Provides the latest RSS feeds for Cuba News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Cuba News.Net http://www.thecubanews.net/ en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:31:45 -0400 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:31:45 -0400 30 Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has expressed his happiness over the rescue of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other people held hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgents and decried hostage-taking as unjustifiable. http://www.thecubanews.net/story/378653 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:00:12 -0400 The Cuba News.Net http://www.thecubanews.net/story/378653 . The FBI rounded up more than a dozen spies in 1998, but they have all been replaced, bringing Florida’s spy population to around 210, Lt. Col. Chris Simmons said. His revelation is the first i... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15987868&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:01:34 -0400 Newser http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15987868&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 PLAYA DEL CARMEN, MEXICO - Most of the millions of visitors to Mexico's Caribbean coast can't wait to plunge into the turquoise waters, but a growing number come with exactly the opposite intention. T... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988275&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:29 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988275&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 As many as 35 people were arrested and around 70 targeted in all, but most have now been freed, economist Martha Beatriz Roque of the rights group Agenda for the Transition said. The regime's roundup ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988276&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:30 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988276&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry South Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cubaâ??s Isla de la Juventud (Yout... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988274&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:26 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988274&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 By Javier Rodriguez Roque Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuba represents the most advanced democracy of the world, with full freedom and sovereignty, said Jose Antonio Barroso, mayor of Villa Real, loc... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988273&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:25 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988273&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The 8th Congress of the Union of Journalists of Cuba (UPEC) is expected to conclude Saturday in this capital, after two days debating challenges of the island's media in ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988272&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:24 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988272&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Havana, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) The 19th Pastors for Peace Caravan is expected to arrive Saturday in Havana with humanitarian aid for the Cuban people, challenging the US government blockade on the isla... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988271&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:22 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15988271&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 North Korea has submitted a document openly describing its nuclear capabilities to the White House and President Bush responded by stating that North Korea may be removed from the State Sponsors of Te... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15985196&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:39:58 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15985196&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 At the recent metal workers' union congress in Havana little seemed to have changed since Fidel Castro, former Cuban president, became ill almost two years ago, temporarily handing power to his brothe... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15984857&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:25:53 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15984857&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 July 5, 2008 When Americans think of '50s Cuba, they tend to picture Che Guevara with beard and cap, Fidel Castro ranting in tattered fatigues -- and maybe the romantic early days of the members of... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15983240&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:36:07 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15983240&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Viewers please note: This Internet newscast is a verbatim transcript of our evening television newscast. Where speakers use Kriol, we attempt to faithfully reproduce the quotes using a standard spelli... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15981868&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:45:33 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15981868&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 SCREENING under phase two of the Jamaica-Cuba Eye Care Programme is set to begin on July 21 in several communities in the parish of St Catherine. The screening was delayed from the original June 30 to... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15981866&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:45:31 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15981866&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 A reader's curiosity about where that oil ends up - and who profits from its sale - inspired one of three questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to rea... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15981319&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:09:23 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15981319&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The European Union has dropped diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, defying the US and ending the 'cocktail wars' with the communist island.The move is a victory for Spain, which overrode reservations f... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15982612&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:26:22 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15982612&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Cuba is willing to engage in talks with the United States 'on the basis of equal rights,' without renouncing its principles, said Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque on Friday, while attending an i... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979965&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:36:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979965&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Havana, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro stated that in our times, truth is navigating rough seas, where the mass media are in the hands of those threatening human survival w... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979962&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:36:42 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979962&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Cuba's Fidel Castro, in his first public comment on the rescue in Colombia of Ingrid Betancourt and other prisoners of the FARC guerrillas, wrote Friday that moved 'by a basic sentiment of humanity, w... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979964&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:36:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979964&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Representatives from 17 Caribbean countries demanded Friday the release of five Cubans imprisoned in the United States who were accused of spying and conspiracy. Th... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979967&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:36:43 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979967&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 St. John's, Antigua, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque arrived to Antigua on Friday meet with heads of Government attending the 29th Summit of the CARICOM scheduled to co... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979961&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:36:41 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979961&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Soaring world rice prices have Cubans worried about keeping the national dish of beans and rice on the table - and officials are scrambling to increase local production.Raul Castro's government hopes ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979960&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:36:40 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979960&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 (AP Photo/Joe Marquette, file)In this June 17, 1999 photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., makes his opening statement at Richard Holbrooke's confirmation hearing... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979800&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:34:16 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15979800&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez said Friday that the Cuban government is willing to negotiate with the United States on equal footing without compromising its principles. Perez made the remarks du... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15978661&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:18:24 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15978661&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has asked a federal judge to extend an injunction that temporarily suspended enforcement of a new state law on travel to Cuba. The law, whic... