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7 hrs ago | The Village Voice

Los Carpinteros Moonwalk through the Crack-up

Jimmy Breslin was right: There is no more beautiful sight than a heaving street full of people.

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12 hrs ago | KIMA

Pentagon wants $450M for Guantanamo prison

The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantanamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.

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

13 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Fiber optic cable linking Cuba to Jamaica active

Cuba has activated a branch of its submarine fiber optic cable that connects to Jamaica, giving it greater bandwidth and a backup in case the main leg to Venezuela is not available, according to a U.S. company that monitors global Internet traffic.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, us Travel, Travel,

14 hrs ago | War Is A Crime

The Reason for Hunger Strikes-from Northern Ireland to Guantanamo

I'm in Northern Ireland and yesterday on May 20, 2013, I spoke with several members of the Northern Ireland Parliament.

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Related Topix: World News, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Hunger, US News, Liberal Political News

18 hrs ago | SanLuisObispo.com

US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline

In this May 10, 2013 photo, the No. 2 official at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Conrad Tribble, top row second from right, poses with Cuban bloggers and tweeters holding their name tags at the end of a meeting called TwittHab 2.0 in Havana, Cuba.

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Related Topix: World News, Blog News

20 hrs ago | Balloon Juice

Guantanamo: "Bearing Witness"

Perhaps a meal was not the ideal setting to talk about something as unappetizing as a hunger strike.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Manhattan, NY, New York, NY

Yesterday | WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Ladies in White leader receives MDC award

Berta Soler, the leader of the anti-Castro group Ladies in White, visited the Freedom Tower Monday to receive the Miami Dade College Presidential Medal.

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Related Topix: Miami, FL, Central America, World News,

Yesterday | Hispanically Speaking

A Felicidades! Cuba on Your 111th Year of Independence

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.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Robert Menendez, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate

Yesterday | SFGate

C spedes' homer completes A's sweep

Cespedes said he was a slow starter in his eight seasons in Cuba; he always hit under .250 in the first 45 games and finished the season hitting over .300. Each of the A's past 12 homers has been a solo shot, tying the Oakland record for consecutive homers with the bases empty.

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Related Topix: World News

Mon May 20, 2013

Babalu Blog

The Left's Cold War Revenge in Guatemala

By now even casual readers of Latin American news know that a Guatemalan court has ruled Gen.

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Related Topix: World News, US News, Conservative Political News

The Miami Herald

FIU, Sweetwater unveil José Martí statue on Cuban Independence Day

In commemoration of the 111th anniversary of Cuba's independence from Spain, Florida International University's Honors College has donated the more than life-size statue of Cuban writer José Martí, sculpted by the late artist Tony Lopez.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Florida International University, Miami Dade County, FL

Babalu Blog

May 20th: Cuba's Independence

Today is the anniversary of Cuba's independence from Spain. Unfortunately, it is also another year Cubans on the island and all over the world are forced to celebrate this independence while their country remains under the tyrannical yoke of the Castro dictatorship.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Activism, US News, Conservative Political News

Babalu Blog

Cuba: Lady in White denied access to church by regime all year

Each Sunday, police forces are deployed throughout the municipality of Antilla, in Holguin province, with the mission of carrying out an arrest.

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Related Topix: World News, Conservative Political News, US News

Erie Times News

This Day in History for May 20

On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St.

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Related Topix: Documentary Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lincoln, World News, Central America

Caribbean News Now!

Active hurricane season expected this year

HAVANA, Cuba -- Regional meteorologists have forecast a very active Atlantic hurricane season in the Caribbean this year.

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Related Topix: World News, Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Sun May 19, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

"Slayer" Loves Israel - Metal Legend Teaches Clinic in Tel Aviv

Dave Lombardo, founding member of the metal band Slayer wowed fans at a Tel Aviv masters class.

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Related Topix: Metal, Slayer, World News, Central America, Israel, Middle East, Union City, NJ

Examiner.com

First Cuban Cultural Fest features vast entertainment and fun

The first Cuban Cultural Fest in Tampa , Fla. was well underway yesterday. This weekend Ybor City was a Cuban festive atmosphere along Avenida Republica de Cuba which drew not only Cubans but other nationalities as well to celebrate Cuban tradition and heritage.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, The Untouchables, Ska,

BroadwayWorld.com

Now Playing Onstage in Boise - Week of 5/19/2013

GUYS & DOLLS SANDPOINT HIGH SCHOOL 5/10-5/29/2013 Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, this oddball romantic comedy - considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy - soars with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces us to a cast of vivid characters who have become legends in the canon: Sarah Brown, the upright but uptight "mission ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Classical, Stephen Sondheim

The Day

Erosion of rights should not surprise

It's hard not to laugh at the indignation over the Justice Department's seizure of telephone records of the Associated Press and its journalists.

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

Examiner.com

Beyonce is pregnant with her second child

The super power couple recently celebrated their fifth year wedding anniversary in Havana Cuba, which caused a lot of controversy.

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