Cuba threat over Christmas lights
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A US Christmas display referring to jailed dissidents causes a serious row between the long-time enemies.
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Description: The Cuban government has demanded the US Interests Section in Havana take down its Christmas decorations. Among the trimmings is a sign that reads 75, symbolizing 75 dissident writers and journalists put in jail over the last year.
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Cuba on Wednesday accused President Bush of threatening to take over the communist island by force in response to the U.S. leader's call for change in the country.
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DENVER, COLO. - A Colorado man who garnered widespread media attention after claiming he had created a website that would allow net users to turn his outdoor Christmas lights off and on from their home desktops has admitted it was a hoax.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily December 22, 2004 - NEW YORK - The lighting of the tree at Rockefeller Center is widely televised, but there are other New York holiday traditions, like getting the ho-ho-ho out of town. As romantic holiday gifts go, what could be better than a bag packed for the tropics and a pair of plane tickets to get there?
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FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Paula Barstow's singing Santa stopped singing after holiday vandals pulled out his power cord and ran over his head. Baby Jesus was literally cut out of the Shalimar Presbyterian Church's wooden Nativity display.
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Bulgaria in Brief: 30 December 2004, Thursday. On the eve of upcoming New 2005 Year, Sofia has been glittering in numerous lights, bulbs, decorations, candles and flags.
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Cuban students protest in front of the US mission in Havana amid a row over a Christmas display.
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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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The British government on Wednesday issued a warning for its citizens against traveling to Indonesia over the coming Christmas and the New Year period because there is a &quot;heightened risk of attacks&quot;.
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The US and Cuba have launched into another bitter war of words following Cuba&#39;s decision to ban transactions in dollars on the island.
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Fidel Castro wrote Tuesday U.S. President George W. Bush is threatening the world with nuclear war and famine Â an attack on Washington a day before the White House plans to announce new plans to draw Cuba away from communism.
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Tens of thousands of police officers are being deployed across Indonesia over the Christmas and New Year period. Intelligence agencies have warned of possible imminent attacks on Western and local targets, including churches.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE - Tropical Storm Noel formed over the Caribbean yesterday, and forecasters warned the slow-moving system could send flash floods gushing down stripped hills in Haiti before it heads on to Cuba. The storm poses a serious threat to impoverished Haiti, which is recovering from floods earlier this month that killed at least 37 and sent more than 4,000 people ...
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Cuba puts up photos of abused Iraqi prisoners in front of the US mission in a row over a US Christmas display.
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Communist Cuba's military is rolling out its olive green Soviet-era hardware this weekend, summoning 300,000 troops and citizen soldiers for a show of strength in times made uncertain by Fidel Castro's illness.
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The most powerful storm to strike the Caribbean in a decade threatened widespread destruction on the island before it rumbles into Cuba and storm-battered Florida this weekend.