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975349&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:25 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975349&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 La Habana, 4 jul (PL) El grupo Havanatur inform hoy que en septiembre prximo Cuba realizar un megafam o programa de familiarizacin turstica para promover las ofertas recreativas de este pas. El comuni... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975348&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:24 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975348&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 La Habana, 4 jul (PL) La primera ctedra de turismo de Cuba abri sus puertas en la Universidad de La Habana, informaron hoy voceros de ese alto centro de estudios, quienes puntualizaron que la misma at... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975351&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:25 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975351&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Matanzas, Cuba, 4 jul (PL) Jvenes dominicanos, venezolanos y cubanos efectuarn una caminata en Cuba de unos mil kilmetros del oriente al occidente de la isla para rendir homenaje a prceres latinoameri... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975352&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:22 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975352&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Havana Specialist Hospital, Lagos, Dr. Godwin Okeke, yesterday extolled the sterling qualities of his departed colleague, Dr. Chikezie Nwokoro, saying he was a rare... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975350&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:21 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15975350&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fidel Castro on Friday made his first public comment on the rescue Wednesday in Colombia of Ingrid Betancourt and other prisoners of the FARC guerrillas. In the closing paragraphs of an article on ass... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15968732&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:57:19 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15968732&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Cuba will launch a national program to fight environmental pollution as part of the National Environmental Strategy 2007-2010. The project will provide an integrate... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15961355&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:56:09 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15961355&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 HAVANA - American diplomats denied instigating opposition demonstrations to coincide with the July 4th holiday, a spokesman for the U.S. mission here said Thursday. More than a dozen dissidents, me... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15961389&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:08:00 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15961389&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Eight people have been arrested in Cuba, in an action against opponents of the communist government. Police have confirmed the arrest of the eight, but opposition leader Vladimiro Roca has said there ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15958725&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:53:25 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15958725&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Cuba: Is CANF Smuggling Migrants? 2. Mexico: Congress OKs 'Plan Mexico' 3. Links to alternative sources on: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, Haiti ISSN#: 1084-922X. ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15958726&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:53:24 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15958726&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 At least 16 Cuban dissidents have been released after police arrested them earlier in sweep targeting government opponents across the communist island, opposition sources said."At least 16 of around 2... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15958220&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:09:14 -0400 SBS http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15958220&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 MERIDA, Mexico - For the first time, Mexican immigration authorities have launched raids on safe houses where Cubans await transportation to the U.S. border. In the first such raid, reported widely th... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954134&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:49:43 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954134&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The biggest US private airline, Spirit Airlines, has been fined $100,000 by the US federal government for violating Washington's economic blockade of Cuba. According to Granma news... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954139&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:49:47 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954139&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The White House said Thursday that dangerous detainees at Guantanamo Bay could end up walking Main Street U.S.A. as a result of last month's Supreme Court ruling about detainees' legal rights. Federal... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15953661&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:33 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15953661&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Guantanamo Bay prison, a Yemeni official said.The Yemeni detainees make up the largest national group of prisoners remaining at the facility on a U.S. naval base in http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15953664&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:27 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15953664&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Nelspruit - As part of its efforts to reduce the shortage of health professionals in Mpumalanga, the provincial Department of Health is to send a contingent of youth to study medicine in Cuba. The pro... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954141&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:49:42 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954141&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 JUBA, Sudan - They left as children and teenagers, crossing the border between dry southern Sudan and Ethiopia before being transported half a world away to the green strangeness of Cuba's Isla de la ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15952663&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:59:36 -0400 The Jordan Times http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15952663&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The Chamber of Commerce of Cuba (CCC) and the Chamber of Industry of Nicaragua (CADIN) signed an agreement in this capital to boost bilateral trade. The document was penned at the end of the opening s... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954137&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:49:46 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15954137&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Latin American stocks fell Thursday, led by a more than 3% drop in Chilean stocks after a jump in consumer prices strengthened the prospect that the central bank will raise its key interest rate. http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15952467&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:26:48 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15952467&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Havana - Cuba has detained four more dissidents, according to human rights officials on Thursday. The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National REconciliation reported that four men were seized e... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15951099&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:51:43 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15951099&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - A meal was rice and beans. Bed was the ground under a patched plastic tarp. They bathed in rivers, and when they weren't chained by the neck to trees, they were forced on long march... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15950123&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:33:36 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15950123&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 HAVANA – A spokesman for the U.S. mission here on Thursday denied Cuba's charge that American diplomats were instigating opposition protests linked to American independence day. “If the... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15949835&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:32:32 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15949835&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain is in Mexico to hold talks with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. McCain arrived in Mexico City late Wednesday from Colombia, hours after Colombian ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15946903&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:13:34 -0400 VOA http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15946903&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS - Three American hostages rescued from leftist guerrillas in Colombia were back in the United States Thursday, more than five years after their plane went down in rebel-... