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The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution.

An older brother was being questioned Thursday in the deaths of two Utah boys found by their mother when she returned home, police said.

Cubans appear to be growing more optimistic about ruler Raul Castro's economic reforms and large majorities favor direct elections of their president but say the government is repressive, according to a poll made public Thursday.

A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption.

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas said in Miami that migration reforms that have allowed several high-profile dissidents off the communist island in recent weeks is a "trap" into which Europe has fallen.

Cuba has authorized individual imports of appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators and microwave ovens, lifting a ban imposed in 2005 amid a wave of energy shortages and blackouts.

The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution.

Protecting US diplomats from terrorists on foreign soil is one thing. Protecting terror-sponsoring diplomats on US soil is quite another.

Today, all of Cuba is celebrating its 111-year old independence from Spain. Christopher Columbus arrives in 1492 that brought colonization by the Spaniards for over 400 years.

When Oedipus, the tragic hero of Greek mythology, realized in agony and shame the calamity he had brought his city, he could not bear to see the results of his hubris.

About 500 people have marched through the Cuban capital to the rhythm of conga drums in an early celebration of the international day against homophobia.

This handout photo provided by the Gross family shows Alan and Judy Gross at an unknown location.

Speaking over a scratchy telephone line from inside a Cuban prison, Sarkis Yacoubian's voice goes suddenly silent.

These are the real images of Cuba and the so-called reforms of dictator Raul Castro: The increased repression and violence against Cuba's growing dissidence.

Canadian and British executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 by Cuban authorities, ostensibly for corrupt practices, have been charged after more than a year in custody and are expected to go on trial soon, sources close to the cases told Reuters.

Havana, May 14 - Corruption and illegal activities in areas like fuel distribution are of great concern for the Cuban government, the official media reported here Monday.

On the Friday of the last weekend in February, Cuban dictator Raul Castro caught the news agencies covering his island nation by surprise when he dropped a hint that he was thinking of retiring.

On May 2, the FBI announced a $1 million reward for "information leading to the apprehension" of Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur , who they named a "most-wanted terrorist." Chesimard is the first woman to make the FBI 's list.

Hundreds of people danced the conga through the streets of Havana to the beats of drums and trumpets in a government-sponsored march against homophobia.

See below for her latest campaign, a dance party in hell, to distract the mainstream media from all the arrests, beatings, tortures, and murders that are the hallmark of Cuban society.