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Russian military team in Cuba - 28 Oct 2008
collaboration with Latin American countries, a Russian military delegation is in Cuba... general staff, Alvaro Lopez Miera, and the commander of Cuba's air force, Pedro..., Bolivia, Nicaragua, Cuba and even US ally Colombia.   In September

India, Cuba finalise agreement for cooperation in the Hydrocarbon sector - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): India and Cuba have finalised India Cuba Hydrocarbon... counterpart from Cuba Yadira Garcia Vera, Minister of Basic Industry... agreed that Indian Petroleum Minister would visit Cuba for signing the agreement

India, Cuba finalise agreement for cooperation in the Hydrocarbon sector - 01 Jan 2008
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): India and Cuba have finalised India Cuba Hydrocarbon... counterpart from Cuba Yadira Garcia Vera, Minister of Basic Industry... agreed that Indian Petroleum Minister would visit Cuba for signing the agreement

Russian warships to visit Cuba Friday - 15 Dec 2008
at the port of Havana in Cuba Friday - the Russian Navy's first visit to the communist.... 'This will be the first visit to Cuba by Russian warships since the Soviet... destroyer and two support ships will stay in Cuba until Dec 23.   'Cubans

Cuba, Caricom to strengthen ties - 05 Dec 2008
Havana, Dec 5 (Prensa Latina) A summit meeting of the leaders of Cuba and the Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries will be held here next week aiming at building closer ties. The Dec 8 summit of the 15-nation grouping would also

Cuba, EU to boost cooperation, political dialogue - 20 Mar 2009
Havana, March 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuba and the European Union (EU) have decided...;Businessmen from Cuba and EU countries participated in a meeting held here Thursday to discuss the issues.    The meeting was organised by Cuba's foreign

Hurricane Paloma weakens over Cuba - 10 Nov 2008
with winds of 35 miles per hour as it was moving away from central Cuba overnight... of Cuba's eastern central city of the Camaguey, some 534 km southeast of capital...; Paloma made landfall near Santa Cruz del Sur, a port in Cuba's Camaguey

Cuba sees boom in blind musicians - 13 Jan 2009
Havana, Jan 13 (IANS) Cuba has witnessed an increase in the number of amateur blind musicians as a result of the facilities offered to the visually challenged... that music was among the most practised art by the blind in Cuba, though theatre

Relations with Cuba at critical stage: Russia - 12 Nov 2008
Moscow, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) Russia's relationship with Cuba stands...; Perez Roque said Cuba and Russia are willing to develop permanent relations..., and noted Russia and Cuba have the common interest of defending international law

Chinese President Hu Jintao in Cuba - 19 Nov 2008
to Cuba apparently to have a close look at the partially reforming new... Hu's trip a sign of the close friendship between Cuba and China.  ... economic models. China has adopted market economics while Cuba still has a command

Caribbean leaders urge US to lift sanction against Cuba - 09 Dec 2008
Santiago (Cuba), Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) Caricom, an association of 15 Caribbean nations, has urged the US to immediately lift the economic blockade against Cuba... on noninterference in domestic affairs.   Cuba's President Raul Castro opened

Castro believes Obama wants to improve ties with Cuba - 09 Apr 2009
US President Barack Obama wants to improve relations with Cuba, but the US... Cuba to end the five-decade chill in US-Cuban ties, he replied by observing... year due to health reasons, told Rush Tuesday that Cuba has not been the aggressor

'Cuba won't house Russian missile defence system' - 11 Nov 2008
Moscow, Nov 11 (IANS) Cuba has ruled out installing on its soil elements... defence system in Cuba, he said: 'The answer is no.'  The matter... its attention from Cuba.  'It is for both the parties to be in agreement

Russian lawmakers slam US economic embargo on Cuba - 18 Oct 2008
on the international community to denounce the US' economic blockade of Cuba and appealed for aid... aid, which Washington formally agreed to offer and which Cuba refused to accept... that strengthened the US embargo against Cuba in 1996, saying Cuba would then be able to buy

US delegation to Cuba meets Fidel Castro - 08 Apr 2009
with three visiting members of the US Congress in what they called a sign that Cuba... have the right to travel to Cuba. It's in our economic interest to do business with Cuba.'    Obama during his election campaign advocated a 'new

