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  Barrack Obama to embark on historic visit to Cuba in March

  World | February 18, 2016 21:24 IST

  Washington: Barack Obama today announced that he along with Michelle will next month make a landmark Cuba visit, the first by a US President in nearly 90 years, as the two arch rivals look to

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  Barack Obama to visit Cuba in historic trip next month

  World | February 18, 2016 10:56 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama is set to visit Cuba in March, a move which would make him the first sitting US president to step foot on the island in over 80 years, the media

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  Dummy US Hellfire missile disappears, turns up in Cuba: Reports

  World | January 09, 2016 8:27 IST

  Washington: A dummy U.S. Hellfire missile was mistakenly shipped from Europe to Cuba in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.The inert missile did not contain any explosives, the Journal reported, but there are concerns

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  US and Cuba to resume regular commercial flights

  World | December 17, 2015 23:34 IST

  Washington: The US today announced the resumption of regular flights to and from Cuba, the latest step in the thawing relationship between the two Cold War-era enemies.“On December 16, the United States and Cuba reached

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  India opposes unilateral embargoes, joins call to lift Cuba sanctions

  World | October 28, 2015 11:54 IST

  United Nations: India reiterated its unambiguous opposition to unilateral embargoes imposed by countries through their domestic laws as New Delhi voted on Tuesday for a resolution calling for an end to the United States embargo

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  World Rapid Championship: Viswanathan Anand shines but misses podium

  Other Sports | October 13, 2015 20:59 IST

  Berlin: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand ended the World Rapid Championship on a positive note, scoring four points out of five games on the final day, but the Indian ace could only finish 25th after

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  Historic moment: US flag raised in Cuba after 54 years

  World | August 14, 2015 22:33 IST

  Washington: In a historic moment, the US today raised its national flag at its new Embassy in Cuba after a gap of over five decades, marking the end of one of the last vestige of

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  Hillary Clinton calls for lifting Cuba embargo

  World | August 01, 2015 6:29 IST

  Miami: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has called for lifting the embargo on Cuba, a media report said."The Cuba embargo needs to go once and for all," she said during a speech at Florida International

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  Hillary Clinton to call for lifting Cuba embargo

  World | July 31, 2015 10:03 IST

  Miami: Leading 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday will call on Congress to end the trade embargo the United States has imposed against Cuba since 1962.The position, which Clinton already outlined in

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  Cuba's reopened embassy in US to fly original vintage flag

  World | July 20, 2015 11:41 IST

  Havana (Washington) :  The Cuban government is preparing to reopen its embassy in Washingtonon Monday with the original Cuban flag that was taken down in 1961, when the two nations cut off ties.In a move heavy with

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  US, Cuba announces plan to open embassies

  World | July 02, 2015 8:46 IST

  Washington: President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba have finalized an agreement to reopen embassies in each other's capitals, a major step in ending hostilities between the Cold War foes, a senior

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  Sri Sri convinces FARC to adopt Gandhian principle of Non-violence

  India | June 29, 2015 17:47 IST

  La Habana (Cuba): FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), an armed group that has engaged in Colombian conflict for more than 50 years, finally agreed to give up arms and embrace Gandhian principle of Non-violence

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  US invites Cuba to adopt more open market

  World | June 03, 2015 6:48 IST

  Washington: The US Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Stefan Selig has invited Cuba to open its market and make reforms as part of the process of normalisation with the US at the inauguration of

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  US takes Cuba off terror list

  World | May 29, 2015 22:55 IST

  Washington:  In a landmark decision, the US today removed Cuba from its list of State Sponsor of Terrorism, paving the way for normalising ties frozen for half a century and lifting of additional sanctions against

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  US, Cuba close round of talks with no embassy announcement

  World | May 23, 2015 13:39 IST

  Washington DC: Cuba and the US completed a fourth round of negotiations on Friday with still no agreement on re-establishing embassies.Two days of discussions in Washington could not iron out enough of the differences that

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  Cuba-US talks going well: Raul Castro

  World | May 13, 2015 7:42 IST

  Havana: Cuban President Raul Castro said that negotiations with the US to restore formal relationship "are going well" and "at our own pace".Castro spoke to reporters on Tuesday at Havana's international airport after seeing off

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  Cuba to send medical brigade to quake-hit Nepal

  World | May 07, 2015 12:00 IST

  Havana (Cuba): will send a medical brigade to Nepal to help victims of the powerful earthquake that jolted the country on April 25, the public health ministry officials announced in Havana.The brigade would comprise 48

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  Barack Obama administration approves first ferry service to Cuba

  World | May 06, 2015 11:54 IST

  Havana: The Obama administration has approved the first ferry service in decades between the United States and Cuba, potentially opening a new path for the hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of millions of

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  Barack Obama endorses removing cuba from terrorism list

  World | April 15, 2015 8:00 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama told Congress his intent to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said.In a message to Congress on Tuesday, Obama certifies that the Cuban

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  Barack Obama to decide if Cuba will be taken off terrorism sponsor list

  World | April 14, 2015 9:36 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama will decide soon on whether or not to remove Cuba from the list of states that sponsor terrorism, a move that would allow Washington to lift a series of sanctions