Cuba summit to discuss oil pact
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Heads of state are to meet in Cuba for talks on a Venezuelan initiative offering cheap oil to regional allies.
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Venezuela has asked US oil giant ExxonMobil to resume World Bank-sponsored talks to resolve a nationalization dispute and to drop legal cases in New York and London, Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said Tuesday.
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CIENFUEGOS, Cuba  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed on Friday extending a barter scheme used by Cuba to other Caribbean and Central American nations to help them pay for oil supplies with products and services.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Monday to invite a Cuban delegation to Brussels to  explore the scope for a gradual thaw in ties but chose not to  end a four-year-old freeze in contacts.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who has offered assistance and oil benefits to much of the Caribbean, will meet with Haitian President Rene Preval to discuss providing aid to the impoverished country, Preval's office said Friday.
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Spain and Britain agreed to look at revisiting European policy on Cuba &quot;so it can be more effective,&quot; Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said following talks with British counterpart Jack Straw.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Fidel Castro Monday for talks focusing on the broadening ties between Cuba and China, which has become the island's third-largest trading partner.
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A transfer of power in Cuba to acting President Raul Castro could pave the way for a debate on its return to the Organization of American States, the head of the hemispheric forum said on Monday.
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The head of the Organization of American States said Monday he is open to a dialogue with Cuba, which was expelled from the body more than 40 years ago.
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Hugo Chavez has made an unannounced visit to Cuba to meet his friend and ally Fidel Castro.
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The OPEC countries are scheduled to meet this week in Cairo to discuss whether the current high in oil production is to be maintained or curtailed.
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HAVANA, Cuba  - New Chinese traffic lights,   anti-mosquito fumigation campaigns and half-finished paint jobs   on crumbling houses reflect what many Cubans see as papering   over the cracks of a dilapidated city to prepare for the   Non-Aligned Summit.
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President Fidel Castro, in an announcement that raised eyebrows at energy companies, disclosed that oil deposits were discovered off Cuba.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales met with Cuba's ailing Fidel Castro during a day trip to the island on Wednesday, state television reported.
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HAVANA: Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao met his Cuban counterpart Fidel Castro on Monday here and discussed bilateral economic relations.
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China will host a summit of top U.S. and  Asian energy officials next month, government officials said on  Tuesday, as Beijing seeks a greater say in coordinating global  consumer-nation policy to help rein in oil prices.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met for six hours behind closed doors Tuesday with Cuba's Fidel Castro and the close allies discussed energy issues and a regional trade pact during an emotional visit, state television reported.