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June 22nd

First Iranian company sets foot in Cuba with irrigation system

<div align="justify"> Sun, Jun 20, 2010. AFP. HAVANA, CUBA - Irrigation systems maker Tad.Co has become the first Iranian company to open an office in Cuba, the weekly Opciones said Saturday, amid signs of closer ties. </div> Read More

Smoking bans and economics hit famed Cuban cigars

HAVANA (Reuters) – Global economic woes and the worldwide spread of smoking bans are taking their toll on Cuba's famous cigar industry, with the just-completed harvest of the country's finest tobacco down 14 percent over 2009, local media said on Monday.<br /> Read More

Los Van Van are set to make their Brisbane debut

<div align="justify"> Direct from Havana, for the first time in Brisbane, Cuban super-group Los Van Van will bring the music that has created legions of fans throughout the world to QPAC´s Concert Hall stage. </div> Read More

Health Program during Summer

<div align="justify"> The Cuban Ministry of Public Health will carry out a prevention campaign during the summer to reduce the incidence of diseases that are common during that period.<br /> </div> Read More

Cuban Local Authorities Strengthen Control of Water Distribution

Ciego de Avila, Jun 21 (acn) The drought hitting Cuba for over a year now forced Ciego de Avila’s local authorities to strengthen measures to further control the rational use of drinking water. Read More

Cuban Farmer Grows Amazing Sunflowers

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 21 (ACN) Leonel Duarte Marrero, a farmer from the village of Las Minas, in the municipality of Guanabacoa, grew sunflowers on his land with an average of flowers per plant exceeded fifty. Read More

June 21st

Canuck women volleyballers fall to Cuba

The national women's volleyball team is almost in a must-win situation to have any hope of making the playoffs after dropping its second straight match at the Pan Am Cup in Rosarito, Mexico late Saturday. Read More

Ahmadinejad pushes for strong ties with Latin American states

TEHRAN, June 21 (MNA) - In separate meetings with Tehran's new ambassadors to Nicaragua, Cuba, and Paraguay on Monday, President Ahmadinejad said Iran seeks cordial ties with Latin American states. Read More

Finishing Sunday

Three major tournaments wrapped up Sunday on three different continents, more or less. Read More

A decade after dispute, Elian Gonzalez still affects those he met in D.C. area

<div align="justify"> Until recently, it was the image that the Kopffs most closely associated with their one-time party guest, the sole survivor of a raft full of refugees that sank off the coast of Florida in November 1999. </div> Read More