Cuba urges US to act fast in improving relations - 24 Jan 2009
Guatemala City, Jan 24 (IANS) Cuba has urged the new US administration... at a table and talk in a civilized manner, but it is not up to Cuba to take the first... from the Non-Aligned Movement.  'Cuba aspires to having normal

Obama urged to lift US blockade on Cuba - 06 Nov 2008
on Cuba. Bolivian President Evo Morales and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... of siege on Cuba 'has no human explanation'.  Leaders of Mexico

Russia may help Cuba build space center - 01 Jan 2008
London, September 18 (ANI): After talks in Caracas with Venezuelan and Cuban officials, Russia's space agency chief has said that Moscow is ready to help Cuba... about the possibility of creating a space centre in Cuba with our help," Anatoly

Cuba has lowest AIDS rate in Caribbean - 28 Nov 2008
Havana, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has the lowest HIV/AIDS prevalence rate at 0.1 percent of the population in the Caribbean, the National AIDS Prevention.../AIDS in Cuba, with 3,000 getting antiretroviral therapy, in line

Obama urged to end Bush's Cuba embargo - 11 Dec 2008
to Cuba as a first step toward normalizing relations with the communist-ruled... to eliminate a 'failed' policy of isolation against Cuba.  It is time... Cuba policy which is a vestige of the Cold War, they said.  'If the 28

Venezuela, Cuba to form joint ventures on energy, telecom - 15 Dec 2008
Caracas, Dec 15 (IANS) Venezuela and Cuba have reached an agreement for joint... for the oil and liquefied natural gas refining system in Cuba,' that will expand... development projects and 36 new ones' worth $2 billion.  Venezuela and Cuba

Cuba breaks national record with 200,000 medical students - 09 Oct 2008
Havana, Oct 9 (DPA) Cuba broke its record for domestic and foreign students....'   Cuba holds its free health system as a flagship government programme...;  Cuba has four medical science institutes, 24 schools of medicine, four

India votes at UN for lifting US embargo on Cuba - 30 Oct 2008
to lift the economic embargo imposed on Cuba 46 years ago, India has opposed...;The Cuba-sponsored resolution was passed 179-4 by the UN General Assembly. The four...'.   The resolution condemning the US embargo on Cuba, which

Cuba braces for more austerity to face global recession - 29 Dec 2008
Havana, Dec 29 (IANS) Cuba, reeling under three devastating hurricanes in recent months and a 50-year old US embargo, is bracing for more austerity measures... Sep 7-9, while Gustav hit western Cuba Aug 30 and Hurricane Paloma made

UN seeks end to US embargo on Cuba - 30 Oct 2008
United Nations, Oct 30 (IANS) The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution calling on the US to end its 46-year-old economic embargo on Cuba, EFE reported... recent hurricanes.  Cuba says the embargo has cost its economy more than

'Cuba will watch Obama policy before opening talks' - 06 Dec 2008
Havana, Dec 6 (IANS) Cuba has said it will watch 'practical actions... leader Fidel Castro in a signed article published Friday that Cuba is ready... day, we've always said so, between the United States and Cuba on the basis

EU, Cuba ties thaw, aid flow resumes - 24 Oct 2008
, the European Union (EU) and Cuba have agreed to resume aid links, with the 27-nation bloc... also said the EU will follow 'very closely' the situation in Cuba in order to send... of the cooperation that was interrupted in 2003 by Cuba after the European bloc

Cuba joins hand with Latin America for regional integration - 17 Dec 2008
Sauipe Coast (Brazil), Dec 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has officially joined... (Caricom) and the Central American Integration System 'are welcoming Cuba, with open arms'.   Cuba was expelled from the Organization of American States

Cuba holds key role in Russia's Latin American policy - 26 Dec 2008
, the Russian envoy to Cuba said Friday. 'Cuba holds a key role' in Russia's foreign policy because Cuba 'has much authority and a lot of influence...;The diplomat noted that much more than a bilateral relationship, cooperation with Cuba

Fifty years after revolution Cuba facing serious challenges - 29 Dec 2008
Havana, Dec 29 (EFE) As Cuba prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary... in the Cuban capital.  Cuba's highest ranking officials continue to be many... achievements. The future of those services in Cuba, home to some 11.2 million

Cuba unsure what to expect from Obama - 21 Jan 2009
Havana, Jan 21 (IANS) Cuba's parliament speaker has praised Barack Obama's inaugural address as US president while stressing that it remains to be seen whether...; Although the new US president did not mention Cuba or any other foreign

