Cuba Expels Spanish, Dutch Legislators in EU Spat
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HAVANA/MADRID  - Cuba said on Saturday it barred  entry to three European lawmakers on a trip to support  dissidents, setting back Spain's campaign to mend frosty ties  between the EU bloc and the communist-ruled island.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 27 Afghanistan formally expelled a senior U.N. official and the acting head of the European Union's mission there for allegedly meeting with Taliban militants. via Earth Times
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The Afghan government expelled two senior European diplomats Thursday on accusations they held unauthorized meetings with Taliban militants
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Cuba's foreign minister launched a blistering attack on President Bush at a U.N. General Assembly meeting Wednesday, a day after the U.S. leader spoke of a Cuba no longer ruled by Fidel Castro.
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Cuba announced yesterday that it had re-established formal contacts with Spain after a freeze in relations, despite continued EU measures against the island and the new Spanish prime minister - s recent ...
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The European Union suspended diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, easing a standoff triggered by a clampdown on dissidents by Havana in 2003 -- but it vowed to maintain pressure on Fidel Castro.
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EU member states have failed to agree to normalise ties with Cuba, opting instead to extend a suspension of sanctions on the communist Caribbean island, European diplomats said Thursday.
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Cuba announced on Monday that it was  ending circulation of the U.S. dollar in its territory as of  Nov. 8 in response to tightened U.S. economic sanctions.
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Cuba severed diplomatic ties with Panama on Thursday, retaliating within hours for the president&#39;s pardoning four Cuban Ã©migrÃ©s accused of trying to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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A senior United Nations official and  another from the European Union left Afghanistan on Thursday  after the government ordered their expulsion, accusing both of  holding talks with the Taliban and for paying cash to the  group.
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The European Union agreed on Tuesday to rethink its practice of inviting Cuban dissidents to diplomatic receptions in Havana after the invitations soured relations between Cuba and the bloc.
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Cuba severs ties with Panama after it pardons four Cuban exiles accused of plotting to kill Fidel Castro.
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In a surprise move amid a broadening controversy over an antigay appointee, incoming European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso withdrew his proposed 24-member executive team from consideration by the European Parliament on Wednesday, realizing he
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Cuba said on Monday that it was ending circulation of the US dollar in its territory as of Nov. 8 in response to tightened US economic sanctions.
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Spain and Cuba said on Thursday they had  held talks on human rights, an issue that led to a diplomatic  freeze with the European Union, but did not say whether they  discussed 59 dissidents held in prison in Cuba.
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Cuba condemned the decision by outgoing Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso to set free four notorious terrorists of Cuban origin and announced that it was breaking diplomatic relations with the Central American country indefinitely.
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MADRID : A political row erupted after Spain and the Netherlands vehemently protested Cuba's refusal to grant entry to three parliamentary deputies who had arrived in Havana to meet Cuban dissidents.