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Canadian businessman goes on trial in Cuban corruption crackdown

HAVANA - A Canadian businessman who has confessed to bribing Cuban officials was scheduled to go on trial in Havana on Thursday, almost two years after his arrest in a sweeping government crackdown on corruption.

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U.S. contractor jailed in Cuba settles suit against employer

WASHINGTON - An American contractor imprisoned in Cuba has settled a lawsuit in which he accused the company he was working for when he was arrested and the U.S. government with failing to warn him about the risks of working on the communist-controlled island.

17 May 2013

U.S. says looking to revive vacant Guantanamo policy job -Holder

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government intends to revive a vacant position coordinating policy for the military prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is looking at candidates, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday.

14 May 2013

Exclusive - Cuba readies corruption trials of Western businessmen

HAVANA - Canadian and British executives of three foreign businesses shut in 2011 by Cuban authorities, ostensibly for corrupt practices, have been charged after more than a year in custody and are expected to go on trial soon, sources close to the cases told Reuters.

14 May 2013

Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a 'Cuban patriot'

HAVANA - A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring showed off a certificate renouncing his U.S. citizenship on Friday and said he was now just a "Cuban patriot."

10 May 2013

Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a 'Cuban patriot'

HAVANA - A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring showed off a certificate renouncing his U.S. citizenship on Friday and said he was now just a "Cuban patriot."

10 May 2013

Recriminations over post-vote violence stoke Venezuela tensions

CARACAS - Residents of La Limonera neighbourhood in Venezuela's capital Caracas are still on edge and in mourning after a wave of post-election violence that killed two people in their community.

08 May 2013

Brazil to deploy 6,000 Cuban doctors in remote areas: minister

BRASILIA - Brazil plans to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors to serve in remote parts of the country where medical services are deficient or nonexistent, despite controversy over the quality of their training.

06 May 2013

Brazil to deploy 6,000 Cuban doctors in remote areas -minister

BRASILIA - Brazil plans to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors to serve in remote parts of the country where medical services are deficient or nonexistent, despite controversy over the quality of their training.

06 May 2013

UPDATE 1-Brazil to deploy 6,000 Cuban doctors in remote areas -minister

BRASILIA, May 6 - Brazil plans to hire 6,000 Cuban doctors to serve in remote parts of the country where medical services are deficient or nonexistent, despite controversy over the quality of their training.

06 May 2013

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Obama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Thursday shifted the United States away from a "boundless global war on terror," restricting deadly U.S. drone strikes abroad and taking steps toward closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison. | Video

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Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.

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