Cuban Javelin Thrower Qualifies for World Athletics Final

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Osmany González Tocabens. 11:12Daegu, South Korea, Sept 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Guillermo Martinez on Thursday qualified for the men's javelin throw final in the 2011 World Athletics Championships. Martinez, silver in Berlin-2009, threw 83.77 meters in his first attempt, which was the best mark in the first qualifying round. Russian Dmitri Taraban (82.92 mts) followed the Cuban thrower, also qualifying for the final in a qualifying round that only required a minimum mark of 82.50 mts. Read More

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Japanese and Cuban Artists to Share the Stage in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.09.02 - /radiorebelde.icrt.cu. HAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Important Japanese artists and Cuban groups will join for a five- day music concert in Havana in September. The meeting will be a fruitful way to bring once again, culturally, the two peoples closer together, the Granma newspaper reported. Director Yoshizaku Fukumura, already known by music lovers in the capital, will be present along with violinists Ryu Goto and Masuo Nishibayashi (also Cuba’s ambassador to Havana,) and oboist Keisuke Wakao. Read More

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Trip winner

<p style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, 1 September 2011 - 1:01pm. Kiwanian Robin Wright, left, read the ticket after Don Cumming of the Fort Frances Times drew the winner of the “Trip of the Month” for September this morning at International Travel Services here. Jean Richards of Fort Frances won a trip to Varadero, Cuba valued at $3,300. Next month’s trip is an Alaskan cruise ($4,000). Read More

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13th Tropical Depression of Season in Gulf of Mexico

<p style="text-align: justify;">By: Estela McCollin.&nbsp; 10:22Havana, Sep 2 (Prensa Latina) A new tropical depression, the 13th of the current hurricane season, is packing strengthen in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday and threatens to become Tropical Storm Lee in the coming hours. Cuba's Meteorology Institute has reported that the center of the system at 06:00 local time was at 26.5 degrees North and 91.7 degrees West, 425km south-souteast of Lake Charles, Louisiana, in the southern United States. Read More

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Cuba stands tall among the world's best

<p style="text-align: justify;">Harold Iglesias Manresa. DESPITE the 12 hour difference in time, this spectator-reporter was alert to every accomplishment achieved by the Cuban athletes participating in the 13th World Athletics Championship in the South Korean city of Daegu, a track and field Mecca.Full of hope, I began my trek, to see discus throwers Yarelis Barrios (63.80) and Denia Caballero (60.36) classify third and eighth for the final. I was amazed to see something unprecedented, six Kenyan women on the marathon medal podium, as well as that of the 10,000 meters, led by Edna Kiplagat (2:28:43) and Vivian Cheruiyot (30:48.98). Read More

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Victories for Cuba’s Dominguez and Bruzon in Second Round of World Chess Cup

<p style="text-align: justify;">2011.08.31 - 15:42:14 / radiorebelde.icrt.cu. Victories for Cuba’s Dominguez and Bruzon in Second Round of World Chess CupHAVANA, CUBA.-&nbsp; Cuban Grand Masters (GM) Leinier Dominguez and Lazaro Bruzon began the second round of the World Chess Cup, under way in the Russian city of Khanty-Mansiysk, with victories in the first of their two classical matches against Moldavian GM Viktor Bologan and Spanish GM Francisco Vallejo. Read More

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State lawmakers head to Cuba next week on trade mission

<p style="text-align: justify;">State Rep. Jack Franks is leading a trade mission to Cuba next week. (Tribune/E. Jason Wambsgans) By Ray Long Clout Street. 3:09 p.m. CDT, September 1, 2011. SPRINGFIELD—About a dozen state lawmakers are headed for Cuba next week for a trip they hope will boost Illinois exports. The six-day tour is being led by Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, and Rep. Dan Burke, D-Chicago. They said no taxpayer dollars will be spent on the excursion. Franks said he will pay for the trip out of his own pocket, and Burke said he and most of the other lawmakers will use campaign funds. Read More

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Havana to Havana? Yes. Circumnavigate Cuba with Your Cuba Cruise - Havana Journal

<p style="text-align: justify;">Beginning December 4, a recently incorporated Canadian cruise line named Cubacruise Inc will offer week long cruises around the entire island of Cuba with many stops along the way. Prices for cruise-only fares start at CAD $586, double occupancy for ... Read More

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Scarface - Steven Bauer interview (exclusive)

<p style="text-align: justify;">Interview by Rob Carnevale. STEVEN Bauer talks about playing the iconic role of Manny Ribera in Brian De Palma’s Scarface and the pleasure and fun of hanging out with and badgering Al Pacino. He also talks about being one of only two Cubans on set and what that meant to him, as well as hearing Martin Scorsese endorse the film and deliver a warning. And he talks about appearing on the iconic show Breaking Bad and concentrating more on his music career. Read More

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Cuba and China Confirm Excellent State of Bilateral Relations

<p style="text-align: justify;">HAVANA, Cuba, Sept 1 (acn) Cuba and China confirmed the excellent state of bilateral relations during a recent working visit to Beijing of Ramon Balaguer, a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) and the head of the PCC's Department for International Relations. Read More

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