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Cuba’s Dominguez and Bruzon Advance to Second Round of World Chess Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.30 - 14:20:06 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Cuba’s Dominguez and Bruzon Advance to Second Round of World Chess CupHAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Although in different styles, Cuban Grand Masters (GM) Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon advanced to the second round of the World Chess Cup that is under way in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk. Dominguez, the best Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2,719 points, beat Iranian Elshan Moradiabadi (2,532) 1.5-0.5 as a result of a win and a draw in their two classical matches. Read More

Cuba seeks South African funding for medical projects

<p style="text-align: justify;">South Africa should join a Cuban-Norwegian medical aid project in Haiti, Cuban officials suggested during an annual bilateral meeting Aug. 30 in Havana. A Cuban expert delegation visited Norway in September 2010, to talk about joint relief work in Haiti and cooperation in natural disaster prevention and response. In October 2010, the Scandinavian country provided 5 million Norwegian kronor ($850,000) to Cuban relief efforts in Haiti. Cuba is using the Norwegian contribution — the second after a $850,000 check in January — for the purchase of drugs and medical equipment for its 930-member medical brigade in Haiti. Read More

Cuba Seeks to Revitalize World Disarmament Conference

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens. Havana, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno has affirmed that Cuba wants to revitalize the United Nations World Disarmament Conference to prevent a climate disaster that would be caused by a nuclear conflict. One of Cuban main goals is to boost, move forward, and revive the Conference so that it plays its initial role, which dates back to its creation in 1979, Moreno holds in statements to the official Granma daily. Read More

Cultural Tour Rutas y Andares Concludes

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: RAQUEL MARRERO YANES. GRANMA. August 29, 2011. The cultural tourism program Rutas y Andares para descubrir en familia, came to an end Saturday, with a concert by Cuban singer-songwriter Polito Ibáñez at the Basílica Menor y Convento de San Francisco de Asís. Attending the closing ceremony was Historian of Havana Eusebio Leal Spengler. Read More

World Athletics 2011: Dayron Robles disqualified

<p style="text-align: justify;">Cuban Dayron Robles became another high-profile disqualification at the World Championships as he was stripped of his 110m hurdles gold medal.Robles made contact with China's Liu Xiang and was disqualified after the Chinese appealed, handing Jason Richardson the gold and Liu the silver. Read More

Cuban Film Habanastation Premieres in Miami

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Ileana Ferrer Fonte.Havana, Aug 30 (Prensa Latina) Cuban film director Ian Padron will present on Tuesday in Miami his first work Habanastation, which won the Founders prize Best of Fest in the category of Founders awards in the Traverse City Festival, held in Michigan. Padron will attend a one-time screening of the film at the Artime Theater, with a capacity for 850 people, accompanied by Cuban actress Blanca Rosa Blanco, one of the stars of Habanastation, and scriptwriter Felipe Espinet. Read More

Cuba Holds Highest Number of Lions in Captivity in Latin America

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.30 - 14:33:16 /radiorebelde.icrt.cu.HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuba has been ratified in Latin America as the holder of the highest number of lions born in captivity (37), with the birth of four cubs at the Cuban National Zoo, reports the Granma newspaper. The new lions, a female and three males, were born as a result of natural labor last Saturday in the facilities of that institution, which covers about 350 hectares of land in the outskirts of Havana.&nbsp; Read More

Luxury leisure tours to Cuba scrapped after new U.S. regulations announced

<p style="text-align: justify;">By Melanie Nayer.August 30, 2011. Still hoping you'll be able to get to Cuba for a leisurely visit? Keep waiting. News from luxury tour provider Abercrombie &amp; Kent set a somber tone to the hopeful travel plans south of the border. After reviewing a government advisory clarifying new regulations for Cuba travel, A&amp;K canceled its Cuba program for U.S. travelers. Read More

Africa-Cuba Joint Consultative Mechanism being held

<p style="text-align: justify;">30 August 2011. South Africa: International Relations And Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim I Ebrahim Held a Successful Ninth South Africa-Cuba Joint Consultative Mechanism Meeting With the Republic of Cuba's First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Marcelino Medina Gonzalez in Havana. International Relations And Cooperation Deputy Minister Ebrahim I Ebrahim Held a Successful Ninth South Africa-Cuba Joint Consultative Mechanism Meeting With the Republic of Cuba's First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Marcelino Medina Gonzalez in Havana. Read More

Robles: Being Cuban cost me hurdles gold medal

<p style="text-align: justify;">AP.HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Cuban athlete Dayron Robles says he wouldn't have been disqualified from the 110m hurdles in the World Championship if he came from a more powerful country. Robles was stripped of his first-place finish in the hurdles in South Korea on Monday after judges upheld an appeal claiming he held back Chinese runner Liu Xiang. The ruling meant the gold medal was handed to American Jason Richardson, with Liu second and British athlete Andrew Turner given bronze. Read More