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(Photo: AP)Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has been hospitalised with a suspected stroke
This May 1989 file photo shows General Manuel Antonio Noriega speaking to the press in Panama. A Paris court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, Wednesday July 7, 2010. Noriega already spent 20 years in U.S. custody for drug trafficking and was extradited to France in April to stand trial on charges here....Full Story

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(Photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)Crime soars in Brazil's Bahia state as police strike
Crime soars in Brazil's Bahia state as police strike ...Full Story

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Sex, drugs and JFK: memoir of a White House intern
| That was in 2009. Fast-forward almost three years and, well, we can all guess what has happened. Alford's book Once Upon A Secret is released tomorrow, and yesterday it was filling acres of newsprint with graphic accounts of the 35th President's stupendous appetite fo...Full Story
10 Cuban Dissidents at US Guantanamo Base: Blogger
Havana. Ten Cuban dissidents are seeking asylum at the US naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba, but “are being treated like terrorists,” a blogger close to the Cuban government charged on Monday. | The 10 including dissident journalists Olienny Valladares Capote and Adolf...Full Story
CCTV America Initiates New Programming From Washington, D.C.
| To: FOREIGN, NATIONAL AND RADIO-TELEVISION EDITORS | WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CCTV America - new perspectives on the news - launches the week of February 6th. | CCTV America represents the latest initiative in China Central Television's (CCT...Full Story
Cubas Fidel Castro writes his Memoirs: Any lesson for Ghanas Rawlings?
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs at the Havana Convention Centre last Saturday (BBC News, February 4, 2012). | The book, Guerrilla of Time, is almost 1,000 pages long and relates his childhood and rise to power in t...Full Story
President, VP thanked by Raul Castro
ABU DHABI - The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has received a cable of gratitude from Cuban President Raul Castro in reply to his cable on the Cuban National Day. | His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime...Full Story
Venezuela: Out! Out! Out!
| María Corina Machado has written an open letter to Fidel Castro that has shaken cyberspace. I must have received 300 copies since it began to circulate through the Internet. It doesn’t go unread. | María Corina is a 45-year-old Venezuelan engineer, an...Full Story
Global business
| Users of Twitter expressed disappointment at its decision to censor content in countries where such content breaks local laws. The microblogging site said it was doing this because as it continues to grow it will operate in countries "that have different ideas ab...Full Story
The Ticker (CNN Edition): Acosta, Abler, Zakaria…
Jim Acosta has been promoted to national political correspondent for CNN. The suburban DC native has mostly been covering politics since joining CNN in 2007. In 2009, Cuban-American Acosta traveled to Havana where he reported on US-Cuban relations and met his own long-l...Full Story
Cuba trip for disadvantaged after year of saving
| After saving their money for a year, nine homeless and low-income men and women from Gatineau were scheduled to fly to Cuba on Monday night for a week-long vacation.Suzanne Villeneuve, who was homeless for nine years, diligently saved $45 each month for a year to qual...Full Story
Rals words
Comments by Army General Ral Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers during 11th ALBA-TCP Summit of heads of state, Venezuela, February 4, 2012. Year 54 of the Revolution. | (Typographic version Council of State) | Now, of all the issues in our...Full Story
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Mexican Navy rescues 6 Cuban migrants in Caribbean
m&c | Mexico City - The Mexican Navy rescued six Cuban migrants who were adrift in the Caribbean off Isla Mujeres, near the resort city of Cancun, the Navy Ministry said Monday. | The Cuban 'balseros' were located by authorities Sunday, after another boa...
Ramirez, Viciedo grasp Cespedes' situation
MLB | CHICAGO -- Alexei Ramirez and Dayan Viciedo can relate to the process Yoenis Cespedes is going through. | While neither fostered the exact same hype as Cespedes surrounding their respective defections from Cuba, they still drew quite a bit of Major...
