News with and about 'cuba'

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Castro 'well enough for election'

added on 2007-12-25 14:30:03 (BBC News - News Front Page)

Cuba's interim president, Raul Castro, says his brother Fidel is healthy enough to run for parliament in January. ...more.

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Detainee Evidence Probe Weighed

added on 2007-12-22 10:00:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

A federal judge expressed skepticism yesterday that he should order a special judicial investigation into whether the Bush administration has destroyed evidence related to suspected enemy fighters at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ...more.

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Cuba summit to discuss oil pact

added on 2007-12-21 15:30:06 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

Heads of state are to meet in Cuba for talks on a Venezuelan initiative offering cheap oil to regional allies. ...more.

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Guantanamo three returning to UK

added on 2007-12-19 16:30:05 (BBC News - News Front Page)

Three British residents held by the US in Cuba have been released and will arrive back in the UK later, the BBC learns. ...more.

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Cuban dissident calls for amnesty

added on 2007-12-19 15:00:08 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)

A leading dissident asks Cuba's parliament for an amnesty for political prisoners, and to allow Cubans to travel freely. ...more.

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Destruction of CIA Tapes Defended

added on 2007-12-16 09:30:10 (Washington Post - Politics)

The Bush administration has told a federal judge that its 2005 destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes did not violate a court order because the captives in question were being kept in secret prisons at the time, not at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ...more.

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Cuba makes human rights promise

added on 2007-12-11 06:00:03 (BBC News - News Front Page)

As Cuba agrees to sign up to key UN agreements on human rights, activists are shouted down in Havana. ...more.

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After Guantanamo, 'Reintegration' for Saudis

added on 2007-12-11 09:30:11 (Washington Post - Politics)

For five years, Jumah al-Dossari sat in a tiny cell at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, watched day and night by military captors who considered him one of the most dangerous terrorist suspects on the planet. ...more.

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