Cuba
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Barack Obama-Raul Castro meeting overshadows anti-US line at summit
World | Apr 12, 2015, 09:53 AM ISTPanama City: As usual when Latin America leftist leaders get together with U.S. officials, there were plenty of swipes at the U.S. during the seventh Summit of the Americas.From 19th century territorial raids on Mexico
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US, Cuba hold highest-level meeting after 1959
World | Apr 10, 2015, 12:15 PM ISTPanama 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 | Mar 12, 2015, 12:14 PM ISTHavana: 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 | Jan 30, 2015, 08:21 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Jan 29, 2015, 11:22 AM ISTSan 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 | Jan 16, 2015, 08:13 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Dec 25, 2014, 09:02 AM ISTHavana: 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 | Dec 21, 2014, 08:40 AM ISTHavana: 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 | Dec 19, 2014, 06:36 AM ISTWashington: 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 | Dec 18, 2014, 04:17 PM ISTNew 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 | Dec 18, 2014, 06:35 AM ISTUnited 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 | Nov 19, 2014, 10:57 AM ISTHavana: 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 | Oct 29, 2014, 12:54 PM ISTUnited 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 | Oct 18, 2014, 08:00 AM ISTHavana: 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 | Oct 09, 2014, 10:42 AM ISTHavana: 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 | Jul 06, 2014, 06:57 AM ISTHavana, 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, 06:46 PM ISTHavana: 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 | Nov 23, 2013, 10:33 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 30, 2013, 09:54 AM ISTHavana: 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 | Aug 22, 2013, 10:35 PM ISTHavana: 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