US collegians to host Cuba in July

San Diego Union-Tribune - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa -; The U.S. collegiate national baseball team will host its Cuban counterpart next month in a five-game international "friendship" ...

Songa Mercur to Depart Cuba for Vietnam

Rigzone - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Songa Mercur (mid-water semisub) is departing Cuba for Vietnam after failing to find oil, AFP reported on Tuesday. Drilling work in Cuba was suspended because of a problem-plagued exploration well, and the start of the hurricane season, reported the state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN). Songa Mercur was drilling in shallow waters in the central Cuban province of Ciego de Avila about ...

Chinese premier meets Cubas first vice-president

Global Times - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday met with Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel and pledged to further boost cooperation between the two countries.During the meeting, Li hailed the traditional friendship between China and Cuba.He highlighted their mutual support on national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and the paths of socialist development suitable to their ...

NBA Draft 2013 rumors Mark Cuban says Dallas Mavericks likely to trade No. 13 pick

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Mark Cuban was blunt when asked about the possibility of the Dallas Mavericks dealing their first-round draft pick, essentially telling a Dallas radio station that the team intended on getting rid of the No. 13 overall selection. The report comes from the Dallas Morning News, who transcribed an interview Cuban had on ...

Russias Zarubezhneft suspends search for oil in Cuba

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

A Norwegian-owned drilling platform will depart Cuba for Vietnam this week, after six months of exploration that so far has failed to yield any oil, official media in Havana reported on Tuesday. The state-run Agencia de Informacion National (AIN) said the drilling work in Cuba will be suspended because of unspecified "geological complications," and the start this month of the ...

Cubas Resolution on Puerto Rico Stresses at UN

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) Edwin Gonzalez, delegate of the Puerto Rican Mission in Havana, stressed the importance of the draft resolution submitted by Cuba on his country in the UN Decolonization Committee, Granma newspaper reported. The fact that the "UN participate on the matter is of vital importance to our independentist intentions, as the U.S. justification for ignoring the matter ...

Mark Cuban Says He’ll Let Free Agents Help Shape Team

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

';What is his sales pitch to big free agents? Mark Cuban: ‘Part of the sales pitch that we're making if we sign one of these max-out type guys is Dirk [Nowitzki] comes off the books next year, Shawn Marion comes off the books next year. All we have is Jared [Cunningham] and Jae [Crowder] on the books next year, and so in essence you get to come in and it's you and we have ...

Raul Castro Meets President of Sao Tome and Principe

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Havana, Jun 18 (Prensa Latina) President Raul Castro met Manuel Pinto da Costa, President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, who continues today an official visit to this country. Both leaders referred to the relations of friendship and cooperation between their countries, expressed their interest in strengthening bilateral ties, and also talked on international issues. ...

Couple Sought Asylum in Cuba Said Childrens Lives in Danger Lawyer Says

The Ledger - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

The Tampa couple accused of kidnapping their sons at gunpoint and absconding on a sailboat across the Gulf of Mexico tried to formally seek asylum from Cuban authorities, asserting the lives of their children were at risk from U.S. government officials, one parent’s lawyer said ...

Castro targets kids fashion

Globes - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

CAST ) today officially announced that it is entering the children's clothing market. Castro CEO and owner Gabi Rotter said, "We plan entering this market in a very significant way from the outset. This is an engine of growth for us and very necessary. Our role is to bring good news to the children's fashion market and we want to be a market leader. Children's fashion is not ...

Henderson Stalemate with Cuba has to end

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Did you know, for instance, that someone in the United States can't mail a simple letter directly to Cuba? Since 1963, that prohibition has been part of the U.S. embargo against the island nation. The only way someone from either country could get a letter through to family or friends was to route it through some other ...

Australian abruptly ends Cuba-Fla. swim attempt

MSNBC - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA (AP) - Australian endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel ended her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after 11 hours in the water when she was stung by a jellyfish Wednesday ...

Cubana de Aviacion Reinforces its Fleet With a New AN-158

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 23 (acn) A new Antonov 158 (AN-158) aircraft manufactured in Russia and Ukraine joined the fleet of Cubana de Aviacion airline and it will cover, starting in May, the Havana-Guantanamo route, five times a week, and Havana-Santiago de Cuba, on daily ...

Cuban Projects Tackle Food Sustainability and Climate Change

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Apr 23 (acn) Cuba will implement this year in three municipalities a project whose experiences will later be spread countrywide to achieve sustainability in the agriculture, taking into account the adaptation to climate ...

Nicaraguan Business Mission to Visit Cuba

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 8 (acn) A group of Nicaraguan entrepreneurs will visit Cuba in May to explore business opportunities, based on the benefits contributed by the use of the new regional currency known as ...

Visually Impaired Children Hold their First Artistic Festival

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, April 8 (acn) The first artistic and literary festival of visually impaired children residing in Havana was held Sunday in a downtown movie theater and it was dedicated to the 7th Congress of the National Association for the Blind (ANSI), to take place in ...

All Cubans Wins Medals in the Visotski Boxing Memorial

ACN - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 7 (acn) The six Cubans attending the Yakov Antonovich Visotski Boxing Memorial had an excellent performance when reaching four scepters and two bronze ...

Dissidents family to discuss leaving Cuba

Miami Herald - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

MIAMI -- The daughter of a prominent Cuban dissident who died in a car crash will talk about her family's decision to seek refuge in the U.S.Rosa Maria Paya and her mother are expected to speak with reporters in Miami Tuesday.Paya traveled throughout Europe and the U.S. in April to push for an international investigation into her father's death. Oswaldo Paya was killed in a car ...

U.S. Cuba to resume talks on direct mail stopped in ’63

Tribune Review - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The United States and Cuba will resume talks this week on restarting direct mail service despite a deadlock between Washington and Havana over detainees that has largely stalled most rapprochement efforts, a U.S. official said on ...

Cuba Gooding Jr. apartment hunting in New York

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

, and their three kids will be joining him in July, we’re told, so he’s looking for a large space for the whole family to live for a month. A few weeks ago, Gooding sold his Northridge, Calif., home for a reported $729,000. But a rep for Gooding said, "Cuba has been busy with eight shows a week and isn’t hotel- or house-hunting. He hasn’t made a decision about living ...

China and Cuba to Advance Cooperation in Agriculture

General Sources - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

June 8thChina and Cuba expressed their interest in keeping advancing bilateral cooperation in agriculture, innovation and scientific exchange, official sources reported on Saturday. The issue was addressed by Cuban Agriculture minister Gustavo Rodriguez during a meeting in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Han Changfu.The Chinese government officialrecalled a recent visit to Cuba in ...

US names dangerous Cuba prisoners

Independent.ie - Monday 17th June, 2013

Pentagon , Army Lieutanant Colonel Todd Breasseale.The names of all Guantanamo prisoners have been public for years, but the administration of ...