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The 2008 International Book Fair closed its doors on its Havana venues to open Monday in cities in the western and central provinces of Cuba.

The bishops of Cuba have given President Raúl Castro Ruz their "vote of confidence," and urged the new leader to take the "transcendent measures" necessary to respond to the tensions and anxieties of the nation's populace.

Raul Castro holds his first diplomatic encounter as president of a post-Fidel Castro Cuba on Tuesday, at a planned meeting with the number two official from the Vatican.

Olympic champions China claimed the second straight win over Cuba in the women's volleyball friendly series between the two teams here in Jinjiang, southeast China's Fujian province.

During the Magisterial Conference at the Aula Magna of the University of Havana. Cubas daily newspaper Granma reports on a meeting by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vaticans Secretary of State, held yesterday at the Aula Magna of the University of Havana.

This year the Mugarik Gabe Cinema and Cooperation Exhibit, in the Basque city of Bilbao, will devote a special section to the international festival of poor cinema held each year in Cuba, presided over by filmmaker Humberto Solas.

Havanas movie theatre Chaplin, attached to the Cinemateca de Cuba, hosted the 2nd Season of Contemporary Norwegian Film, February 16-24. It included the presentation of the feature film "Neighbours" and the short film "Sniffer."

Nearly a dozen project exhibitions are on display at the Second National Ceramics Event, being held through February 24th in the far eastern province of Guantanamo .

The prestigious French poet and translator, Claude Couffon, was named, last Tuesday in Havana, a foreign member of the Cuban Language Academy. He deserved such a condition for his tireless work as promoter of the Iberian American letters.

Cuban singers started recording songs written in the book Confesiones de El Diablo Ilustrado, one of the most popular titles in the last few years among the Cuban readers.

Like the good wines, the project Café Vista Alegre de Cuba took six years in maturing and with the mark of good musicians and documentary support, will be premiered in Paris.