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A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.
President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end.
Human Rights Watch says conditions in Cuba have not improved under Raul Castro and in some ways are worse than they had been when his brother Fidel was president.
A hunger strike by a Cuban dissident has been a hot story for Miami-based Spanish-language media, and concern about her health even reached the halls of the U.S. Congress, where an anti-Castro lawmaker warned that she was "close to death."
Softball has been a passion for Michael Eizenberg since he was a child, but the 63-year-old has never been as excited about a game as the one played Monday on a children's ball field at a faded sports complex under Havana's warm Caribbean sun.
Supporters of tough U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government have given more than $10 million to congressional campaigns over the last seven years, according to a study released late Sunday night by a group supporting campaign finance reform.
"Pingpong diplomacy" thawed relations between the United States and China in 1971. Can "baseball diplomacy" help do the same for the U.S. and Cuba?
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President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro and indicating he won't visit the island until the communist government changes its ways.
Eight American scientists, including Nobel laureate in chemistry Peter Agre, are in Havana to engage in "science diplomacy."
The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island.
A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.
The European Union's development commissioner wants Cuba to show signs it's serious about protecting fundamental human rights.
The habanero peppers, oranges and peanuts cost more at Cuba's free-market "agros" — farmers markets where vendors, not the government, set prices. But food stalls overflow with abundance not seen elsewhere on the shortage-plagued island.
Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu.
Cuba is willing to hold talks with the United States "on any level," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday in conciliatory remarks aimed at the Obama administration.
Michael Douglas staged an impromptu walking tour of the Cuban capital's historic district Tuesday, posing for photos with construction workers and surprised residents.
Cuba has freed one of the 54 political prisoners still behind bars following a state crackdown on dissent six years ago and also paroled a Spanish businessman awaiting trial for bribery, officials in Spain and a Cuban political opposition group said Tuesday.
Spain's foreign minister met with Cuban leader Raul Castro and other government leaders Monday during an official visit that has caused a stir for who he wouldn't see: top political opposition leaders on the island.
The first Cuban ambassador to El Salvador since the early 1960s has presented his credentials, the government of leftist President Mauricio Funes said Sunday.
Under Cuba's communist system, the government calls all the shots all the time — but during monster hurricanes that may not be such a bad thing, New Orleans' mayor says.
Cuba has quietly made it easier to obtain state permission to build or remodel homes even as it pledges to crack down like never before on unlicensed residential construction, including routine do-it-yourself projects.
Cuba's Communist Youth Union has replaced its 41-year-old director and promoted its second-in-command, six years his junior.
Cuba offers free penis implantsCuba's government has offered its first free penis implants, part of a program set to be expanded across the communist island, an official newspaper has reported.
Skepticism greets bill to lift 50-year-old Cuba travel restrictionsIt may not quite be time to start planning that trip to Havana.
BBC News - President Obama replies to Cuba's dissident bloggerUS President Barack Obama has engaged in an unprecedented written exchange with a blogger in Cuba who is openly critical of its communist government. His comments came after prize-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez sent questions chiefly about US-Cuba relations.
Khalid Sheik Mohammed and YouIf you are upset about the Obama Administration's decision to bring al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed to New York for a federal civilian trial, and you are looking to blame someone, go straight to your bathroom and look into the mirror.
Immigrants to get 100,000 kroner incentive to leave DenmarkThe Danish People's Party (DF) has strengthened its immigration stance by securing an agreement to pay 'anti-social' foreigners 100,000 kroner to leave Denmark.
Letter from Cuban political prisoner Antonio Díaz SánchezA LETTER FROM A CUBAN GULAG – When will the invisible Cuban Wall be destroyed? When will Obama, Sarkozy and Merkel ask; "Mr. Castro tear down this wall!"
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Crushing the media by Ralph PetersLeft's global drive for control The Obama administration's un-American attempt to vilify Fox News only increased the network's popularity. But this White House debacle can't be judged in isolation: There's a global leftwing assault on the freedom of information.
The Cuban Embargo Does Washington define success –like the drug war? -- by gloating over decades of consistent failure? Will Obama remain stuck in this incongruous Cuba policy legacy or exhibit some cojones?
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Abu Dhabi racing into F1 historyIt has got glitz, it has got glamour, it has got speed and now Formula 1 motor sport has got a brand new circuit in the United Arab Emirates.
Cruel Cuban embargo must endThe US's closest allies oppose the policy, including the UK, Australia, France, Germany, Colombia, Japan, Mexico and Brazil.
U.S, Cuban, Mexican Scientists Plan Joint Gulf of Mexico Research"U.S., Cuban and Mexican scientists have drawn up plans for joint research in the Gulf of Mexico."
Castro's sister 'spied for CIA'A sister of Cuba's former long-time leader, Fidel Castro, has admitted spying for the CIA in the 1960s.
Fidel Castro: ALBA countries to defend humanity at Copenhagen & survival of the species Quote: "no longer "Homeland or Death"; it is truly and without exaggeration a matter of "Life or Death" for the human race...In Copenhagen, the ALBA and the Third World countries will be struggling for the survival of the species."
New Orleans mayor learns about disaster response in CubaHAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- New Orleans, Louisiana, Mayor Ray Nagin arrived in Cuba late Friday on a mission to learn about how to deal with storms, a spokeswoman said.
Amidst Severely Battered Economy, Cuba Reverts To "Socialism Lite" "Nobody, no individual nor country, can indefinitely spend more than she or he earns. Two plus two always adds up to four, never five. Within the conditions of our imperfect socialism, due to our own shortcomings, two plus two often adds up to three" Raúl Castro
Cuba won't let blogger travel to New York to accept award - CNN.comCuba won't let blogger travel to New York to accept award HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- A Cuban blogger who has criticized her government has been denied permission to travel to New York to pick up a prestigious journalism award Wednesday.
Fidel Castro lauds Nobel prize for ObamaFidel Castro lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying on Saturday it was "a positive measure" that was more a criticism of past U.S. policies than a recognition of Obama's accomplishments
Cuba: Close, but No Cigar for US TouristsIllicit Americans walk the cobbled streets of Old Havana, photograph pastel-colored Spanish Colonial buildings and historic churches, buff up their salsa, puff on mellow cigars and lie on the largest Caribbean island's white-sand beaches.
Still Meddling After All These YearsIn other words, the Obama regime is continuing the long-standing American policy of meddling in the affairs of other countries, not to mention in the business of Americans. Where does Obama get the moral right to say when Cubans and Americans may trade and on what terms?
The History of the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay In December 1903, the United States leased the 45 square miles of land and water for use as a coaling station.
With Iran, 'The Cuban Missile Crisis in Slow Motion'The United States and its allies have caught Iran cheating, again, on International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards -- this time by building a second undeclared enrichment facility in a mountain near Qom.
A Cold Shoulder To Liberty by Michael GersonBetween the gold medal and the cold shoulder, a large diplomatic signal is being sent.
Obama won't change terror detention system: reportWASHINGTON - The Obama administration has decided not to seek legislation to establish a new detention system to hold foreign terrorism suspects, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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