Cuba's hurricanes damage estimated at more than $10 bn - 13 Nov 2008
Havana, Nov 13 (IANS) Cuba has sustained losses worth more than $10 billion...,' Castro told reporters Wednesday in eastern Cuba that bore the brunt of the latest of the three hurricanes, Paloma.  Between Aug 9 and Nov 9, Cuba

Clouds of change over Cuba - 27 Jul 2007
reflected some change on cards. He reflected his wish to give Cuba a new... gave enemies an opportunity to rejoice and expect the chaos in Cuba though... that US may play a role in new Cuba. He hinted at the negotiations he might have

Obama signs new spending bill to ease sanctions on Cuba - 12 Mar 2009
on Cuba. Obama, who signed the bill Wednesday, however said... administration which limited travel to Cuba to just two weeks every three years

Russia says it'll rebuild ties with old ally Cuba - 12 Nov 2008
Moscow, Nov 12 (IANS) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Cuba is one... reported Wednesday. 'Cuba has been and is one of our key partners in Latin... and trade relations with Cuba, a country almost forgotten by the Kremlin in the decade

Obama signs new spending bill, eases sanctions on Cuba - 12 Mar 2009
sanctions on Cuba. Obama, who signed the bill Wednesday, however said... by the Bush administration which limited travel to Cuba to just two weeks every three

US business groups urge Obama to end Cuba embargo - 05 Dec 2008
the process of scrapping Washington's 46-year-old economic embargo on Cuba, EFE... restrictions on Cuba,' the group said in an open letter to Obama.   ... as Cuba struggles to recover from the damage of three hurricanes.  

Cuba will remain socialist: Fidel Castro - 06 Oct 2008
from two hurricanes.  Cuba said it suffered $5 billion in damage to crops... nearly all of Cuba's territory Sep 7-9, 10 days after Hurricane Gustav battered... in Cuba, which is suffering from shortages of food, fuel and other essential

Hurricane Paloma hits Cuba - 09 Nov 2008
Miami, Nov 9 (IANS) Hurricane Paloma with wind speed of 195 km an hour hit the central Cuban province of Camaguey late Saturday, EFE news agency reported.

Cuba's Raoul Castro suggests prisoner exchange with US - 19 Dec 2008
to exchange these Cuban 'heroes' for political prisoners in Cuba - although it wasn't clear how serious he was.   'These prisoners (in Cuba... to a question posed by journalists about the dissidents imprisoned in Cuba.   'We

Hurricane Paloma with 195-km an hour windspeed hits Cuba - 09 Nov 2008
that had threatened. Cuban officials said they expected Paloma to leave Cuba... has already buffeted the Cayman Islands on its way to Cuba, but spared... to all the roofs that I can see.'   Cuba was struck by two powerful

EU, Cuba to open dialogue soon: Spain - 06 Oct 2008
would take place between Cuba and France, which currently holds the EU rotating...;The EU agreed in June to lift the diplomatic sanctions imposed on Cuba in 2003 and to open an unconditional dialogue with the goal of improving Cuba's political

EU, Cuba to open dialogue soon: Spain - 01 Jan 2008
would take place between Cuba and France, which currently holds the EU rotating...;The EU agreed in June to lift the diplomatic sanctions imposed on Cuba in 2003 and to open an unconditional dialogue with the goal of improving Cuba's political

Cuba not afraid of talks with US: Fidel Castro - 07 Apr 2009
visited Cuba to try to end mutual distrust and amid reports that President Barack... of the US against Cuba for almost half a century have been a total failure,' said Fidel... residents who wish to travel to Cuba, made the proposal for a Cuba envoy in an op-ed

Spanish aid worker barred from Cuba - 08 Oct 2008
arrived in the eastern city of Santiago to help Cuba's storm victims resettle... opposition Popular Party Jorge Moragas said Regojo had been held in custody in Cuba

Cuba promises a high-profile boxing coach for India - 06 Jan 2009
that the federation has approached Cuba Desportes (Cuban sports authority... with the Thai boxers, so we wanted him. But Cuba Desportes wants him back home

Hu meets Fidel Castro, promises better China-Cuba ties - 19 Nov 2008
in a sports suit in Cuba's national colours of red, white and blue, a view of him very... occasions with foreign leaders who have come to Cuba.  The statement... that will be concluded between Cuba and China'.  According to China's official

