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Obama lifts ban on Guantanamo transfers to Yemen
US President Barack Obama is lifting his self-imposed ban on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to Yemen, a step toward his goal of closing the US military-run prison that he said "has become a symbol around the world for an America that flouts the rule of law." #Barack Obama #Al-Qaeda #Yemen #Cuba #Republican #Capitol Hill #Saxby Chambliss
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Venezuela: Chavez hit by severe infection, condition 'very delicate'
A severe new respiratory infection has hit cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez and his condition is "very delicate," Venezuela's government says. #NewsTracker #Venezuela # #Cuba
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Chavez very delicate due to new infection: Venezuela govt
A new and severe respiratory infection has put cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez in a "very delicate" state, and his breathing has deteriorated, Venezuela's communications minister announced Monday. #NewsTracker #Venezuela #Cancer # #Cuba
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EconomistBusiness in Cuba: A new course
The comandante emerges from his bunker AFTER the 1959 revolution Fidel Castro declared that golf was a “bourgeois” hobby, unsuitable for communists. Most of the island’s courses were built on, and no new ones have been developed since. But the government #Cuba #Fidel Castro #Raúl Castro
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CanoeCanadian businessman on trial for corruption in Cuba
Men arrive at a court during the trial against Sarkis Yacoubian and Krikor Bayassalian in Havana May 23, 2013. The trial of Yacoubian, a Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials, began on Thursday, almost two years after his arre #Havana #Cuba #Armenia
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Mail.comCanada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his import company, Tri-Star Caribbean, was shuttered. Sarkis Yacoubian arrived at an Interior Mini #Cuba #Canada #Caribbean