U.S.-Cuba ties in balance over jailed American's appeal

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Marc Frank.&nbsp; HAVANA (Reuters) - Future prospects for improving U.S.-Cuba ties will be at stake when Cuba's highest court hears an appeal on Friday from jailed U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross against his 15-year sentence for crimes against the state. Gross, 62, was arrested in Havana in December 2009 while working on a secretive USAID-funded pro-democracy program that sought to estab Read More

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Cuba Updates Idle Lands Stock

<p style="text-align: justify;">07/19/2011. A new survey on the situation of land, aimed at determining the level of idle lands throughout the country, is currently implemented, Juventud Rebelde reported on Tuesday. Anibal Nuñez, deputy director of the National Land Control Center (CNCT), stated that the current census will update information provided in the last survey, held in 2007, and reveal what the current panorama is in that aspect, states the note. Read More

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Cuban Pole-Vaulter Lazaro Borges Wins Gold in Spain

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Abdul Nasser Thabet. Cuban pole-vaulter Lazaro Borges won gold on Monday at the 14th Gran Premio Excelentisimo Ayuntamiento de Avila and the Fifth Trofeo Caja de Avila, in Spain, with a jump of 5.72 meters, guarantying his participation in the Track and Field World Championships to take place in Daegu, South Korea, from August 27 to September 4. With this 5.72-meter jump, Borges set a new national record and moved up to 14th overall in the world raking. Read More

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Angola: State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">20 July 2011. Havana — The Secretary of State for Administrative Organisation of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Rui Jorge Mangueira, is paying since Tuesday a visit to Havana city in Cuba. Angop has learnt that the official is leading a delegation of his Ministry. Read More

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