Jeff Greene's account of Cuba trip is clarified, then disputed

The Democratic candidate visited the island in 2007, but accounts differ on the purpose of the trip. Read More

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Cuba hails economic highs

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro has praised his country's economic achievements for the first six months of this year. Read More

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Book dealer gets jail for stolen Shakespeare tome

<p style="text-align: justify;">LONDON — An unemployed book dealer who paraded as a wealthy playboy was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for possessing a stolen first edition of Shakespeare's plays, a rare volume described as a "quintessentially English treasure." Read More

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Cuba Hosts Latin American Congress on Speleology

<p style="text-align: justify;">MATANZAS, CUBA.- The Sixth Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Federation of Speleology (FEALC) begins on Wednesday in the central Cuban province of Matanzas with the participation of nearly 350 delegates from almost 20 countries. Read More

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Canada falls short at Worlds

They didn't get the result they wanted, but Team Canada leaves Thunder Bay with heads held high. Read More

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Sol Meliá reports profitable first-half

<p style="text-align: justify;">Spanish hotel chain Sol Meliá SA reported net earnings of 13.5 million euro for the first half of 2010, compared to 1.17 million euro in the same period last year. Read More

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Cuban food output down despite agriculture reforms

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba's food production fell 7.5 percent in the first half of the year despite reforms instituted by President Raul Castro and even as the country cut food imports, the government reported this week. Read More

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Cuba Family Day at Katonah Museum of Art

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuba Family Day will be held at the Katonah Museum of Art on Sunday, Aug. 8, from 1 to 4. Guests will include children’s illustrator Edel Rodriguez and professional dancer Desiree Sanchez Meineck. Read More

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Cuba Participated in Regional Event on Rehabilitation of the Blind

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 3 (acn) The director of the Cuban Center for the Rehabilitation of the Blind, Professor Jose Raul Baquet, participated in a meeting of specialists of the Latin American Association of the Blind (ULAC) recently held in Bolivia. Read More

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National Committee To Free The Cuban Five, Gerardo Hernandez is out of "the hole"!

<p style="text-align: justify;">Gerardo Hernandez, Cuban Five hero, has just been released this morning from isolation after an intense campaign by his attorneys and thousands of supporters around the world, including nearly a thousand emails to the Bureau of Prisons generated by the National Committee's appeal. Read More

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