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Memories of boyhood during Cuban revolution
I was 5 years old and my dad and I were on our way to the neighborhood bakery to buy a loaf of bread. It was early on the morning of January 1, 1959. A stranger stopped us on the deserted street right outside our second-floor apartment.
CNN International -
January 1, 2009 - 4:52 pm
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Cuba watches for Castro 50 years later
Questions persist about the possibility of a Fidel appearance in public and the chances of an economic turnaround under Raul ...
USATODAY: Top Stories -
December 30, 2008 - 4:55 pm
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Cuba scales down revolution party
Austere celebration reflects island mood
Financial Times: World -
December 30, 2008 - 3:19 pm
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Obama may set new policy on Cuba's aging revolution
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five decades after Fidel Castro toppled a U.S.-backed dictator to take power in Cuba, the Cold War rivalry with Washington could be thawing as President-elect Barack Obama looks to ease sanctions against the communist-run island.
Reuters: Top News -
December 30, 2008 - 3:10 am
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Cubans line up to apply for Spanish citizenship
HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Cubans lined up outside the Spanish Embassy in Havana on Monday on the first day Spain began taking applications for Spanish citizenship under the country's "historic memory" law.
Reuters: World News -
December 30, 2008 - 3:16 am
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After 50 Years of Castro's Cuba, an End to the Cold War?
Viewpoint: It's time Washington and Havana stop reliving the Bay of Pigs. A new administration and an anniversary may be the combination for a new start
TIME Magazine: World -
December 30, 2008 - 2:25 am
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Study finds genes for 1918 'Spanish flu' pandemic
A US-Japanese research team has announced it had isolated three genes that explain why the 1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the deadliest infectious disease in history, was so lethal.
ABC Australia -
December 29, 2008 - 10:52 pm
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Family believes cruise passenger jumped into sea
The family of a missing cruise ship passenger said Monday that they suspect the woman "chose an unfortunate ending to her life" and jumped from a cruise ship balcony into the waters off Mexico's coast on Christmas night. The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Monday for Jennifer Ellis Seitz, ...
StarTribune: Nation/World -
December 29, 2008 - 8:33 pm
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Spain Declares 500,000 Eligible for Citizenship
The children and grandchildren of Spaniards who fled the country during Gen. Francisco Franco’s dictatorship can now apply for Spanish citizenship, the government said.
New York Times: International News -
December 29, 2008 - 7:49 pm
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Power beckons for El Salvador guerrillas who bit the bullet on violence
In 1979, five Communist leaders from El Salvador flew in secret to Fidel Castro's Cuba, where they sat down in olive combat fatigues to negotiate the formation of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), a paramilitary organisation dedicated to overthrowing the military junta in th...
Independent: World News -
December 30, 2008 - 3:10 am
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