President-elect Obama’s expected choice as trade representative voted to end the trade embargo with Cuba and butted heads with members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus after a meeting more than a decade ago with Fidel Castro. Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.),...
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Both Zargarnar and Nay Phone Latt were given the award for their courageous activities to cull information from Burma, despite the ruling junta's severe repression during the September monk-led 2007 protests and in the wake of the deadly Cyclone Nargis,...
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The plane took off from Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and was heading to San Juan. The twin-engine plane slammed into the side of El Yunque mountain and was totally destroyed. A team of machete-wielding rescuers, whose progress was...
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Four of the Broncos' previous six games were decided by four points or fewer, and they lost three of them...Tim Pierce had 18 points for the Spartans (2-3), and John Bryant had 20 for the Broncos (3-4). Bryant broke a...
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Late-season Hurricane Paloma strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it lashed the Cayman Islands with wind and rain Friday, knocking down trees and signs. The storm was expected to lose some strength overnight before punching Cuba's midsection on Saturday,...
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Hurricane Paloma lashed Grand Cayman island with strong winds and heavy rain early Saturday as it prepared for to make landfall before moving on to Cuba. Winds howled at up to 120 miles an hour (195 km an hour) as...
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Hurricane Paloma downed power lines, toppled trees and damaged homes as it roared across Cuba Sunday, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. The storm once had winds of more than 200 kilometers-per-hour, but has weakened while crossing Cuba....
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The Cayman Islands are bracing for a strengthening Hurricane Paloma which formed days after the official end to the June 1 to November 30 Atlantic hurricane season, and Governor Stuart Jack has given the assurance that the country is ready...
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Cuba hopes to increase business with Canada to bolster the Caribbean nation's economy during the global economic crisis, the country's trade minister said last week. Raul de la Nuez met last week with Canada's International Trade Minister Stockwell Day and...
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Cuba foresees stronger relations with the Kingdom following the recent opening of its embassy in Riyadh, said Laureano Rodriguez Castro, the Cuban ambassador to Saudi Arabia, in a press briefing held at the embassy yesterday. “We have been maintaining good...
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