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Hambali, the alleged Bali bomb mastermind who is suspected of links to al-Qaeda, has filed a petition seeking his release from Guantanamo where he has been detained for more than three years.

A massive baseball fight broke out at a Cuban game recently, and video has surfaced on YouTube.

He Who Must Live documents Cuban leader's escapes from bacteria-infected hankie, exploding cigar and poisoned wetsuit Fidel Castro, a former president of Cuba, has survived several hundred assassination attempts including an exploding cigar.

Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach. "I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba's universal health care system.

Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach. "I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba's universal health care system.

CUBA: Hunger Striker Refuses to Go into Exile By Patricia Grogg HAVANA - The state news media in Cuba reported Monday on the case of dissident Guillermo Farinas, who has been on a hunger strike for 13 days and refuses to go into exile in Spain.

White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces charges, a senior administration official said Monday.

WORLD famous, but rarely seen outside of Cuba, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba celebrates its 50th anniversary with its first ever major UK tour with performances at The Churchill theatre, Bromley, on March 16 and 17.

Orlando Zapata Tamayo wasn't a prominent voice in Cuba's small opposition movement.

Havana, Mar 4 Cubans are recalling on Thursday an attack, planned by the United States that blew to pieces the French La Coubre ship in 1960 in Havana, killing more than 100 people and wounding more than 200 others.

Cuba and the Philippines share more than a common colonial past: The third largest province in Cuba, Pinar Del Rio, was formerly called Nueva Filipinas in the mid-18th century.

Jordan News.Net Friday 5th March, 2010 Matthew Nasuti ) The U.S. State Department has labeled virtually every non-European country a a oehardship posta for American diplomats.

A dissident journalist who has gone nine days without eating or drinking told The Associated Press on Friday that he is willing to give his life to call attention to the plight of Cuba's political prisoners.

The US Supreme Court decided Monday not to hear the appeal of a group of Uighurs, members of an ethnic group from western China, who have been held without charge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for eight years.

The high court had agreed to take up their case to examine whether a federal judge acted within his authority when he ordered the government to bring the detainees from Guantanamo to the United States for release pending their possible resettlement in a third country. Its decision came three weeks before the justices were originally scheduled to hear the case.

An import programme that brought flashy new cars to Havana streets dominated by old US and Russian vehicles has been canceled, the Cuban government said in a resolution published this week.

White House advisers are nearing a recommendation for President Barack Obama to choose a military trial for self-professed Sept.

Pakistan's intelligent agents have arrested a senior Afghan Taliban commander, the latest move in a crackdown against the insurgent network in Pakistan.

Cuba on Wednesday accused the United States, whose Democratic administration has been seeking to ease long-term restrictions on links with Havana, of stepping up subversion against the communist-ruled island.

WASHINGTON: The United States said yesterday it deeply regretted the death of a Cuban political prisoner who died this week after an 85-day hunger strike to demand better prison conditions.

This guest column is from the blog of Ivan Garcia , an independent journalist who lives and writes from Havana, Cuba.