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Miami Herald: Cuban archbishop evacuates Ladies in White from basilica amid fears of police beating »

02:52 am | The archbishop of Cuba’s second-largest city helped evacuate 14 women dissidents who had sought refuge at the El Cobre Basilica amid reports that police were waiting nearby to beat them, dissidents reported Monday.…

Feb 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Crossing the Barbed Wire: The Party…Up for Debate? »

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01:12 am | During the past few days, fragments of the recently concluded sessions of the Communist Party of Cuba National Conference have been televised.  And the first thing that jumps out at one’s eyes is…

Feb 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

NYT: Veterans and Young Guns Pay Tribute to the Cuban Father of the Mambo »

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11:41 pm | Carlos Henriquez stood front and center with his bass throughout “The Music of Cachao,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute to the pioneering Cuban bassist and composer Israel Cachao López on Friday night at…

Jan 22 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

BBC: Cuba says dead prisoner Wilman Villar ‘no dissident’ »

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06:31 pm | The Cuban government has denied that a man who died in custody on Thursday was a political prisoner who had been on hunger strike. State-controlled media said Wilman Villar had been in jail…

Jan 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Capitol Hill Cubans: National Latino Broadcasting Announces First-of-its-Kind Political Programming from Washington DC Targeting US Hispanics »

11:31 pm | Sirius-XM’s Cristina Radio and En Vivo to Include National Coverage of 2012 Election National Latino Broadcasting LLC (NLB) announced today the roll-out of cutting-edge programming examining current political issues on Cristina Radio and…

Jan 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Miami Herald: 26 Cuban migrants reach land in Keys »

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02:45 am | Twenty-six Cubans came ashore near Newfound Harbor in the Florida Keys in what authorities described as a possible migrant-smuggling operation. The refugees, who arrived Friday, were taken into custody by the U.S. Border…

Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Deccan Chronicle: Doctors say cancer-stricken Chavez has ‘less than one year to live’ »

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02:36 am | Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who suffered from cancer, has been told by doctors that he has less than a year to live. Chavez, 56, declared himself cancer-free after undergoing surgery in Cuba to…

Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Huff Post: Cuba’s ‘New’ Reforms are an Old Scam »

04:32 am | Around the world, propagandists for the Castro brothers in Cuba are heralding the regime’s “new economic reforms.” After plundering the island’s wealth during 52 years of brutal repression and totalitarian rule, the octogenarian…

Jan 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Miami Herald: How to keep losing Cuban-American votes »

04:52 am | During a September round-table with Hispanic journalists, President Obama was asked whether he was concerned about a backlash from his administration unilaterally easing sanctions towards Cuba despite the fact that the Castros’ regime…

Dec 27 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

(AP): Cuban-Americans eye travel limit budget amendment »

11:59 pm | Luis Damian came to the U.S. from Cuba nearly a decade ago and has never returned, nor does he frequently send money to his relatives on the island. Still, he can’t understand why…

Dec 15 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

AFP: New Americas summit aims criticism at US »

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01:05 pm | CARACAS — Leaders of Latin American and Caribbean nations worked Saturday to finalize an action plan for a new Americas bloc, which excludes the United States and which, according to its organizers, is…

Dec 3 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Cubanology Blog: Dicharachos 19: “Listen come over here” and “Happy Tansgiving” »

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12:30 pm | Take out the account = “Saca la cuenta” You didn’t take account = “No te diste cuenta” The embarrassment costs = “Vale la pena” They threw me an indirect = “Me tiro una…

Nov 24 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

Huff Post World: Prevention of Cuba’s Drilling Best Serves U.S. Interests »

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11:21 pm | Reasonable minds should be able to agree that it’s not in the United States’ national interest to assist anti-American dictators in searching for oil to support their repressive, failing regimes. It won’t drop…

Nov 16 2011 / Comments Off / Read More »

AFP: Award-winning Cuban dissident ‘detained and beaten’ »

03:15 am | HAVANA — Guillermo Farinas, a leading Cuban dissident and winner of the European parliament’s top human rights prize, was arrested and for the first time beaten in detention, said his mother and activists.…

Nov 3 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

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Miami Herald: Cuban archbishop evacuates Ladies in White from basilica amid fears of police beating »

02:52 am | The archbishop of Cuba’s second-largest city helped evacuate 14 women dissidents who had sought refuge at the El Cobre…

Feb 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

FoxNews: Greece to get $170B bailout, reduce debt »

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02:47 am | BRUSSELS –  After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement early…

Feb 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Crossing the Barbed Wire: The Party…Up for Debate? »

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01:12 am | During the past few days, fragments of the recently concluded sessions of the Communist Party of Cuba National Conference…

Feb 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Technology Review: Apple Ignored Warning on Address-Book Access »

