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Some 500 members of the Ministry of the Interior, the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Civil Defense along with employees of the shop named El Encanto, which belongs to the local CIMEX Corporation, finally managed to control the blaze as night fell, after six hours of struggle.

One of the symbols of Havana, located few meters from Malecon in the streets of 17, 19, M and N, Vedado is FOCSA building. It was built in the year 1956 by the company of construction promotion “Fomento de Obras y Construcciones, Sociedad Anónima”.

The preservation and management of coastal areas is one of the topics to be dealt with by environmental experts from 12 nations gathered in Havana to attend a conference on protected areas.

Prima Ballerina Assoluta Alicia Alonso, director of Cuba's National Ballet, said in Egypt that she wants to live another 200 years to make all the dreams and projects she still has in mind come true.

The Venezuelan Minister of the Basic Industry and Mining, Rodolfo Sanz, announced on Monday that the Bank of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas or ALBA Bank will start its operations on April 25th.

The prestigious company of Lizt Alfonso, currently on a tour in Canada, made its first presentations in Brampton, Montreal and Ottawa

Cuba reiterated on Monday its proposal to create a fund managed by the United Nations, which would receive half of the world's current military spending, to finance economic and social projects in underdeveloped countries.

Luis Benito Cintado, specialist from that entity, remarked that characters such as "the Caballero de París", who had a severe profile and looked like a rabine, as was described by Eusebio Leal, the Historian of the City of Havana, are values from cultural heritage, capable of a still greater diffusion.

The system of public health in this eastern province of Las Tunas, has been showing satisfactory results in the detection of tuberculosis, by means of an active search put in practice since a decade.

It is part of the ongoing Energy Revolution Remote spots in Cuba are being benefited with 180 hydroelectric plants that generate over 100,000 megawatts and save over 30,000 tons of fuel.

Pinar del Río is celebrating these days not only the classification of the baseball team to the semifinals of the 47th National Championship, but the nomination of one of the most outstanding musicians to Cubadisco 2008 awards.