Bush says 'Cuba will be free from tyranny one day' - 14 Jan 2009
of freedom.'   'One day, the people of Cuba would enjoy this same... US' support to defend freedom in Cuba. 'All Cubans have the right to be treated..., for nearly half a century Cuba's second-in-command, was elected as country's new

Under Obama, Cuban Americans anticipate change in US policy towards Cuba - 25 Jan 2009
unpopular Bush administration restrictions on travel to Cuba for Cuban-Americans...;"Popular support for the [Bush] policy toward Cuba is diminishing," the Washington... by Cuban-Americans to Cuba to once every three years, a majority of Cuban

Ready to discuss Cuba blockade with Obama, says Raul Castro - 16 Dec 2008
become more and more difficult to isolate Cuba from the outside world,' he said... that it is impossible to break us,' Castro said, adding that more than 70 percent of Cuba's

Castro wants to know what Obama will change in US' Cuba policy - 05 Feb 2009
and trade embargo against Cuba as well as about a number of traditionally divisive

Cuba can talk with US under Obama: Fidel Castro - 06 Dec 2008
on Cuba and 65 percent say it should re-establish diplomatic ties

Two Cuban football players 'disappear' in Washington - 11 Oct 2008
Washington, Oct 11 (DPA) Two players from Cuba's national football team, here... confirmed. 'It is always a problem for the Cuba team,' the team's German coach... Alcantara, 26 - who also play for clubs in Cuba's domestic league.   

Guantanamo Bay teems with rich wildlife - 04 Apr 2009
Washington, April 4 (ANI): Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, may be notorious for housing... and animals found only in Cuba thrive in virgin subtropical dry forests and swim... in mainland Cuba," said Toledo Zoo's Peter Tolson, who has years of experience

Obama to keep poll promises - pull out of Iraq, crush Al-Qaeda, close Cuba prison - 17 Nov 2008
;Obama also pledged to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, and harsh

Obama orders suspension of Guantanamo prosecutions - 21 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan 21 (DPA) US President Barack Obama on his first day in office ordered the suspension of prosecutions at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for 120 days, CNN reported Wednesday, citing the military.   

Raul Castro ready to meet Obama at US military base at Guantanamo Bay - 27 Nov 2008
New York, Nov 27 (ANI): Cuban President Raul Castro seems quite optimistic of the normalization of relations between the US and Cuba. In an interview, actor Sean Penn asked Castro if he would meet U.S. President-elect Barack Obama

Cuban ballet to perform in Egypt, Canada - 14 Jan 2009
Havana, Jan 14 (IANS) Cuban ballet Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba will perform its show 'Fuerza y compas' (Force and Beat) in Egypt and Holland, Cuban news agency....   Founded in 1999 as Iberian Dances, the Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba

Raul Castro calls Obama 'a good man', wishes him luck - 22 Jan 2009
Havana, Jan 22 (IANS) Cuba's President Raul Castro Wednesday said US President... leader Cristina Fernandez.  His comments came almost a day after Cuba's... older brother Fidel as Cuba's president in February 2008, has said more than

Spain offers to help Obama in closing Guantanamo - 21 Jan 2009
Madrid, Jan 21 (DPA) Spain Wednesday offered to help US President Barack Obama in closing the prison camp in Guantanamo in Cuba. Spain would, however, first want to be informed in detail about the legal situation of each

US names envoy to oversee closing Guantanamo - 13 Mar 2009
Washington, March 13 (DPA) The US Thursday named a veteran diplomat to oversee the closure of the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and potential... in Cuba and a review of the cases of 245 inmates. The US hopes to transfer some

Judge orders release of Chines Muslims held in Guantanamo - 08 Oct 2008
Washington, Oct 8 (DPA) A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Tuesday to release in the United States 17 Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. US District Judge Ricardo Urbina ruled that because the Uighurs

Obama signs executive order to close Guantanamo camp - 23 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan 23 (DPA) US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Thursday to close the controversial prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba within a year. The order sets into motion a review of the cases of all

Gilani urges US to repatriate Pakistani prisoners from Guantanamo - 05 Jan 2009
Islamabad, Jan 5 (Xinhua) Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Monday urged the US to repatriate all Pakistani nationals held at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba. Gilani made the remarks during a meeting with visiting US

