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Official in charge of closing Gitmo quits
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The official in charge of closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center has resigned, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Comment?
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Maureen Dowd on Obama, Loyalty, and Greg Craig
... pain in the butt. He is like Adlai Stevenson was in the JFK White House (and then LBJ's) when he was a lone voice on Cuba and Vietnam until Kennedy and Johnson each decided they didn't want to hear his arguments anymore. JFK considered him such a ... Comment?
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Looking Up , photo by Harold Davis . View this image larger . This is looking up the spiral staircase in the Edificio Cuervo Rubio in La Habana, Cuba. Comment?
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Guantanamo novel aimed at teens eyes Costa prize
... his parents to visit relatives in Pakistan, but finds himself abducted and held for two years in the prison in Cuba. Judges described the book as "an important and moving story of an ordinary teenage boy innocently caught up in a modern-day ... Comment?
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Minnesota composer's collaborative multimedia work to premiere in Havana
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... who is 98. In what may be a historic first, a work conceived by a Minnesota composer and officially sanctioned by Cuba's government, will get its world premiere next week in Havana, followed by a performance in Miami Beach. And while there's no ... Comment?
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Seductive Cuba lures Canadians to its stunning beach resorts and historic cities
... the country's sun. Last year just over 800,000 Canadians visited; we represent 36 per cent of all foreign visitors to Cuba, and many of us are repeat customers who can't get enough of the Cuban experience. The three most popular fun-and-sun ... Comment?
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Cubans scamper to avoid dreaded blackouts
... children, organized into a oeclick brigades,a were reported going door to door to remind residents to save power. Cuba has been grappling with the global economic downturn, which has slashed revenues from key exports, dried up credit and reduced ... Comment?
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Official Charged With Closing Guantánamo Quits
The Defense Department official in charge of closing the military prison at Guantnamo Bay, Cuba, has resigned after only seven months in the job, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Comment?
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Julio DePaula -Wednesday, November 25, 2009
... Leesburg, Fla., left this world to be with Jesus on Sunday, Nov. 22nd, 2009, surrounded by his family. Born in Havana, Cuba on March 14, 1927, he came to the United States when he was 12 years old. He is survived by daughters, Rita F. Graben ... Comment?
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Official Charged With Closing Guantanamo Quits
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The Defense Department official in charge of closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba, has resigned after only seven months in the job, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Comment?
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While the less-successful experiments of Fidel Castro 's Cuba are well known, its state-run system for training dance professionals can hardly be counted among them. Comment?
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Miguel Perez: Prepared to surrender
At a time when a human rights organization is charging that Raul Castro is just as ruthless as his brother Fidel, when Cuban political prisoners are on the rise, when dissidents are being assaulted by government goons on the streets of Havana, a growing number of American lawmakers are ready to end the Cold War with Cuba - by surrendering our ... Comment?
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Treacherous trek took student from Cuba to La Roche College
... to fruition. At midnight on March 31, 2005, Yoanki Hernandez Leyva embarked on a life-changing odyssey that began in Cuba and brought him to McCandless. The clandestine meetings with his six friends were over. The boat, built without detection, was ... Comment?
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Criminal Trial For Gitmo Defendants A Safe Bet
... of the defendants. Attorney Scott Fenstermaker said he met with defendant Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility last week, and that when Ali and four other men face trial in New York, they likely will plead not guilty ... Comment?
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... $1,000 bet that Masterson couldna TMt persuade the innocent Sister Sarah to accompany him on a one-day trip to Havana, Cuba. What begins for Masterson as a plan to win the bet, becomes a full-blown romance, when the reluctant Sister Sarah finds ... Comment?
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Detainee policy appointee quits Pentagon
... or where he last traveled in a job that took him frequently to Afghanistan, Iraq and the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba. "He has submitted his resignation," Whitman said, brushing aside a question of whether Carter was still reporting to work or ... Comment?
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Just as his nephew did before him in NYC, Khalid Sheik Mohammed claims terrorism equals war
... by the site as Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. He will soon be given a chance to repeat another of his nephew's endeavours: using a Manhattan federal courtroom as a pulpit ... Comment?
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A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects
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... Eric Holder announced the decision Friday to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others detained at Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , to trial in a courtroom barely a thousand yards from the site of the World Trade Center's twin towers they are accused of ... Comment?
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Pablo Milanes Gives Concert in Chile
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Santiago de Chile, Nov 24 The Cuban singer-song writer Pablo Milanes gave an emotional concert, in which he mixed historic songs with his recent producction, in the emblematic Caupolican Theatre before more than 5,000 people. Comment?
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Two dead authors in line for Costa Prize new
... others, whose book, Guantanamo Boy a fictionalised account of children held in the high security military prison in Cuba was met with high critical acclaim when it was published. Perera, who had previously written four children's books, said she was ... Comment?
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