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CBS4 Miami - Tue Dec 8, 10:59 am ET
Two men convicted of spying on the U.S. for Cuba are back in a federal court in Miami. Earlier this year, a federal appeals court threw out the original sentences handed down for Ramon Labanino and Fernando Gonzalez, both 46, ruling that they were too harsh.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Tue Dec 8, 12:54 pm ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a decades-long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life but gives her a chance at freedom in six years.
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US News & World Report - Tue Dec 8, 4:22 pm ET
The Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was one of the worst blunders of any new president.
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New York Times - Tue Dec 8, 10:55 pm ET
A stolid and largely by-the-numbers recitation of communism’s rise and its spread, in various manifestations, across the globe.
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Washington Post - Fri Dec 4, 12:00 am ET
Long-planned talks on Cuban migration to the United States have been delayed until February, a State Department official said Thursday, offering no explanation for the postponement.
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Miami Herald - Tue Dec 8, 3:58 pm ET
A federal judge Tuesday reduced convicted Cuban spy Ramón Labañino's life sentence to 30 years in prison, based on an agreement between prosecutors and the defendant's attorney in the so-called Cuban Five espionage case.
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Rome News-Tribune - Sun Dec 6, 8:40 pm ET
HAVANA (AP) — A son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s has been elected one of three vice presidents of the International Baseball Federation after a vote Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland, Cuba...
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Dec 9, 7:02 am ET
Myanmar and Vietnam won two gold medals each at the Southeast Asian Games, as eight finals were decided before the formal opening of the event later Wednesday. Ya Min K-Khine, a 16-year-old from Myanmar, won individual gold in women's taekwondo, while the country's sepak takraw women's team also won a gold.
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CBS News - Fri Dec 4, 4:00 pm ET
Derailed Talks Were Scheduled to Happen in Early December in Havana; Both Sides Blaming Other for Delay
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New York Times - Wed Dec 9, 1:20 am ET
Mr. Nader’s popular oldies concerts at Madison Square Garden in the 1970s helped jump-start a revival of classic rock ’n’ roll.
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MinnPost - Mon Dec 7, 11:33 am ET
Composer Sage Lewis 'Closest, Farthest Away' strikes deep chord in Havana By Laurie and Joel Kramer | Monday, Dec. 7, 2009 HAVANA — The use of live American actors interacting with Cubans on film represented a powerful metaphor — that two people less than 90 miles apart cannot be in the same space.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 10:47 am ET
Lawyers representing the last British resident imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are in court seeking the release of documents relating to his treatment by American agents.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 7, 10:17 pm ET
Australia opens new Aboriginal trailSydney - Queensland is offering visitors the chance to walk in the footsteps of the Aborigines with a new trail in the region of the Whitsunday Islands. The Whitsunday Nagao Sea Trail goes to the Hook, Whitsunday a...
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Las Vegas Business Press - Mon Dec 7, 6:17 pm ET
In the summer of 1960, Cesar Alvarez's family came to the U.S. from Cuba to escape Fidel Castro's socialist regime. After settling in Miami, Alvarez began his journey toward the American dream. He studied at the University of Florida and obtained master's of business administration and law degrees.
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Playbill via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 6:39 pm ET
The Denver Center Theatre Company's 2010 Colorado New Play Summit will feature readings of four new plays, artistic director Kent Thompson announced.