Latin American leaders, Cuban dissidents urge Obama to lift sanctions - 06 Nov 2008
to lift the decades-old blockade on Cuba. Bolivian President Evo Morales... Ollanta Humala said that the policy of siege on Cuba 'has no human explanation'. ... of Cuba has been more theoretical than real in the face of the priorities

Oz Government mulls rehabilitating Guantanamo Bay inmates - 27 Dec 2008
Melbourne, Dec 27 (ANI): The Australian Government has left open the possibility of taking former inmates from the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd warned that any US request for an inmate to come would

Cuban revolution 'stronger than ever' at 50: Raul Castro - 02 Jan 2009
Santiago de Cuba, Jan 2 (DPA) Cuban President Raul Castro said Thursday that the Cuban revolution after 50 years was 'stronger than ever despite the obsessive... spoke in Santiago de Cuba, the southern town where Fidel Castro declared victory

Closing down Guantanamo prison quickly is a challenge: Obama - 12 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan 12 (Xinhua) US president-elect Barack Obama Sunday said that it is challenging to close down the Guantanamo prison in Cuba soon after his... in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba in January 2002, to hold terror suspects and Taliban members

UN chief welcomes closure of Guantanamo - 24 Jan 2009
New York, Jan 24 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed US President Barack Obama's decision to close the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 'The United Nations has previously called for the closure of the Guantanamo

Obama to issue order to close Gitmo during first week in office - 13 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan.13 (ANI): President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order during his first week in office to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. According to FOX News, the order

Pentagon looking for alternatives to GITMO - 14 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan.14 (ANI): The Pentagon is looking at several military bases in the U.S. as possible sites to hold terrorist suspects now at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including Camp Pendleton in San Diego and Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.  

Gitmo prisoners could be arraigned before Obama's inauguration - 14 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan.14 (ANI): Suspected 9/11 conspirators held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba could be arraigned the day before Inauguration Day, sources have told FOX News. The reasons behind the possible arraignment

Young Cubans not interested in getting jobs - 14 Jan 2009
of Cuba's Communist Party, EFE news agency reported Tuesday. 'Idleness is one... Castro said.   Cuba is going through a distressing economic

Venezuela offers to accept Guantanamo prisoners - 02 Apr 2009
centre for suspected terrorists at the US navy base in Guantanamo, Cuba. 'We... the prisoners at Guantanamo 'and return Guantanamo Bay to Cuba and do away

'Raul Castro ready to meet Obama at Guantanamo' - 27 Nov 2008
in Guantanamo, Cuba, according to actor-director Sean Penn, EFE reported Thursday. ... the president of the United States to come to Cuba. We should meet in a neutral place... Cubans come to visit with their families. Let Americans come to Cuba,' Raul

Castro writes about his lack of longevity - 23 Jan 2009
years and said he wanted to reduce his influence in Cuba's government. ... about the inauguration of President Barack Obama in the United States, Cuba's... no more influence on Cuba's leaders.   'None of them should feel bound by my

Obama will have to go through legal maze to shut down GITMO - 21 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan.21 (ANI): New US President Barack Obama has promised that one of his first actions as the nation's chief executive would be to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  But closing the detention center

EU welcomes Obama's suspension of Guantanamo prosecutions - 22 Jan 2009
Brussels, Jan 22 (DPA) The European Union's top justice official Wednesday welcomed US President Barack Obama's decision to temporarily suspend prosecutions at the country's controversial prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. 'I am

67 Pakistanis were detained at Guantanamo: Minister - 13 Mar 2009
Islamabad, March 13 (IANS) Sixty-seven Pakistanis were detained at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay prison managed by Central Intelligence Agency of the US following the 9/11 terror attack, a minister has informed the National Assembly. 

Obama plans to close down Guantanamo - 15 Nov 2008
Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): After assuming office, President elect Barack Obama wants to close the prison facility for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. But, if it's shut down, what will the government do with all those detainees

Fidel Castro in very good shape, says Hugo Chavez - 28 Feb 2009
Caracas, Feb. 28 (ANI): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said 82-year-old former Cuban leader Fidel Castro seemed to be in a "very, very good shape" during their latest meeting in Cuba. "Fidel is - well - very, very, very good

Hemingway's works to be available in digital form - 31 Dec 2008
, will be available in digital form, starting Jan 5 - thanks to a project by Cuba's... process' that Cuba's National Cultural Heritage Council completed... and welcome specialists and researchers from Cuba and abroad.  The digital

More Guantanamo detainees have gone back to terrorism: Pentagon - 14 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan 14 (DPA) Sixty-one detainees once held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison are believed to have returned to terrorism after being released, the US Defence Department has said. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said

Bush leaves Guantanamo Bay prison headache for McCain, Obama - 21 Oct 2008
Washington, Oct.21 (ANI): U.S. President George W Bush has decided not close down the prison facility at the Guantanamo Bay naval base near Cuba, citing that there are too many legal and political risks for taking such a step. 

