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 Cuba to invest $450 mn to boost rice production
| Havana, May 12 (IANS/EFE) Cuba said it plans to invest up to $450 million over the next few years in a programme to increase domestic rice production, which remains insufficient to meet the demand o... (photo: WN / RTayco) Newstrack India
Cuba Havana Investment Photos Wikipedia: Cuba |
 Hugo Chavez ends 'successful' Cuba cancer treatment
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned from Cuba, saying he has successfully completed his radiotherapy treatment for cancer. | TV images showed Mr Chavez hugging ministers and singing a song f... (photo: AP / Fernando Llano) BBC News
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 Cuba to increase hotel capacity
| Havana, May 10 (IANS/EFE) Cuba is intending to increase its hotel capacity on its offshore keys and islets to take advantage of the economic opportunities offered by to... (photo: Creative Commons ) Newstrack India
Cuba Hotel Photos Tourism Travel Wikipedia: Cuba |
 Restaurant Week comes to Puerto Rico
| In a continuous effort to position Puerto Rico as the ultimate culinary destination of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico Restaurant Week comes to the Island from May 14 to 20,... (photo: Public Domain / Mtmelendez) The Examiner
Caribbean Photos PuertoRico Restaurant Tourism Wikipedia: Puerto Rico |
 The global fight to end capital punishment
| The death penalty is a shameful legacy of colonialism – now British lawyers are fighting to abolish it around the world by representing condemned prisoners in court A... (photo: Jose Cruz/ABr) The Guardian
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 The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril
| Byron Buckley, Contributor | CARIBBEAN AIDS prevention advocates fear that crucial funding to sustain hard-won gains over the last decade could dry up by year end. Fina... (photo: ABr / ABr) The Gleaner
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 Banana growers receive vital injection of funds
| Christopher Serju, Gleaner Writer | THE EUROPEAN Union's recent grant of $20.7m will go towards revitalising the All-Island Banana Growers' Association (AIBGA) which is... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Gleaner
Agriculture Banana Injection Island Photos Wikipedia: Banana |
 Secret Osama bin Laden documents released
| A selection of documents seized in last year's raid on Bin Laden's Pakistan house was posted online by the US Army's Combating Terrorism Center. The documents show dark... (photo: AP / Department of Defense) The Independent
Al Qaida Pakistan Photos US Wikipedia: Death of Osama bin Laden |
 New study finds dengue fever costing nearly $40 million in US territory of Puerto Rico
| The study by researchers at Brandeis University's Schneider Institutes for Health Policy is the first to look at who bears the cost – across households, government... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) PhysOrg
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 Cuba poised to ease up on travel
| HAVANA - After controlling the comings and goings of its people for five decades, communist Cuba appears on the verge of a momentous decision to lift many travel restri... (photo: Creative Commons / Infrogmation) Herald Tribune
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 Smoking at venues - Regulate smoking
| THE EDITOR, Sir: | As companies operating in Jamaica seek to become compliant to the public health policy of 100 per cent smoke-free indoors, some guidance is required ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Gleaner
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