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A chara, – There has been some mention in your coverage of the embassy to the Vatican controversy of the value of the Holy See as a “listening post”. In 1988 I was appointed the representative of the UN Human Rights Commission Western Group to visit Cuba
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The pope heads to Cuba in March. advertisement South Florida's religion experts said on Monday that the credibility of Pope Benedict XVI is on the line with his visit to Cuba. “The creditability of this pope is on the line. According to many observers my
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Everybody knows the big stars on Oscar night: Meryl Streep, Brad Pitt, George Clooney. But who are all those other people and names that keep coming up? Here's a glossary of some of them to prepare you for the onslaught of coverage leading up to Sunday:
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For the businessman who has changed his politics, the Miami priest who tends to an exile flock, the retired college math professor who has searched her conscience for guidance and the lawyer who has long advocated reconciliation, the pilgrimage to Cuba n
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(AP) Cuba named its economy chief as a vice president on the Council of Ministers on Monday, making him one of the highest-ranking people in government. Adel Yzquierdo, who has been atop the Economy Ministry since last March, was promoted at the suggesti
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HAVANA - Cuba named its economy chief as a vice president on the Council of Ministers on Monday, making him one of the highest-ranking people in government. Adel Yzquierdo, who has been atop the Economy Ministry since last March, was promoted at the sugg
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Adel Yzquierdo, who has been atop the Economy Ministry since last March, was promote
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When Ysela Llort arrived in Miami 51 years ago, she was one of two young daughters of a couple who had fled Cuba after Fidel Castro seized power. Like thousands of other Cuban refugees, the Llorts did not have much money and relied on local buses to get
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This year's list of Oscar nominees is the most controversial in recent times. With at least three deserving candidates — Joseph Gordon Levitt (“50/50”), Ryan Gosling (“Ides of March”) and Leonardo DiCaprio (“J.Edgar”) — completely ignored, this year's no
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Pope Benedict wants to see Fidel Castro on his trip to Cuba next month but the meeting will depend on the health of the communist country's revolutionary leader, a senior Vatican official told Reuters on Saturday. The official, speaking of the sidelines
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One is a Cuban priest who wrote letters criticizing Fidel and Raúl Castro. Another is a Catholic layman who collected 25,000 signatures seeking change. The third edited a church journal muzzled under government pressures. The Rev. José Conrado Rodríguez,
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(Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at the XXI International Havana Book Fair in this picture released by Cuban website Cubadebate in Havana February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Courtesy of Cubadebate/Alex Castro) Pope Benedict wants to see Fidel Castro on his trip
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Drag and drop the image on Home icon in your browser toolbar, then select "yes" in pop-up window Health permitting, Fidel Castro will meet with Pope Benedict XVI during the Pontiff’s visit to Cuba in late March. At 85, the veteran Cuban leader is a cance
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The US Food and Drug Administration are to investigate whether the AeroShot - a pioneering product that lets you inhale the equivalent of a cup of coffee directly into your lungs - is safe for consumers. The manufacturer brands the product as a dietary
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The US Food and Drug Administration are to investigate whether the AeroShot - a pioneering product that lets you inhale the equivalent of a cup of coffee directly into your lungs - is safe for consumers. The manufacturer brands the product as a dietary
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The US Food and Drug Administration are to investigate whether the AeroShot - a pioneering product that lets you inhale the equivalent of a cup of coffee directly into your lungs - is safe for consumers. The manufacturer brands the product as a dietary
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Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been tearing into a rival candidate in the country's leadership elections, branding him a 'low-life pig'. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has been tearing into a rival candidate in the country's leadership elections,
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President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast. The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS. Fidel Castro resigned as Presiden
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Fifty years ago this month, the United States began the embargo on Cuba which continues to this day. But the country against which it was aimed is rapidly becoming a very different one to the alleged communist menace just 90 miles off the coast of Florid
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And the next year Cardinal Jaime Ortega became the first church leader to speak on state-owned television since the early 1960s. MIAMI - Two years before Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in 1998, then-Defense Minister Raul Castro cracked down on a half-doz
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