The eclectic sounds of Rodrigo y Gabriela
Daily Press Reporting from Ixtapa, Mexico —— Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero came to this beach resort seeking a fresh start after realizing that their Mexico City metal band was a dismal failure. | More than a decade later, Ixtapa is again a h...
Italy frees former Guantánamo detainee
The Miami Herald | MILAN (AP) – An Italian appeals court has overturned the terrorism conviction of a Tunisian man who had spent nearly eight years in the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo, Cuba. | Mohamed Ben Riadh Nasri, who had been convicted of terro...
Weather disturbance over Cuba not expected to develop
Tampa Bay Online TAMPA -- | A weather disturbance over western Cuba has subsided after sparking concern this weekend among meteorologists that it could develop into a subtropical cyclone. | Scientists with the National Hurricane Center said today there is near-zero p...
'A Better Life' Star Demian Bichir's 30-Year Journey to the Oscars
The Hollywood Reporter share Jerod Harris/Getty for The Wrap The surprise best actor contender beat out Michael Fassbender and Leonardo DiCaprio for a nomination, leaving many wondering, "Who is Demian Bichir?" | This article appeared in the February 10 issue of The Hollyw...
Weather disturbance over Cuba not expected to develop
MSNBC | Tampa — A weather disturbance over western Cuba has subsided after sparking concern this weekend among meteorologists that it could develop into a subtropical cyclone.Scientists with the National Hurricane Center said today there is near...
Vatican may put Cuba’s Felix Varela on the road to sainthood
The Miami Herald | Pope Benedict XVI will likely announce that the Rev. Felix Varela, who struggled for Cuba’s independence from Spain, has been put on the road to sainthood when he visits the island next month, according to a Catholic news service. | The Vati...
Mexico rescues 6 Cubans from drifting boat
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Quick change: Limn Dance Company at UW
Seattle Times | Limn Dance Company | In a last-minute change (as arts bookings go), Limn Dance Company will perform at Meany Hall on March 1-3 instead of Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba. Ticket prices remain the same. Tickets to Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba will be honored f...
Canton Library To Show Film About Cuba In 'Transition Towns' Series
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Cuban Embassy Pays Homage to February Four Heroes
All Africa [ANGOP] Luanda - The combatants of the 04 February 1961 uprising against the colonial regime received a homage last Sunday, from the Cuban ambassador to Angola, Pedro Ross Leal, at a ceremony that took place in his residence, in Luanda. | ...
How To Travel From The US To Cuba Now (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post | At Travelzoo, we come across deals to exotic spots around the globe all the time -- Kenya, the Galapagos, New Zealand, Tahiti, to name a few -- but one destination a short plane flight away has remained elusive over the years. | For years, U.S. cit...
Britain's weekend of snow brings joy and chaos
The Daily Telegraph Sledging, snowballs and travel disruption grip the UK after a weekend of snow and ice with freezing conditions forecast to continue until the end of February. | 560 315 TelegraphPlayer_9063556 | 11:51AM GMT 06 Feb 2012 | Winter weather live: Britain ...
U.S. and Israel Set Stage for False Flag and Iran Attack
Pakalert Press Share | Kurt Nimmo | Infowars | Events over the last several days reveal that the United States and Israel plan to conduct a false flag terror event to be blamed on Iran. The event will likely occur within the next six months and will result in an at...
Deadly Wide Monster Asteroid Hurtles Safely Past Earth
Pakalert Press Share | By Amy Oliver | Did the Earth move for you last night? | If so, it may be down to the solar system’s second largest asteroid hurtling rather close to Earth. | Asteroid ’433 Eros’, which is 400 times the City of London, came ...
Diplomat Says Pakistan Will Retaliate if Israel Attacks Iran
Pakalert Press Share | Kurt Nimmo | Infowars | A diplomat based in Islamabad said on Sunday that an Israeli attack on Iran would force Pakistan to support a Iranian response, according to the Israeli website Ynetnews.com. | The diplomat did not say if the Pakistani...
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