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Now that the final cut has been made to the baseball team that will represent Cuba at the Beijing Olympics, it is time to show our confidence in the selection made by our coaches.

Cuba’s women’s judo team continued to prepare in Japan as part of its preparation for the Olympic Games next month.

Cuban Dayron Robles demonstrated once again the struggle Olympic champion Liu Xiang will face at next month's Beijing Games by clocking the joint second fastest time ever for the men's 110 metres hurdles on Friday.

Roble de Olor, directed by Rigoberto Lopez, opened the Cuban films exhibit in the International Center of India, commemorating the National Rebellion Day.

Summer opened for movie lovers with different proposals, among them stands out an exhibition of the best contemporary Japanese cinema, which will be screened from July 8 to 15 in the Rosario Novoa room, from the Hemicycle of the Universal Art Building, from the National Fine Arts Museum (the former Asturian Center) always at four o’clock in the afternoon.

Cuba is sending a young delegation to Beijing, for 70 percent of whom it will be their first Olympics. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean a weaker representation; athletes, trainers and mangers have their sights set on finishing in the top 15 overall.

Warrior monks from the mythic temple of Shaolin, the cradle of Kung-Fu, will offer here a martial arts exhibition which will coincide with the beginning next July 11 of the Chinese Culture Festival in Cuba.

The southern Indian city of Chennai, former Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu, has hosted a Cuban cinema week, including contemporary and old movies considered as classics.

The summer opens to moviegoers with several proposals, among which highlights go to a sample of the best contemporary Japanese cinema, which will be screened from July 8-15 at the Rosario Novoa Hall, of the Hemicycle of Universal Art, of the national Museum of Fine Arts (former Centro Asturiano) always at 4:00 pm.

Cuba's tourism authorities exhibited the Caribbean Island's recreational attractions in China this month, during the International Tourism Exhibition of Beijing.

Chinese Communist Party Politburo member, He Guoqiang, paid homage this Monday to the Cuban National Hero Jose Marti.

A symposium about the validity of Che´s ideas was held in this capital, sponsored by the Cuban Embassy and the Centre of Cuban Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said this week that relations with Cuba are excellent and advocated greater investments and economic-commercial cooperation, reported Prensa Latina.