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  Over 100 dead after Boeing 737 crashes shortly after take off from Jose Marti airport in Cuba's Havana

  World | May 19, 2018 10:15 IST

  Four crash survivors were taken to a Havana hospital, and three remained alive as of mid-afternoon, hospital director Martinez Blanco told Cuban state TV.

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  Cuban plane carrying 104 passengers crashes on take-off from Havana

  World | May 18, 2018 23:26 IST

  According to the state media, the Boeing 737 operated by Cubana de Aviacion crashed "near the international airport.

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  Raul Castro retires as Cuban president, outlines future

  World | April 20, 2018 7:21 IST

  Castro's 90-minute valedictory speech offered his first clear vision for the nation's future power structure under new President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez. 

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  Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba president

  World | April 19, 2018 19:25 IST

    The National Assembly announced that Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez had been approved as the sole candidate for president. The 86-year-old Castro will remain head of the Communist Party

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  US to ask Cuba to cut embassy staff by 60 per cent, say officials

  World | October 03, 2017 11:42 IST

  The US request marks yet another major setback for relations between the United States and Cuba, two countries that only recently renewed diplomatic relations after a half-century of hostility.

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  US cuts Havana embassy staff, warns against travel to Cuba

  World | September 29, 2017 20:54 IST

  The decision deals a blow to already delicate ties between the U.S. and Cuba, longtime enemies who only recently began putting their hostility behind them.

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  Pig with face similar to monkey born in Cuba

  Blah | August 21, 2017 15:40 IST

  The piglet has a long jaw, large nostrils and a simian-like protuberance over its eyes.

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  Piglet with the face of monkey born in Cuba

  World | August 21, 2017 12:12 IST

  A dark-skinned piglet with a face similar to that of a monkey was born last week in a Cuban town.

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  Trump rolls back Obama's 'one-sided' Cuba policy, announces restrictions

  World | June 17, 2017 6:56 IST

  US President Donald Trump on Friday announced roll back of Barack Obama's signature Cuba policy.

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  Donald Trump faces tough task unwinding Obama Cuba policy

  World | June 02, 2017 23:18 IST

  This is the complex scenario facing President Donald Trump as Cuban-American legislators and lobbyists pressure him to fulfill his campaign promise to undo Obama’s deal with Cuba.

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  Barack Obama ends 20-year-old special immigration policy for Cubans

  World | January 13, 2017 7:09 IST

  In the last days of his administration, outgoing US President Barack Obama has announced to end 20-year-old ‘wet foot, dry foot’ policy that allows Cuban migrants who reach American soil to become legal permanent residents after a year.

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  Cuba will ban naming of monuments after Fidel Castro, says brother Raul

  World | December 04, 2016 9:26 IST

  Cuban President Raul Castro announced on that his government would honour the wishes of his brother Fidel and would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after him and bar the construction of statues of him.

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  Mourning Cubans look to future without Fidel Castro, exiles in US celebrate his death

  World | November 27, 2016 9:54 IST

  One side hailing Fidel Castro a great leader and mourning his death while and others calling him a brutal dictator and celebrating his death.

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  When Fidel Castro gave a bear hug to a surprised Indira Gandhi

  World | November 26, 2016 14:47 IST

  Iconic Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who died on Friday, will be remembered in India for his close association with the Nehru-Gandhi family.

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  Baseball fanatic to Cuba’s revolutionary leader: 10 facts you should know about Fidel Castro

  World | November 26, 2016 14:56 IST

  Guerrilla revolutionary and communist idol, Fidel Castro passed away late night on Friday at the age of 90. The former Cuban President has left behind him a legacy that will be remembered for generations to

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  Revolutionary Cuban icon Fidel Castro dies at 90, PM Modi condoles death of a ‘great friend’

  World | November 26, 2016 14:55 IST

  Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died. He was 90.

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  Fierce Hurricane Matthew heads for the south-eastern United States after killing 102

  World | October 06, 2016 23:26 IST

  After killing at least 102 people, mostly in Haiti, Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, moved toward the Bahamas and Florida's eastern coast on Thrusday. The damage from the storm

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  US cruise ship travels to Cuba after over 50 years

  World | May 02, 2016 12:41 IST

  Washington: An American cruise ship is sailing to Cuba from the US, the first such trip in more than 50 years. The Adonia sailed from the port of Miami carrying some 700 passengers on

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  Cuba does not need any gifts from United States: Fidel Castro

  World | March 29, 2016 11:52 IST

  Cuba’s Fidel Castro signaled continued resistance to rapprochement between Washington and Havana, writing in an opinion piece today that his country “has no need of gifts” from the United States.

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  In a historic visit, Obama arrives in Cuba; aims to push acrimony into past

  World | March 21, 2016 7:06 IST

  Stepping into history, President Barack Obama opened an extraordinary visit to Cuba today, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary. With this visit, Obama has also become the