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The General Secretary of the Sudanese Communist Party, Mohamed Ibrahim Nugud, arrived in Havana on Sunday at the invitation of the Central Committee of Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC).

Sami Al Hajj became a prisoner in an Orwellian drama that had no final ending, or destination involving torture, simulated drowning and possibly death that was in the end averted through cruel force feeding.

Farouk Abdel Aziz Hosny, Minister for Culture from Egypt, heads the cultural delegation from that African nation that reached Cuban past Wednesday, to undertake an intense exchange program.

Egyptian historian and archaeologist Zahi Hawas praised the program of restoration and protection of the cultural heritage in Old Havana.

Four sound pieces, circulated during the past two years, were distinghished with the 2008 Cubadisco International Award, because of the cultural importance of their contents.

The leader of the Libyan Revolution, Muammar Al Gadhafi, today sent a message to Raúl Castro, president of the Council of State and Secretaries of the Republic of Cuba.

Cuba and Libya explore sectors of common interest to strengthen their political and trade links, as was known from a meeting between the foreign ministers of both governments.

The Culture Minister of Guinea-Bissau, Maria Aduatu Djalo Nandingna, has confirmed her participation in the International Fair Cubadisco 2008, set for May 17th through the 25th in the Cuban capital.

Libyan Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Mohammad Shalgham arrived in Cuba at the invitation of Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque.

The Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, 1986 Literature Nobel Prize, confirmed his participation to the Cubadisco 2008 International Festival, dedicated to Africa and its Diaspora, announced sources from the organizing committee.

The Tenth International Conference on African and Afro-American Culture comes to a close last Thursday with the presence of more than a hundred researchers and representatives from Angola, Nigeria, Togo, Senegal, Burkina-Faso, the Congo, Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba.

One of the artists who will be presented by the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (General Society of Authors and Editors) from Spain (SGAE in Spanish) in the coming Cubadisco event will be the artist from Cameroon Justin Tchatchoua.

Nigerian Culture Minister Adetokumbo Kayode confirmed on Friday he will attend the 2008 International Cubadisco Festival, to be held next month in Havana.

The prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, general director of the Cuban National Ballet, assured in front of the Egyptian Pyramids of Ghiza that she aims to live for 200 more years in order to give expression to all of the projects and dreams that she has still to do.

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.