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21 hrs ago | UPI

Archbishop worships with Navy and Cubans

The head of the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA crossed between the Navy base at Guantanamo and Guantanamo province, worshipping in both places.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, World News, Central America, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Saturday | KCPQ

Yes, in my backyard: Illinois town among few in US lobbying to get Guantanamo detainees

Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, World News, US Politics, Barack Obama, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Marion, IL

Saturday | Canada.com

Cuba pulls plug on Canadian mission to Havana

Peter Kent, minister of state of Foreign Affairs for the Americas, has had his trip to Cuba postponed.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Raul Castro

Fri Jul 03, 2009

SignOnSanDiego.com

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President Barack Obama has ordered the detention facility closed next year. It holds more than 200 terror suspects whose cases are undergoing review for their potential release, prosecution or continued confinement.

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Related Topix: Guantanamo Bay, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, ACLU, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, World News,

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Clover Herald

Cubans get official OK for multiple jobs

Cuba is letting workers hold multiple government jobs for the first time under an overhaul of the island's labor system.

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Related Topix: Raul Castro, World News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

The York Daily Record

Guantanamo detainee seeks 'Black Sites' access

Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee charged with terrorism crimes have asked the U.S. government to preserve overseas locations where he was subjected to "physical and psychological ill-treatment" at secret CIA prisons known as "black sites" until they can inspect them.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Terrorism

The Oregonian

Gitmo detainee seeks to suppress interrogations

Attorneys for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner asked a federal judge Wednesday to exclude as evidence against him the statements he made during at least 57 interrogations since his capture, saying they were the result of torture and other coercion.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Guantanamo Bay, US News, Camp Delta, World News,

Prensa Latina

14:43 Colombia Internationa...

Bogota, Jun 30 A warm welcome was given to participants to the 1st Cartagena-La Habana Son Festival in Cartagena, a Colombian city that shares cultural similarities with Havana.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia,

Tue Jun 30, 2009

KABC-AM Los Angeles

New flights begin today from LAX to Cuba

Angelenos with family in Cuba will have another option for travel today, when a Long Beach-based company kicks off nonstop flights from LAX to Havana.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Long Beach, CA,

XtraMSN Real Estate

Reggaeton fever shakes up Cuba's culture

To record his next hit El Micha, one of the rising stars of Cuba's reggaeton music blending reggae, Latin and electronic rhythms, just has to knock on his neighbour's door.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Puerto Rico

Raw Story

Detainees from over 20 nations still at Guantanamo

Approximately 229 detainees from "about two dozen countries" are still held in Guantanamo, according to the latest Pentagon figures, provided to AFP.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Guantanamo Bay

Mon Jun 29, 2009

People's Daily

Obama to fulfill promise on closing Guantanamo

U.S. President Barack Obama will fulfill his promise to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by January next year, the White House said Monday.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Cuba Journal

Cuba condemns Honduras coup as "criminal, brutal"

Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:48pm EDT HAVANA - Cuba on Sunday condemned the military coup in Honduras as "criminal, brutal" and demanded the immediate return to office of deposed leftist President Manuel Zelaya.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Daily Kos

Obama Considering Indefinite Detention Executive Order

I want to be very clear that our goal is to construct a legitimate legal framework for Guantanamo detainees - not to avoid one.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, George Bush, US News, W.

WisInfo

Barry McCaffrey guest column: A new approach to Cuba

ARLINGTON, Va. - The Obama administration has made an excellent first step to eliminate some restrictions on travel to the island, to loosen constraints on remittances, and to re-engage in migration talks.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Immigration Reform

Prensa Latina

Juan Bosch in Cuba Caribbean Fest

Havana, Jun 25 A well-known narrator and writer, Juan Bosch , former president of the Dominican Republic, will be commemorated on the centennial of his birth date during the Festival of the Caribbean to be held in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba.

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Related Topix: World News

Fri Jun 26, 2009

CTV.ca

U.S. considering laws to hold dangerous Gitmo prisoners

So far stymied by Congress, the White House is considering an executive order to imprison indefinitely a small number of Guantanamo Bay detainees considered too dangerous to prosecute or release, two administration officials said Friday.

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Related Topix: Prison, US News, Camp Delta, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US Military, US Navy, World News,

International Business Times

Cuba lags region in telecoms, Internet access

Communist Cuba may boast a doctor on every block and schools for all its children, but when it comes to telephones, computers and the Internet it lags behind other countries in the hemisphere, a government report showed on Thursday.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Cellphones,

Seattle Indymedia Center

The Shortwave Report Listen Globally

With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming.

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

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Prensa Latina

Honduran Native Ballet to Cuban Event

Havana, Jun 24 An unusual demonstration of the traditional Honduran people''s culture will be appreciated by the people of Santiago de Cuba, when the Garifuna Folkloric Ballet of that country performs in that city, as part of the also known as Fire Festival.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Cuba Travel

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