Spain moves to begin trial against Bush-era officials - 30 Mar 2009
London, March 30 (IANS) Criminal proceedings have begun in Spain against six senior officials of the former US president George Bush's administration for the use of torture against detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Guardian reported

Judge orders release of five Algerians at Guantanamo - 21 Nov 2008
Washington, Nov 21 (DPA) A US federal judge Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling the men cannot be held indefinitely without being charged. US District Judge Richard Leon ruled the men cannot

Cuban revolution 'stronger than ever' at 50: Raul Castro - 02 Jan 2009
Santiago de Cuba, Jan 2 (DPA) At a subdued celebration far away from... president spoke in Santiago de Cuba, the southern town where Fidel Castro... aggressiveness, every US administration has trier to impose a regime change in Cuba,' he

France wants common EU policy on Guantanamo prisoners - 26 Dec 2008
Paris, Dec 26 (DPA) France Friday called for a common European Union (EU) policy to deal with prisoners currently held in the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after the camp is closed as planned by president-elect Barack Obama in 2009

Bin Laden's freed ex-driver arrives in Yemen - 27 Nov 2008
Sana'a (Yemen), Nov 27 (DPA) The former driver of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden arrived in the Yemeni capital Wednesday after his release from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, security sources said. Salim Hamdan, 40

Bin Laden aide convicted in war crimes trial - 04 Nov 2008
Washington, Nov 4 (DPA) A propagandist for Osama bin Laden was found guilty Monday on three charges of war crimes at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, becoming only the second detainee convicted in a trial under President George W. Bush's

Releasing Gitmo detainees pose a danger to US: Bush - 16 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan.16 (ANI): President George W. Bush said Thursday that closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is "not as easy as it sounds," sending a warning to President-elect Barack Obama that he will have to find a way

`We are going to close Gitmo,' says Obama - 12 Jan 2009
Washington, Jan.12 (ANI) US President-elect Barack Obama has reiterated his promise to close the American military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where hundreds of detainees have been held for years without trial or even being charged

Yemen releases Osama bin Laden's ex-driver - 11 Jan 2009
Sana'a (Yemen), Jan 11 (DPA) Yemeni authorities have released the former driver of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden nearly two weeks after he was released from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a family source said Saturday

Report blames Rumsfeld, other officials for Guant namo Bay, Iraq prison abuse - 12 Dec 2008
Ghraib Prison in Iraq; the Guant namo Bay detention center in Cuba; and other

9/11 perpetrator is a calculating man, a monster in a monk's habit - 17 Dec 2008
Washington, Dec.17 (ANI): An American Brigadier General at the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba has described Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the main accused of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States as a calculating man, a monster

Obama issues order to close down GITMO - 23 Jan 2009
in Cuba. He also signed two other executive orders, one presidential directive... at closing the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, within the year; and orders

EU torn over taking on Guantanamo inmates - 23 Jan 2009
Brussels, Jan 23 (DPA) The notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba epitomized for many Europeans the arrogance with which former president George W. Bush trampled on basic civil rights in the name of his nebulous 'war on terrorism

Fidel Castro; the wall falling down - 21 Feb 2008
Fidel’s regime Cuba developed sour relation with America after he rejected the military pact with US and seized US establishments in Cuba and transformed... in Cuba and suffered the setback in 1961. On December 2, 1961, Castro declared

Raul Castro meets Iranian envoy, pledges stronger ties - 09 Jan 2009
Fidel, and stressed Iran´s friendship and solidarity towards Cuba.  During the meeting, Castro stressed on his 'confidence that relations between Cuba... Ambassasdor to Cuba Mostafa Alaei.  Cuba and Iran - both are straunch

Jailed Cuban journalist honoured in France - 05 Dec 2008
. He was recognized 'for helping an independent press to survive in Cuba...;'A reporter with the non-official Cuba Press and promoter of the independent magazine De Cuba, Alfonso embodies the difficulties that dissident media suffer