Cuban militant to make bid for freedom
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A Cuban militant accused of masterminding the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner wants a federal judge to let him out of jail while the U.S. government continues searching for a country where it can deport him.
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The militant group is poised to sponsor candidates in legislative and municipal elections expected later next year.
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Cubans lined up Wednesday to buy newspapers featuring photographs of a stronger-looking Fidel Castro, with the communist government eager to show he is recovering after a half-year out of power even though a new collective leadership has taken firm control.
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An alleged member of a group with purported ties to the al-Qaida terror network was among four prisoners who appeared Thursday before U.S. military review tribunals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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A presidential candidate backed by Venezuela's major opposition parties pledged Thursday that, if elected, his government would remain independent of both U.S. and Cuban influence.
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Cuban students plan to protest outside  the U.S. mission in Havana on Monday against a Christmas  display that supports imprisoned dissidents, which a communist  youth leader described on Sunday as aggressive provocation.
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If he does appear, Cuban authorities will likely celebrate it as a major victory over the leader's enemies. A no-show will likely set off a new round of speculation about his health
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President Bush plans to outline new steps today aimed at pressuring Cuba's government to move to democracy and ease political repression, including offering new scholarships and computer access for the country's youth and the creation of a new international fund to finance Cuban reconstruction un...
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Cuba vowed to defy U.S. efforts for economic and political change on the island in a front-page editorial Thursday in the Communist Party's newspaper that also referred to dissidents as "mercenaries" and "counterrevolutionary puppies."
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 12 -- A former prisoner at the US Navy facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, thought to have forged ties with al Qaeda since his release is leading a militant band whose members kidnapped
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TANK, Pakistan - A former Taliban fighter who was freed in March from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is leading a group of militants who have kidnapped two Chinese engineers and threatened to kill them.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro's retirement is an opportunity to move towards democracy, Downing Street says.
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SAN JOSE, Nov 19 (IPS) - Just when it seemed that Cuba would be locked in a   standoff with the other countries represented at the 14th  Ibero-American  Summit, currently underway in the Costa Rican  capital, Mexico's intervention  smoothed the way for a  consensus on a draft resolution condemning the pardon  granted to  four Cubans jailed in Panama for attempting to assassinate Cuban   President Fidel Castro.
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Cuban president Fidel Castro will on Friday make his first public appearance following major surgery.
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Argentina&#39;s most revered soccer star, Diego Maradona, will soon begin treatment in Cuba for his drug addiction, Argentine news sources reported Tuesday.
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HAVANA - Cuba freed the most prominent and outspoken of its jailed dissidents, and newly released journalist-poet Raul Rivero urged dialogue over international pressure on President Fidel Castro&#39;s isolated regime.
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Hundreds of tribesmen gathered Tuesday near the area where suspected al-Qaida-linked militants are holding two Chinese engineers and demanding safe passage to their reputed leader, a former U.S. prisoner from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials and residents said.