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(Photo: AP / Javier Galeano)Raul Castro's daughter granted US visa
Mariela Castro, director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education and daughter of Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, meets with a U.S. women's delegation in Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 6, 2011....Full Story

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(Photo: AP/Rodrigo Abd)Cuba's crumbling buildings mean Havana housing shortage
In a common practice to buy and sell goods in tall apartment buildings, a woman lowers a basket on a rope to the street in Old Havana, Friday, July 27, 2007, next to a hanging photograph of Fidel Castro. Life has remained little changed in communist-run ...Full Story

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Cuban hurdler Robles targets fast time in U.S.
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA, May 17 (Reuters) - Cuba's Olympic high hurdles champion Dayron Robles will attempt to get close to 13 seconds when he sharpens his London Games build-up with his first athletics meetings in the United States next month. The world record holder, ...Full Story
Gravel spill blocking lanes on westbound I-580 in Castro Valley
A gravel spill is blocking three lanes of westbound Interstate 580 near Eden Canyon Road in Castro Valley, causing a huge traffic pileup, the California Highway Patrol reported. | ...Full Story
Amid oil cuts, Ahmadinejad speed dials PM Manmohan Singh
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet NEW DELHI: Amid talk of reducing crude imports from Iran, and barely a week after US secretary of state Hillary Clinton's visit to India, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, urging him to expand bila...Full Story
Castro's daughter obtains US visa
| Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a US visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York. The travel permission sparked a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American politicians who say she is an enemy of democracy and a shill for the Communist gov...Full Story
The Shortwave Report 05/18 Listen Globally!
| Dear Radio Friend, | The latest Shortwave Report (May 18) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom ...Full Story
Cuban president's daughter gets U.S. visa
| Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American politicians who called her an enemy of democracy and a shill for the Communist government her family ...Full Story
Exploring While Leaving Fingerprints
By ANDREW LAVALLEE | Pharrell Williams is widely known for his music, which spans his work as a producer with everyone from Jay-Z to Britney Spears, to his own band, N.E.R.D. | His listeners might not be as familiar with his art collection, but Mr. Williams is a fan of ...Full Story
Rubio upset over US issuing visa to Castro's daughter
|   Print   Email   Share   Comments Recommend Tweet | Share This Article | Newsletter Signup | Sign up for free e-mail news alerts from FoxNews.com and FoxBusiness.com. Newsletter Signup | ...Full Story
Dwayne De Rosario gets the call-up to Canadian national team
John Haydon | Ask me a question. | Follow @JohnAHaydon | WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 — D.C. United captain Dwayne De Rosario, who scored a goal in the club's 2-0 win over the Colorado Rapids' on Wednesday night, has been called-up to the Canadian national team for tw...Full Story
Latin America’s school for dictators
| A year ago this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated the College for Defense of the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA) with a speech in which he called for the expulsion of U.S. intelligence agencies, a new military doctrine based on “as...Full Story
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How to reach achieve real political reform in Cuba
The Miami Herald | What’s the best way to mark the fifth annual Cuba Solidarity Day? If we want to help the long-suffering people of Fidel Castro’s island “paradise,” the answer should be obvious: Shine a light on the repression and tyrann...
Remembering Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's literary legend
Kansas City Star Damian Dovarganes Mexican author Carlos Fuentes died May 15. | Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his love affair with language. | I was struc...
Ricketts, Racism and Retraction
Yahoo Daily News | COMMENTARY | Players and coaches in baseball, as well as off-field personnel, are prohibited from criticizing umpires. But where else is that line drawn? Major League baseball enforces a code of conduct and behavior, maintaining standards that are ...
MARK CUBAN: Facebook Is The Most Important IPO EVER – But Not For The Reasons You Think
Business Insider | Mark Cuban | URL | Mark Cuban is chairman of HDNet and owner of the Dallas Mavericks. (He sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo in 1999 for $5.7 billion) He is the author of 'How to WIn at the Sport of Business, If I Can Do It, You Can Do It.' Recent Posts T...
Cuba President's Daughter Gets U.S. Visa
Time Magazine | (HAVANA) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The travel permission sparked a firestorm of criticism from Cuban-American po...
Dixie Linder names joint head of Cuba Pictures
Screen Daily | Dixie Linder has been named joint head of the film and television at Cuba Pictures, alongside Tally Garner. | Dixie Linder has been named joint head of the film and television at Cuba Pictures, alongside Tally Garner. | The company’s credits incl...
Congratulations To Living Fuel Champion Manuel Huerta On Winning A Spot On The U.S. Olympic ...
Yahoo Daily News | Manny Huerta Qualified For The 2012 Olympic Games In London This Summer By Placing Among Top Finishers At Last Saturday’s ITU World Triathlon Event In San Diego | Orlando, FL (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 Manuel Huerta and Hunter Kemper won spots on t...
James Abdnor, Former South Dakota Senator, Dies at 89
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | James Abdnor, a South Dakota Republican farmer who liked to say that he got off his tractor and went to Washington, where he served four terms in Congress and one in the Senate after defeating the Democratic incumbent, George S. McGovern, in 1980, ...
Raul Castro's daughter granted US visa
The Guardian | Cuban American politicians oppose the decision, arguing that Mariela Castro is an apologist for the communist government Mariela Castro is a noted advocate of gay rights. Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP | The daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro h...
Fidel Castro's niece gets US visa for San Francisco conference
Contra Costa Times HAVANA -- The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. | ...
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
The Boston Globe | HAVANA-The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American p...
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
CNBC | HAVANA - The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American...
U.S. visa to Mariela Castro sparks angry complaints
The Miami Herald | A decision by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make an exemption and issue a visa to Mariela Castro, the daughter of Cuban ruler Raul Castro, has drawn irate criticisms from Cuban-American lawmakers and activists. | The visa approval came amid...
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
STL Today | The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decision has already drawn fire from Cuban-American politici...
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
The Guardian | ANDREA RODRIGUEZ | Associated Press= HAVANA (AP) — The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend an academic conference in San Francisco and another event, one of her associates confirmed Thursday. The decisio...
Mariela Castro, Cuba President's Daughter, To Visit US
Huffington Post Mariela Castro, daughter of Cuba's President Raul Castro, holds a sign demanding President Barack Obama return five Cuban intelligence agents imprisoned in U.S., popularly known as the "Cuban Five," before the start of a parade marking the upcoming I...
Teen Samuel Piette makes Canada's preliminary soccer roster
CBC | Samuel Piette is getting another shot with Canada's men's soccer team. | The 17-year-old midfielder from Repentigny, Que., was included on Stephen Hart's 22-man preliminary roster announced today for three key games. | The Canadians will host the U...
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