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New photos show smiling Fidel Castro out in public

Posted by Lambigit on Sunday, July 11, 2010, In : World Politics 

HAVANA — New pictures of Fidel Castro show the stooped but smiling former leader venturing out to meet with workers at a Cuban scientific think tank — the first to show him in public since he got sick four years ago.

Previously, Cuba had occasionally released pictures showing him in private meetings with dignitaries, most recently during a visit in February by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. In those pictures, Castro looked cheerful and robust.

The latest batch of pictures of...


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Cuban dissident ends 134-day hunger strike

Posted by Lambigit on Friday, July 9, 2010, In : World Politics 


  SANTA CLARA, Cuba — Cuban opposition activist Guillermo Farinas ended his 134-day hunger strike Thursday, following signs the communist government is making good on its promise to release 52 political prisoners.

Farinas drank sips of water at a hospital near his home in the central city of Santa Clara, said Licet Zamora, a spokeswoman for the 48-year-old psychologist and freelance journalist. Zamora described Farinas' condition as "grave" after he recently suffered a potentially fatal bl...
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China Sticks with N.Korea at UN

Posted by Lambigit on Wednesday, July 7, 2010, In : World Politics 
China is apparently blocking any term or phrase in the UN Security Council that would point directly to North Korea as the culprit that sank the South Korean Navy corvette Cheonan in March. 

The UNSC is debating how to hold the North to account for the torpedo attack. Already China finds that description too strong and wants it referred to as an "incident." 

According to sources at the South Korean mission to the UN, the atmosphere at the UNSC was "tenser than expected" last Thursday, when Chin...
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