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Six art ideas in running for Trafalgar Square plinth

<div align="justify"> Nelson's Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibare Nelson's Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibare is the current artwork on the plinth in the square<br /> </div> Read More

Cuba achieves single shot vaccine for five diseases

<div align="justify"> Havana, July 20 : Cuba has achieved a single-dose vaccine to prevent five diseases -- diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Hepatitis B and Haemophilus flu Type B, reports Prensa Latina. </div> Read More

Athlete of the Week: Hurdler Oliver lowers American record

<div align="justify"> David Oliver keeps lowering his personal-best in the 110-meter hurdles, rapidly closing in on the world record set by Cuba's Dayron Robles two years ago. </div> Read More

Mark Cuban again knocks on baseball's door -- will he get an answer?

<div align="justify"> Mark Cuban walked away frustrated the last time he tried to join baseball's exclusive ownership club two years ago. </div> Read More

Oil drilling near Cuba worries U.S.

WASHINGTON, July 19 (UPI) -- A Spanish company is considering drilling for oil off the northern coast of Cuba but a U.S. senator says the administration should not permit it. Read More

Cuban Dancer Wins Gold Medal in International Ballet Competition

<div align="justify"> HAVANA, Cuba.- Cuban dancer Oscar Valdes Carmenates won the Gold Medal in the Senior Category at the Second Cape Town International Ballet Competition (CTIBC) in South Africa. A member of the Ballet de Camagüey, Valdes Carmenates brilliantly performed the Don Quijote male variation in the final round. </div> Read More

Sixty-Year-Old Woman Will Try To Swim From Florida To Cuba

<div align="justify"> Diana Nyad is an International Swimming Hall of Fame member who made a splash in 1979 for swimming the more than 100 miles from the Bahamas to Florida. </div> Read More

US Diplomats in Cuba convene meeting

<div align="justify"> The US diplomatic mission in Cuba has convened a meeting with relatives of political prisoners who are refusing an offer to leave and emigrate to Spain, wives of the jailed dissidents say. </div> Read More

Debate over travel to Cuba heats up

<div align="justify"> A congressional debate over whether all Americans should be able to travel freely to Cuba appears to be heating up. </div> Read More

Cuba: Oil Exploration

Question Taken at the July 16, 2010 Daily Press Briefing, July 19, 2010 Read More