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Cuban farmers are going to farm on state-owned land as the government has moved to tackle food shortages amid mounting global food prices.
According to a governmental decree issued on Friday, President Raul Castro has authorized putting additional...
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Struggling with orders to prosecute a young detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Army Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld went online and consulted a priest for help with his concerns...
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Tropical Storm Omar drenched islands in the southeastern Caribbean on Tuesday, downing trees and blowing off part of a school’s roof as it menaced U.S. islands.
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The prime minister of Spain, which played a key role in persuading the European Union to lift diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, has accepted an invitation from...
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In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome...
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Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers’ markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there’s enough—barely—to go...
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A U.S. military judge has denied a request from professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for Internet access inside his Guantanamo cell, ruling he does not...
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AP, Havana
Fidel Castro says a “profound racism” in the United States will stop millions from voting for Barack Obama in next month’s presidential election.
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AP, Washington
If Jose Francisco Torres plays for the United States on Saturday in a World Cup qualifier against Cuba, there will be no going back. He’ll be committed to the...
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Two members of Cuba’s national soccer team have gone missing during the team’s trip to Washington for a World Cup qualifying match, the team’s coach...
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Emergency airlifts of food, clothing and medicines from Mexico, Venezuela and Russia reveal a humanitarian crisis in Cuba that is unprecedented in scope.Five weeks...
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A 4-year-old boy accidentally killed himself with his police-officer mother’s gun as she dropped her children off at school, police said Thursday. The gun...
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Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill _ and Daddy Yankee?
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A Chinese Muslim locked up at Guantanamo Bay may soon be granted an improbable wish: To move to the United States.
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A Sudanese detainee transferred out of Guantanamo has vowed to campaign for the release of the roughly 255 inmates remaining at the U.S. military prison.
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AP, San Juan
A Sudanese detainee transferred out of Guantanamo is vowing to campaign for the release of the roughly 255 inmates remaining at the U.S. military prison.
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The US has reacted angrily after a judge ordered that 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay should be released into the United States. The White House said the...
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For the first time in the 47-year history of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, Washington has offered direct aid to the island’s Communist government.
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The Pentagon on Friday denied military prosecutors’ request to seek the death penalty in the trial of a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombing of the...
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The U.S. economy got a US$700 billion shot in the arm Friday _ and Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands got a shot of assistance from rum.
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AP, Washington
All 11 starters from the United States’ previous two World Cup qualifying victories were selected to the roster for the Americans’ match on Oct. 11 against...
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A judge allowed hay production and cattle grazing on certain lands designated for conservation Thursday, helping farmers and ranchers struggling with high grain...
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Food and fuel scarcity is rising high day-by-day. There is a vast gap between the demand and supply of these necessary products. We need an urgent balance to check the...
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The biggest challenge before modern man is perhaps the food crisis. The leaders of all the nations are concentrating on how to increase the production of food, so that...
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Installing the world’s largest solar power plant is on the way - it is all happening in southern Portugal. U.S. energy companies GE Energy and PowerLight...
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True, developments of former farmlands are needed to improve the overall growth of farming quality. But, things will not be as environment friendly as thought. Such...
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A specimen of the giant Palouse earthworm is found. Graduate student, Yaniria Sanchez-de Leon of the University of Idaho is apparently the first person in nearly two...
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Tourism, which sells luxury and indulgence, can be a profligate consumer of natural resources.
Worldwide, 50 million people play golf. Each year, up...
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