HAVANA — The Cuban government has turned over nearly 1 million hectares
of previously state-owned land to individual farmers, but half of it
still lies fallow or is underutilized
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Introduction: The sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform
and the resulting discharge of millions of gallons of crude oil into
the sea demonstrated graphically the challenge of environmental
protection in the ocean waters shared by Cuba and the United States.
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Camaguey, Cuba, May 18 (acn) Five tornados hit in the space of two
hours Santa Teresa Town, nine kilometers west of Camaguey city, and
preliminary reports mention two injured people and damages to 78 houses.
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MIAMI -- As BP engineers worked to contain a deep sea oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico on Monday, scientists tracking the spread of oil on the
ocean's surface and underwater expressed concern that powerful currents
could carry the crude as far east as Florida
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Norway is the best country in the world in which to be a new mother,
followed by Australia, according to Save the Children’s annual State of
the World’s Mothers report, issued this month.<br />
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MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Cuba lashed out at the European Union's policy
of linking dialogue with the Cuban government to human rights on the
island, saying the EU does not have "any moral authority" over Havana.
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HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba's private farmers will purchase supplies
directly in future instead of having them allocated by the state, the
government said on Sunday, in the latest concession to their demands
for more autonomy.
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HAVANA (Reuters) – The Cuban government has begun renting its smaller
city buses in Havana to the bus drivers in another minor move under
President Raul Castro to ease the state's hand in Cuba's economy.
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HAVANA, Cuba, May 17 (acn) As decreed by the Cuban Council of State,the
169 municipal assemblies of the country will be constituted on
Wednesday, May 19.<br />
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