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A group of prominent African-Americans has challenged Cuba's race record, accusing the island nation of harassing its black citizens and cracking down on civil rights activists.
Tokyo - Stocks in Tokyo slipped in Tuesday morning trading as export-oriented issues fell. The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average index lost 51.25 points, or 0.50 per cent, to 10,116.35, while the broader-based Topix index also edged down 3.18 points...
In either an extremely clever or perhaps just a brave bit of scheduling, the inaugural Miami Music Festival launches Thursday, less than a week after Art Basel Miami Beach. Despite the lack of recuperation time, though, this event is worth checking out if you truly want to support South Florida's...
“You make the pictures and I’ll make the war” was the recommendation of William Randolph Hearst, one of the principal figures of the “Penny Press” in the United States, to his correspondent in the Spanish-American-Cuban conflict of 1898.
Smoking blues and spicy transcontinental fusion music warm up the city’s nightlife this week. Rumba meets raga in the music of Indian/Afro-Cuban ensemble Anjuman, a Seattle-based fusion…
Ricky Bell, Sameer Shaikh and Drew Meadows, all third-grade students at Bethesda's Norwood school, perform a Cuban-inspired piece recently at the school. The piece, entitled "Pregoneros," was composed especially for Norwood.
"Reach out and trick someone" could be the slogan of a hacker who charged $43,000 in telephone calls — mostly to Cuba — to a Buffalo Grove worker's company phone within a period of days.
Vandalism, not artRe the Dec. 5 story Graffiti artists make their Art Basel mark with Primary Flight: Accolades are certainly deserved for the thoughtful graffiti art in Wynwood during Art Basel.
The gifts we cherish the most are usually gifts that have a sentimental value. These gifts often remind us of a certain time in our lives and of the people who gave them to us. When my family left Cuba in 1963, we walked out of our home with nothing...
Congress is considering a bill that would lift restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba. Opponents say U.S. tourism dollars would help the Castro government hold on even longer. But many ordinary Cubans and dissidents, too, say that's not a reason to keep the ban in place.
The Stephenson County Board recently approved a resolution in support of the federal government’s proposed acquisition of the Thomson prison to house federal inmates and military detainees currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Thailand did it, Philippines did it. So did Vietnam and Malaysia before them.
CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo, one of the few bright spots in Cleveland's worst season in nearly two decades, was named Man of the Year for 2009 by Cleveland's chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
Last week I wrote about Christmas puddings with no mention of holiday fruitcakes. I apologize to all the fruitcake addicts who have repeatedly scolded me about my past sins against their cherished holiday treat.I reluctantly admit that I have been among those who have added to the reviling of the fruitcake. There are so few foods that lend themselves to mirth and madness. Yes, fruitcakes are the ...
History buffs can get a lesson on some of the world's most famous women through a local artist's work.
Fund-raiser says her event sought money for Miami Rep. Rivera during session
