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Caribbean Latin America News
Stores Hint at Change Under New Castro
HAVANA — Can a rice maker possibly be revolutionary? There they were, piled up one atop another, Chinese-made rice makers selling for $70 each. Beside them, sleek DVD players. Across the well-stocked electronics store were computers and televisions and other household appliances that President Raúl Castro recently decreed ought to be made available to average Cubans, or at least those who could afford them.
May 2, 2008 - 4:21:10 PM
Caribbean Latin America News
Cuba announces farm overhaul on May Day
Cuba announced a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the island's farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local councils. The move is part of an effort to increase food production and reduce Cuba's dependance on imports. It came as hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched Thursday in a May Day parade that was shorter than usual,
May 2, 2008 - 12:43:48 PM
Caribbean Latin America News
Chavez saber-rattling doesn't mean war
Judging by the fever-pitch rhetoric, the Andes region was girding for war on Monday. The leftist presidents of Venezuela and Ecuador recalled ambassadors from Bogota and began moving tanks and troops to reinforce their borders with Colombia.
Mar 3, 2008 - 8:14:13 PM
Caribbean Latin America News
Colombia: Chavez funding FARC rebels
Venezuela vowed to expel Colombia's ambassador and Ecuador completely broke diplomatic ties on Monday, two days after Colombian commandos killed a guerrilla leader and several rebels in a cross-border incursion into Ecuador.
Mar 3, 2008 - 8:04:16 PM
Caribbean Latin America News
Chavez sends tanks to Colombia border in dispute
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez moved tanks to the Colombian border and mobilized fighter jets on Sunday, warning Bogota could spark a war after its troops struck inside another of its neighbors, Ecuador.
Mar 2, 2008 - 2:41:48 PM
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05/09/2008 09:21 PM
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Aid is on the way to devastated Myanmar but so is heavy rain
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 AP - More aid is on the way to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar — but so is the heavy rain. A week after Cyclone Nargis flattened low-lying villages and killed whole families at a time, the military junta finally agreed Friday to allow a U.S. cargo plane to bring in food and other supplies to the isolated country. Myanmar gave the green light after confiscating other shipments, prompting the U.N. to order a temporary freeze in shipments.
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05/09/2008 05:45 PM
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Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim sector
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 AP - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.
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05/09/2008 10:29 PM
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Deadly cyclone overshadows Myanmar's vote on constitution
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 AP - Voting began this city near Yangon and other parts of cyclone-ravaged Mayanmar Saturday on a referendum for a controversial constitution — but the balloting was delayed for two weeks in the hardest hit areas, including the capital.
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05/09/2008 06:27 PM
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Attack from Gaza kills 1, Israeli retaliation kills 5
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 AP - Gaza attackers sent mortar shells crashing into a border community late Friday, killing an Israeli in his garden and wounding three others, officials said. Israel retaliated with missile strikes that left five Hamas militants dead.
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05/09/2008 09:34 PM
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Sri Lanka election draws complaints
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 AP - Separatist rebels destroyed a navy cargo ship Saturday just hours after a bombing blamed on the group killed 11 people in eastern Sri Lanka — violence that casted a cloud over pivotal provincial elections scheduled for later in the day.
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05/09/2008 08:26 PM
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United get Rooney lift as title thriller reaches conclusion
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 AFP - Wayne Rooney is set to hand Manchester United a massive boost by declaring himself fit to take part in this weekend's dramatic finale to an exhilarating Premier League title battle.
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05/09/2008 07:23 PM
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073
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AP - As of Friday, May 9, 2008, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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