Posts Tagged ‘havana’

VIDEO: Cuba gets its first curry house

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

In Havana, a British man and his Cuban wife have just opened the Caribbean island’s first curry house.

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VIDEO: Cuba gets its first curry house

Pope set for Havana open-air Mass

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

About one million Cubans prepare to celebrate an open-air Mass led by Pope Benedict XVI in Havana on the final day of his visit.

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Pope set for Havana open-air Mass

The 45 Places to Go in 2012

Saturday, January 7th, 2012

London, Havana, Lhasa and, yes, even the final frontier. A year’s worth of reasons to pack your bags and take off.

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The 45 Places to Go in 2012

Cuban politician jailed for graft

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

A former Cuban government minister and a Chilean businessman receive lengthy jail sentences from a court in Havana for corruption.

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Cuban politician jailed for graft

Cuban May Day brings uncertainty

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

The wide avenues of Havana became a colorful mosaic of the faces and flags of throngs of Cuban people — 600,000 of them, according to state media — as people gathered to commemorate International Workers’ Day, or May Day, on Sunday.

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Cuban May Day brings uncertainty

Cuba jails cold snap death medics

Monday, January 31st, 2011

A Cuban court sends 13 staff at a Havana psychiatric hospital to prison for up to 15 years over the death from hypothermia of 26 patients in 2010.

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Cuba jails cold snap death medics

Cuba: US rule changes ‘limited’

Monday, January 17th, 2011

Moves announced by US President Barack Obama to relax restrictions on travel to Cuba are positive but not enough, the Havana government says.

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Cuba: US rule changes ‘limited’

Cruise ship welcomed in communist Cuba

Friday, January 7th, 2011

A British-owned cruise ship has sailed into the Cuban capital, Havana – the first in years to dock in the Communist-run island.

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Cruise ship welcomed in communist Cuba

Cuba Plane Crash Kills 68

Friday, November 5th, 2010

Sixty-eight people are dead after a plane crashed in Cuba Thursday. The plane was en route from Santiago to Havana when it lost contact with air-traffic controllers. There are no details so far on what happened, and there are no survivors. Cuban…

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Cuba ‘to release more prisoners’

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Cuba is to release three more political prisoners, the Catholic Church in Havana says.

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Cuba ‘to release more prisoners’