nation.
Source : Topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 04:47