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12:49 am | Apple was warned as long ago as 2010 that the popular Gowalla location-sharing iPhone app was uploading users’ address…

Feb 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

ScienceNews.org: Drugs delivered wirelessly »

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12:06 am | VANCOUVER — An implanted microchip that releases medication on command from wireless signals has been demonstrated in people for…

Feb 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Cnet: Google settles rogue drug ad claims for $500 million »

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01:08 am | The settlement, one of the largest ever in the United States according to the Justice Department, covers the gross…

Jan 30 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Fox News: Obama dismisses tense exchange with Brewer in Arizona as ‘blown out of proportion’ »

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10:59 pm | Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Obama during an…

Jan 26 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

NYT: Veterans and Young Guns Pay Tribute to the Cuban Father of the Mambo »

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11:41 pm | Carlos Henriquez stood front and center with his bass throughout “The Music of Cachao,” Jazz at Lincoln Center’s tribute…

Jan 22 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

FoxNews: Joe Paterno, former Penn State football coach, dies at 85 »

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11:26 pm | STATE COLLEGE, Pa. –  Happy Valley was perfect for Joe Paterno, a place where “JoePa” knew best, where he…

Jan 22 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

BBC: Cuba says dead prisoner Wilman Villar ‘no dissident’ »

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06:31 pm | The Cuban government has denied that a man who died in custody on Thursday was a political prisoner who…

Jan 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Gizmodo.com: What Is SOPA? »

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04:16 pm | If you hadn’t heard of SOPA before, you probably have by now: Some of the internet’s most influential sites—Reddit…

Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

NYT: Treatment for Blood Disease Is Gene Therapy Landmark »

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12:08 am | Medical researchers in Britain have successfully treated six patients suffering from the blood-clotting disease known as hemophilia B by…

Jan 19 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Capitol Hill Cubans: National Latino Broadcasting Announces First-of-its-Kind Political Programming from Washington DC Targeting US Hispanics »

11:31 pm | Sirius-XM’s Cristina Radio and En Vivo to Include National Coverage of 2012 Election National Latino Broadcasting LLC (NLB) announced…

Jan 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

TechnGadgets.uk: O2 gets ready to give London free Wi-Fi »

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10:54 pm | Visitors and residents in Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea will be able to access free WiFi on their smartphones,…

Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Miami Herald: 26 Cuban migrants reach land in Keys »

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02:45 am | Twenty-six Cubans came ashore near Newfound Harbor in the Florida Keys in what authorities described as a possible migrant-smuggling…

Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Deccan Chronicle: Doctors say cancer-stricken Chavez has ‘less than one year to live’ »

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02:36 am | Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, who suffered from cancer, has been told by doctors that he has less than a…

Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Reuters: Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered across the nation »

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01:59 am | On the first King holiday since the now-global Occupy movement launched in New York City in September, the reignited…

Jan 17 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

GasBuddy.com: OPEC’s all about semantics »

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08:17 pm | The news yesterday from Cairo, once again, was ominous. This time Iran warned its oil-producing neighbors in the Persian…

Jan 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Huff Post: Cuba’s ‘New’ Reforms are an Old Scam »

04:32 am | Around the world, propagandists for the Castro brothers in Cuba are heralding the regime’s “new economic reforms.” After plundering…

Jan 15 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

BBC: Italy cruise ship Costa Concordia aground near Giglio »

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11:45 pm | Three people are confirmed dead after a cruise ship carrying more than 4,000 people ran aground off Italy. There…

Jan 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Economist: The rising cost of catastrophes »

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03:13 am | COMMERCE has long been at the mercy of the elements. The British East India Company was almost strangled at…

Jan 14 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

ScienceNews.Org: Small efforts to reduce methane, soot could have big effect »

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01:33 am | Carbon dioxide may be public enemy number one in the fight against global warming. But taking aim at methane…

Jan 13 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

FoxNews: Federal Judge Says Prayer Banner Must Be Removed »

03:01 pm | A federal judge has ruled that a Rhode Island high school must tear down a prayer banner that encouraged…

Jan 12 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Tech News World: Making VoIP Calls With Your Android Phone »

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07:13 pm | If you live or work in an area with marginal cell service and want to use your Android smartphone…

Jan 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Economist : The long march of Fidesz »

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06:55 pm | IT SEEMS a strange sort of new year’s resolution. Twice in a row the Hungarian government has begun the…

Jan 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Fox News: Is the Air Force’s Secret Robot Space Plane Spying on China? »

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06:40 pm | The U.S. Air Force’s top secret X-37B space plane may be spying on China, according to a report in…

Jan 5 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

The Foundry: Morning Bell: New Year’s Resolutions for Conservatives »

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04:23 am | Let’s be honest: We all know you’re not really gonna quit smoking, start exercising, and eat more vegetables as…

Jan 3 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

POP: How Mollusk Blood Could Cure Cancer »

