Topic: Cuba
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas jury on Friday acquitted an 83-year-old anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA operative, considered an archfoe by Havana, of charges he lied to U.S. authorities about his role in bomb attacks against tourist areas in Cuba in ...
Fidel Castro is, at worst, equally evil as those - including those in the U.S. government - who?ve spent decades trying to murder him and overthrow his government. I?m not an expert on Castro and on Cuban history, but my impression is ...
The US has introduced tougher screening rules for passengers arriving by air from 14 nations which the authorities deem to be a security risk.Travellers from Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and Cuba will be among those facing body pat-down searches and ...
The Obama administration declined Thursday to put North Korea back on a blacklist of countries supporting terrorism despite pressure from lawmakers to do so.In its report for 2009, the State Department kept the same countries on the list as it did in ...
Iran, which continues to plan and finance terrorist attacks in the Middle East and beyond, remains the " most active state sponsor of terrorism" in the world, the US government charged Thursday.Iran was lumped with Syria, Sudan and Cuba as terrorism sponsors ...
Today is Monday, Jan. 5, the 5th day of 2009. There are 360 days left in the year.Highlights in history on this date:1477 - Swiss defeat and kill Charles the Bold of Burgundy at Battle of Nancy.1762 - Tsarina Elizabeth of Russia ...
Somewhere on the edge of Cuba, a British Pakistani detainee wearing an orange jumpsuit tries to teach another older inmate how to rap in English. The old guy struggles along, breaking into an embarrassed toothless grin, and they both giggle. Later on ...
Former Guantanamo Bay Inmate Loses Bid to Regain Australian PassportAn Australian once held as a suspected terrorist by the U.S. military at Guantanamo Bay has lost a legal bid to regain his passport after a tribunal ruled he posed a security threat, ...
Australian Minister Says Return of Guantanamo Prisoner Is SecretThe United States and Australia have finalized plans to repatriate Australian al-Qaida supporter David Hicks from Guantanamo Bay but the timetable will remain secret, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Thursday.Hicks will be sent to ...
Cuba Accuses U.S. of Violating International Anti-Terrorism Treaties With Posada's ReleaseCuba accused the U.S. government on Friday of violating international anti-terrorism treaties by allowing Luis Posada Carriles, a man Havana accuses of violent acts against the country, to walk free of all ...
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Cuba-Michigan Cigar Shop
Master Cigar Roller, Luis Acosta, of Cuba, perfects his craft on the ...AP News - -
Cuba Predictions
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Old Men Of Versailles
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Cuba to usher in changes
The Castro brothers, Fidel and Raul, have ruled Cuba for ...2012-01-30 -
Cuba's food challenge
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People & Power - Cuba: The times are ...
Cuba has taken a dramatic step away from its socialist ...2011-09-01
