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10 hrs ago | Daily Mail

Fidel Castro claims relaxation of travel restrictions to Cuba has led to more swine flu on island

Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: he says more Americans mean more swine flu.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

20 hrs ago | Prensa Latina

Fidel Castro Warns over US Annexation of Colombia

Havana, Nov 6 Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro asserted Friday that anyone moderately informed can understand immediately that the sweetened Complementary Agreement for Defense and Security Cooperation and Technical Assistance between the governments of Colombia and the United States amounts to the annexation of the South American nation.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez says she is briefly detained, harrassed by state security agents

A Cuban blogger who has gained international attention for her searing commentary about life on the communist island said she was briefly detained Friday and warned by state security agents about her opposition activity.

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Related Topix: Blog News

Boston.com

Cuba cuts back on rationed products

Cuba has cut two staple foods from the monthly ration books that most islanders depend on, edging closer to a risky full elimination of the decades-old subsidies.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Raul Castro,

Thu Nov 05, 2009

KATZ-FM - St. Louis

This Christmas - Gloria Estefan

As one of the biggest new stars to emerge during the mid-'80s, singer Gloria Estefan predated the coming Latin pop explosion by a decade, scoring a series of propulsive dance hits rooted in the rhythms of her native Cuba before shifting her focus to softer, more ballad-oriented fare.

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Related Topix: Gloria Estefan, Latin, Miami Metro

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Gulf Times

Castro slams Obama

Cuba's Fidel Castro slammed US President Barack Obama yesterday for treating Latin America with "scorn" on the anniversary of the US leader's election as president.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, South America, World News, Colombia, Cuba,

Myrtle Beach Online

Chavez: Sean Penn may make film in Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, World News, Venezuela, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Raul Castro, Business News

Prensa Latina

Fidel Castro: The Best Tribute to a Hero's Mother

Havana, Nov 4 Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro stated that Cuba shall keep on restlessly struggling to free the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned in the United States.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Prison, Terrorism

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Caribbean Net News

Cuba slams book by Castro's sister

Cuba's state-run media on Monday condemned a just-published book in which Fidel Castro's sister admits she spied for the Central Intelligence Agency.

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San Francisco Bay View

Dr. Luther Castillo, voice of the voiceless in Honduras, gets rousing reception in San Francisco

Luther Castillo, who represents the National Resistance Front against the Military Coup in Honduras, brought to San Francisco the echoes of Cubaa s former President Fidel Castro on Thursday night at the Centro del Pueblo.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Manuel Zelaya

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Independent Online

Castro memoir slammed

Havana - An official Cuban publication on Monday dismissed as "a bad taste commercial operation" a memoir by the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro that revealed she worked for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Raul Castro

WYOW-TV Eagle River

Latin American leaders move to extend their rule

Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians' time in power.

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Related Topix: Manuel Zelaya, Daniel Ortega, South America, World News, Colombia, Hugo Chavez

ScienceBlogs

Cuba, swine flu and the embargo [Effect Measure]

Effect Measure is a forum for progressive public health discussion and argument as well as a source of public health information from around the web that interests the Editor Profile The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Prison, Bird Flu, US Travel, Travel

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tom Wolfe's upcoming book explores immigration in Miami

In America, immigrants continue to thread their way into that colorful tapestry called Florida.

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Related Topix: Miami, FL, Pop/Rock, Stuff, Cuba, World News, Central America, Hialeah, FL

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NY Daily News

Ruiz: Prez now owns the crippling Cuba embargo

As predictable as the sun rising every day, the United Nations General Assembly last Wednesday overwhelmingly condemned, for the 18th year in a row, the U.S. embargo of Cuba .

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, US Politics, US News, George Bush

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Free Republic

The Soviet Roots of Terrorism

Americans have been conditioned to fear Islamic terrorism, but most Americans have been told little about how much of the international terror web was created by the former Soviet Union.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Prison

Guardian Unlimited

Timeline: US-Cuban relations

With the UN poised to condemn the US trade embargo on Cuba, we look at ties between the two countries since the 1959 revolution Cubans watch a vintage American car go by in Havana on February 19 2008.

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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America,

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Ventura County Star

Paulson: Wanted: An agent of change

Even with all the awards and accolades our president has already received for "talking about" change, hope, diplomacy and peace, President Barack Obama seems to know little about being a change agent, about building hope in anything but getting a government stimulus "bailout" or about seeking "peace" through bipartisan diplomacy with those ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

UN to condemn US embargo on Cuba

The UN general assembly is expected to overwhelmingly condemn the US economic embargo against Cuba today, adding pressure on the Obama administration to abandon its 47-year-old policy.

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News24

On this day - October 29

Today is Thursday, October 29, the 302nd day of 2009. There are 63 days left in the year.

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Related Topix: Turkey, World News, Middle East, New York, Europe, Germany, Israel, Opinion

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