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15947392&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:10:16 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15947392&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 In a daring rescue Wednesday, the Colombian military freed 15 hostages held for years by leftist guerrillas, including Ingrid Betancourt, the former Colombian presidential candidate, three Floridians ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15943412&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:32:32 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15943412&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The U.S. Coast Guard recently imposed new conditions of entry on vessels calling on the United States after port calls in Cuba, Iran, or other ports that it has determined do not maintain effective ma... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940816&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:47 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940816&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 In its June 30 editorial Diplomacy useful in dealing with threats The Miami Herald supports diplomacy and ''realism'' in dealing with that key ''Axis of Evil'' renegade, North Korea. On the other hand... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940815&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940815&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Hotpack offers Two (2) 33 cubic foot capacity Illuminated chambers which are designed for extremely accurate control of temperature, humidity and lighting... Details Click Here To Download: â?¢ Broc... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940813&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:43 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940813&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Hotpack CO2 incubators are used in a wide variety of laboratory applications including cell biology, cancer research, pharmacology, and other culturing disciplines. They feature a triple-wall water ja... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940814&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:43 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940814&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The Mpumalanga health department will send 25 young people to Cuba to study medicine. Departmental spokesman Mpho Gabashane said the pupils must have passed matric with exemption in science subjects, ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940812&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:42 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15940812&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Havana - Cuba accused American diplomats Wednesday of planning dissident demonstrations on the island in honor of U.S. Independence Day. "There has been an escalation of provocative actions organized ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15938090&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:13:44 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15938090&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The police with the assistance of their Cuban counterparts have captured another man on their list of most wanted men. Christopher Thomas alias ‘Charlie Wap' was nabbed by the Cuban pol... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15937473&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:11:11 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15937473&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Latin American countries congratulated Colombia on Wednesday for its military rescue of 15 hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),reports reaching here said. Brazilian Pres... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15934813&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:24:28 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15934813&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Cuba on Wednesday accused the U.S. government of encouraging new anti-government activities as the latest evidence of the U.S. subversive strategy to overthrow the Cuban government. Anti-government gr... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15934952&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:24:23 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15934952&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Brazilian and Mexican stocks slid to their lowest levels in more than three months Wednesday, pressured by a triple-digit decline on Wall Street that left its key equity index in bear-market territo... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15934865&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:57:24 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15934865&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 SAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba (Reuters) - The bell tolled for Ernest Hemingway on Wednesday as Cubans marked the 47th anniversary of his death by ringing a bell and playing music from the opera 'Aida' ... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932402&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:24:09 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932402&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 297 words Cuba is considering opening up its infrastructure development to public-private partnerships (PPPs), an official from Chile's public works ministry (MOP) told BNamericas. Cuban authorities h... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932398&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:24:05 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932398&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 The Brazilian oil company Petrobras is negotiating with Havana for offshore exploration rights, the president of the Cuban oil company Cupet told the Brazilian news service Agência Estado. Accordin... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932397&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:24:04 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932397&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Beyond the controversy over a new state law that tightens regulations for travel agencies that book Cuba trips lies a growing debate about whether Cuban exiles should visit family and friends frequent... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932404&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:24:08 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932404&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Brasilia, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) President of the Cuban Parliament Ricardo Alarcn said Wednesday that relations between Cuba and Brazil are at their peak, with cooperation programs expected to have a c... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932395&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:24:02 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15932395&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Havana, Jul 2 (Prensa Latina) Representatives from Cuba and Ethiopia will foster Wednesday cooperation links with new economic, technical and scientific projects during the Fifth Session of the Interg... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15925593&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:55:44 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15925593&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 HAVANA: Brazilian state oil company Petrobras is negotiating with the Cuban government for exploration rights offshore Cuba, according to Fidel Rivero, president of Cuban state oil company Cupet, in a... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15925587&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:55:50 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15925587&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 HDNets Mark Cuban tells CableFAX that consolidation has tilted the playing field and may extinguish the voices of independent programmers. 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'They had hope,' said the vessel's captain. 'They were alive.' PHOTO: CREW/BERGE DANUTA The two women and 11 men wer... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15925592&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:55:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15925592&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 HOLLYWOOD - Smugglers dropped off nine Cubans on the beach Tuesday night, federal officials said. Five women, three men, and one juvenile came ashore near Jefferson Street, according to U.S. Custom... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15924268&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:45:18 -0400 Sun-Sentinel http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15924268&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 An 'escalation of provocative actions organized and financed by the U.S. Interests Section in Havana' has occurred in the past several weeks, the Cuban Foreign Ministry charged Wednesday. In an offici... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15918318&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:13:05 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15918318&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 President al-Assad congratulates on Belarus National Day French Ambassador in Damascus: We will Support Peace process during our presidency of the EU Frattini Affirms Italy's Support to Syrian Track o... http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15918317&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:13:02 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.thecubanews.net/?rid=15918317&cat=d3ec65f36ba00308 VIENNA, Austria (AFP): All eyes will be on Cuba during the Olympic boxing tournament in Beijing in August to see how the island nation has recovered from a spate of defections. 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