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  US, Cuba hold highest-level meeting after 1959

  World | April 10, 2015 12:15 IST

  Panama City: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held a highest-level meeting in Panama City after a period of 56 years.The last high-level meeting took place in 1959, when

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  US-Cuba restore direct phone communications

  World | March 12, 2015 12:14 IST

  Havana: Cuba and the US have restored direct telephone communications which were cut off in 1999.The state-run Telecommunications Company of Cuba S.A.(Etecsa) said on Wednesday that it has re-established direct connection between the two countries,

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  No plan to hand over Guantanamo to Cuba: US

  World | January 30, 2015 8:21 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama does not plan to return the territory on which the Guantanamo Bay naval base is located to Cuba, although he aims at closing down the prison set up there, the

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  Cuba will not accept any interference from the United States on internal affairs, warns President Raul Castro

  World | January 29, 2015 11:22 IST

  San Jose: Cuban President Raul Castro Wednesday warned United States on interfering in its internal affairs. Castro said, “Meddling in its internal affairs would make rapprochement between the two countries “meaningless.”“Everything appears to indicate that

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  US to loosen trade, finance, and travel embargo against Cuba

  World | January 16, 2015 8:13 IST

  Washington: The Obama administration said on Thursday that it will loosen trade, finance, and travel embargo against Cuba.The US Departments of Treasury and Commerce on Thursday announced regulatory amendments to sanctions on Cuba following the

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  Cuba celebrates first Christmas Eve after reconciliation with US

  World | December 25, 2014 9:02 IST

  Havana: People in Cuba celebrated the first Christmas Eve after their government agreed to reconciliation with the US.Without lavish Christmas decorations on the streets and with the initial euphoria accompanying the announcement now quite subdued.Just

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  Cuba open to reciprocal dialogue with US

  World | December 21, 2014 8:40 IST

  Havana: Cuban President Raul Castro informed the parliament on Saturday that his government is willing to have reciprocal dialogue on any topic with the US."We reiterate our willingness for respectful and reciprocal dialogue concerning disagreements,"

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  Hillary Clinton backs shift in US policy toward Cuba

  World | December 19, 2014 6:36 IST

  Washington: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, widely considered the Democratic frontrunner for the 2016 White House race, said on Thursday that she supported President Barack Obama's decision to "change course" in Washington's policy

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  India hails US move to revive diplomatic ties with Cuba

  India | December 18, 2014 16:17 IST

  New Delhi: India today welcomed the US' decision to re-establish diplomatic relations with Cuba after a gap of more than five decades.“India, which enjoys excellent relations with the United States of America and the Republic

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  US, Cuba restoring ties very positive: UN chief

  World | December 18, 2014 6:35 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday heralded restoration of ties between the US and Cuba as "positive news", thanking leaders of both countries for "the very important step"."The news is very positive.

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  Cuba says doctor catches Ebola in Sierra Leone

  World | November 19, 2014 10:57 IST

  Havana: A member of the 165-member medical team Cuba sent to fight Ebola in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with the disease, state media reported on Tuesday.Dr. Felix Baez Sarria is being treated by British

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  UN General Assembly again urges US to end Cuba embargo

  World | October 29, 2014 12:54 IST

  United Nations: The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand that the US end its 52-year-old economic embargo against Cuba.The assembly has adopted a similar resolution every year going back to 1992.Tuesday's vote was 188-2,

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  Head of Cuba's Ebola effort expects more aid soon

  World | October 18, 2014 8:00 IST

  Havana: A leftist Latin American summit next week should generate more aid to fight Ebola, including additional Cuban doctors and support staff from other nations, the head of Cuba's effort to slow the disease said

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  Cricketers fight for foothold in baseball-mad Cuba

  Cricket | October 09, 2014 10:42 IST

  Havana: The ball bounced off the pavement and Yordeni Caballero swung, whacking it with a soft thud and hurling his bat to the side as if he'd hit a homerun. As the 7-year-old raced down

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  Cuba mulls economy, graft in Parliament session

  World | July 06, 2014 6:57 IST

  Havana, Cuba: Cuban parliamentarians met Saturday in one of their twice-annual sessions, with the country's limping economy and the 2014 budget foremost on the agenda.Government-run website Cubadebate published pictures of President Raul Castro presiding over

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  Cuba mobile email experiment causes chaos

  May 17, 2014 18:46 IST

  Havana: On an island where most people have no Internet access, the arrival of mobile phone email service was embraced with joy.Tens of thousands of Cubans began emailing like crazy in March - for days,

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  Revealed: US planned fake terror attacks in 1962 to blame Cuba

  World | November 23, 2013 22:33 IST

  New Delhi: According to secret and long-hidden documents, the Joint Chiefs of Staff drew up and approved plans for what may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government – a fake

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  Vice President Ansari in Cuba

  World | October 30, 2013 9:54 IST

  Havana: Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari arrived in Cuba on Tuesday  to hold talks with the political leadership on bilateral and multilateral issues. Ansari held wide-ranging bilateral talks with his counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez. Ansari will call

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  Cuban hurdler Ortega defects from national team

  Other Sports | August 22, 2013 22:35 IST

  Havana:  Cuba's 110 metres hurdler Orlando Ortega, who finished sixth in the London Olympics, defected from the national team during the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Moscow."Attitudes like his have nothing to do with

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  Gold Cup: Cuba eliminated

  Football | July 22, 2013 6:30 IST

  Atlanta (US), July 22: Caribbean Cup champions Cuba were eliminated from the CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournament with a 1-6 loss to Panama in a quarterfinal game.Cuba opened the scoring in the 21st minute from Jose