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12:20 am | The giant keyhole limpet’s hemolymph carries a protein that is the essential component of a new cancer vaccine. Keyhole…

Jan 2 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

Miami Herald: How to keep losing Cuban-American votes »

04:52 am | During a September round-table with Hispanic journalists, President Obama was asked whether he was concerned about a backlash from…

Dec 27 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

ABC: Hacking Group ‘Anonymous’ Takes First Step in ‘Master Plan,’ Vows to Strike Again »

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07:37 pm | The global activist hacking group Anonymous claims to have obtained thousands of credit card numbers and personal information from…

Dec 26 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

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  1. Miami Herald: Cuban archbishop evacuates Ladies in White from basilica amid fears of police beating
  2. FoxNews: Greece to get $170B bailout, reduce debt
  3. Crossing the Barbed Wire: The Party…Up for Debate?
  4. Technology Review: Apple Ignored Warning on Address-Book Access
  5. ScienceNews.org: Drugs delivered wirelessly
  6. Cnet: Google settles rogue drug ad claims for $500 million
  7. Fox News: Obama dismisses tense exchange with Brewer in Arizona as ‘blown out of proportion’
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  9. FoxNews: Joe Paterno, former Penn State football coach, dies at 85
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  11. Gizmodo.com: What Is SOPA?
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Miami Herald: Cuban archbishop evacuates Ladies in White from basilica amid fears of police beating »

02:52 am | The archbishop of Cuba’s second-largest city helped evacuate 14 women dissidents who had sought refuge at the El Cobre Basilica amid reports that police were waiting nearby to beat them, dissidents reported Monday. Lady in White member Thaimí Vega alleged, meanwhile, that she suffered a miscarriage after police detained her to keep her from joining…

Feb 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

ScienceNews.org: Drugs delivered wirelessly »

12:06 am | VANCOUVER — An implanted microchip that releases medication on command from wireless signals has been demonstrated in people for the first time using a drug for osteoporosis. This tiny device, implanted under the skin, could be useful in treating many diseases that require taking medication regularly, scientists reported February 16 at the annual meeting of…

Feb 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Miami Herald: Cuban archbishop evacuates Ladies in White from basilica amid fears of police beating »

02:52 am | The archbishop of Cuba’s second-largest city helped evacuate 14 women dissidents who had sought refuge at the El Cobre Basilica amid reports that police were waiting nearby to beat them, dissidents reported Monday. Lady in White member Thaimí Vega alleged, meanwhile, that she suffered a miscarriage after police detained her to keep her from joining…

Feb 21 2012 / No Comment / Read More »

GasBuddy.com: OPEC’s all about semantics »

08:17 pm | The news yesterday from Cairo, once again, was ominous. This time Iran warned its oil-producing neighbors in the Persian Gulf against boosting production to offset any potential decrease that might occur when and if Iran drops its exports in the event of an embargo. Iran does not want to see oil shipments from Saudi Arabia,…

Jan 16 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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Technology Review: Apple Ignored Warning on Address-Book Access »

12:49 am | Apple was warned as long ago as 2010 that the popular Gowalla location-sharing iPhone app was uploading users’ address books without alerting them, Technology Review has learned. This raises questions about why Apple didn’t do then what it announced it would do yesterday. In a statement, the company said software upgrades for iPhones would be…

Feb 18 2012 / No Comment / Read More »
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GasBuddy.com: OPEC’s all about semantics »

08:17 pm | The news yesterday from Cairo, once again, was ominous. This time Iran warned its oil-producing neighbors in the Persian Gulf against boosting production to offset any potential decrease that might…

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The Economist: The rising cost of catastrophes »

03:13 am | COMMERCE has long been at the mercy of the elements. The British East India Company was almost strangled at birth when it lost several of its ships in a storm.…

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Reuters: Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt »

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Smart Money: Oil Prices Surge: 5 Ways Consumers May Get Hit »

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03:53 am | Oil futures surged over $101 a barrel today for the first time since June, a spike which analysts say could raise prices…

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WSJ: Purgatory for MF Global Customers »

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03:41 am | As MF Global Holdings Ltd. was sinking in late October, trader Andrew Gochberg thought he was making all the right moves to…

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TechnGadgets.uk: O2 gets ready to give London free Wi-Fi »

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Tech News World: Making VoIP Calls With Your Android Phone »

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Technology Review: Apple Ignored Warning on Address-Book Access »

12:49 am | Apple was warned as long ago as 2010 that the popular Gowalla location-sharing iPhone app was uploading users’ address books without alerting them, Technology Review has learned. This raises questions…

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04:16 pm | If you hadn’t heard of SOPA before, you probably have by now: Some of the internet’s most influential sites—Reddit and Wikipedia among them—are going dark to protest the much-maligned anti-piracy…

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