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English-language newspaper in Puerto Rico closes

AP — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:28:07 +0000

The San Juan Star, Puerto Rico’s Pulitzer Prize-winning English-language newspaper, closed Friday, the owner said, blaming the union for not agreeing to benefit cuts and layoffs to offset declining...

Judge orders English ballot printed in Puerto Rico

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:20:01 +0000

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered election officials to add an English translation to Spanish-only ballots for November elections.

Jailed Cuban punk rocker to stand trial Friday

AP — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:04:44 +0000

Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trail on Friday for “social dangerousness,” a charge that could carry up to four years in...

Dissident files criminal complaint against Cuba

AP — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:22:42 +0000

A Cuban opposition leader said Tuesday she has filed a criminal complaint against the communist government for airing on state television evidence it collected by bugging her phone, going through her garbage and secretly filming...

2 Guantanamo inmates transferred to Algeria

AP — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:21:35 +0000

The U.S. military has transferred two prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to the custody of Algeria.

Drug raids in Puerto Rico target rural areas

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:32:07 +0000

Federal agents arrested 59 alleged members of a drug trafficking ring Monday in coordinated raids in small-town Puerto Rico, where some housing projects are under siege by gangsters.The early-morning raids targeted housing projects in the mountain...

Tropical Storm Gustav approaches Haiti, Cuba

AP — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:20:50 +0000

Haitians were told to prepare for evacuations as Tropical Storm Gustav formed quickly Monday in the Caribbean on a path to hit _ as a hurricane _ the country’s denuded southern coast before moving on to...

South Korea wins improbable gold in baseball

AP — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:24:04 +0000

There’s a new champion in Olympic baseball: the surprising South Koreans.

China wins Olympic volleyball bronze medal

AP — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:21:50 +0000

China has won the Olympic bronze medal in women’s volleyball with a 3-1 victory Cuba.

Gitmo inmates' suicide notes talk of martyrdom

AP — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:12:01 +0000

Suicide notes found in the pockets of three Guantanamo inmates who hanged themselves simultaneously in 2006 expressed their desire for martyrdom, military investigators said...