News Topic - Cuba
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Cuba Allows Private Farmers More Land
Cuban decree allows private farmers to take over unused state farmland.
ABC News – Jul 18, 2008 5:44 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Cuban decree allows private farmers to take over unused state farmland.
ABC News – Jul 18, 2008 5:44 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Cuba leases state land to farmers
Cuba puts more state-owned farm land into private hands in a move designed to increase lacklustre food production.
BBC News – Jul 18, 2008 4:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Cuba puts more state-owned farm land into private hands in a move designed to increase lacklustre food production.
BBC News – Jul 18, 2008 4:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Cuba allows private farmers to have more land
AP - Communist officials decreed Friday that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres (40 hectares) of idle government land, as President Raul Castro works to revive Cuba's floundering agricultural sector.
Yahoo! – Jul 18, 2008 4:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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AP - Communist officials decreed Friday that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres (40 hectares) of idle government land, as President Raul Castro works to revive Cuba's floundering agricultural sector.
Yahoo! – Jul 18, 2008 4:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bin Laden driver is 1st test of Gitmo trials
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Salim Hamdan is a small player with a big role. A former driver for Osama bin Laden, he is about to become the first Guantanamo prisoner to be tried for war crimes in a major test of the U.S. system for prosecuting alleged terrorists....
AP – Jul 18, 2008 3:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Salim Hamdan is a small player with a big role. A former driver for Osama bin Laden, he is about to become the first Guantanamo prisoner to be tried for war crimes in a major test of the U.S. system for prosecuting alleged terrorists....
AP – Jul 18, 2008 3:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Judge says military can try detainee
WASHINGTON — The United States can begin trying Osama bin Laden’s former driver next week at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the defendant’s plea to halt the historic first trial in the military system set up following th...
The Register-Guard – Jul 18, 2008 3:01 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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WASHINGTON — The United States can begin trying Osama bin Laden’s former driver next week at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the defendant’s plea to halt the historic first trial in the military system set up following th...
The Register-Guard – Jul 18, 2008 3:01 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Salim Hamdan, former driver for Osama bin Laden, a small figure for major Guantanamo role
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) _ Salim Hamdan is a small player with a big role. A former driver for Osama bin Laden, he is about to become the first Guantanamo prisoner to be tried for war crimes in a major test of the U.S. system for prosecuting alleged terrorists.
Newsday.com – Jul 18, 2008 09:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) _ Salim Hamdan is a small player with a big role. A former driver for Osama bin Laden, he is about to become the first Guantanamo prisoner to be tried for war crimes in a major test of the U.S. system for prosecuting alleged terrorists.
Newsday.com – Jul 18, 2008 09:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bin Laden driver headed for trial at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Yemeni likely to be the first person tried before the U.S. war crimes court at Guantanamo naval base was more than just a driver for Osama bin Laden, U.S. agents said on Thursday.
Reuters – Jul 18, 2008 08:30 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Yemeni likely to be the first person tried before the U.S. war crimes court at Guantanamo naval base was more than just a driver for Osama bin Laden, U.S. agents said on Thursday.
Reuters – Jul 18, 2008 08:30 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Cuba and Venezuela to lay undersea Internet cable
CNET - A new undersea fiber-optic cable being laid between Cuba and Venezuela will help provide high-speed Internet access to Cuban citizens by 2010.
Yahoo! – Jul 18, 2008 07:58 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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CNET - A new undersea fiber-optic cable being laid between Cuba and Venezuela will help provide high-speed Internet access to Cuban citizens by 2010.
Yahoo! – Jul 18, 2008 07:58 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Back When Cuba Was Libre
TELEX FROM CUBA By Rachel Kushner
Washington Post – Jul 18, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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TELEX FROM CUBA By Rachel Kushner
Washington Post – Jul 18, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Court clears way for war crimes trial
WASHINGTON — The U.S. can begin trying Osama bin Laden's former driver next week at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the defendant's plea to halt the historic first trial in the military system set up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.In a victory for the Bush administration, U.S. District Judge James Robertson ruled that civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended.The ruling could clear the way for military commissions to begin prosecuting other terrorism suspects, including those who are charged directly in the 2001 attacks.read more
NewsOK.com – Jul 18, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. can begin trying Osama bin Laden's former driver next week at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled Thursday, rejecting the defendant's plea to halt the historic first trial in the military system set up following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.In a victory for the Bush administration, U.S. District Judge James Robertson ruled that civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended.The ruling could clear the way for military commissions to begin prosecuting other terrorism suspects, including those who are charged directly in the 2001 attacks.read more
NewsOK.com – Jul 18, 2008 03:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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