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Biden To Lift Cuba's State Sponsor Of Terror Designation
President Joe Biden is to remove the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, in a deal that will see imprisoned protesters released in the communist country.
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74 Anti-Government Protesters In Cuba Sentenced To Up To 18 Years
Cuban courts issued prison terms -- some up to 18 years -- for another 74 people involved in last summer's unprecedented anti-government protests, officials said Wednesday.
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Axe Is Falling: Cuba's 20-Year Sentence For Filming Protest
Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent.
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Facebook, US Helping to Stimulate November 15 Protests, Cuba Foreign Minister Says
Cuba's foreign minister said the United States was behind protests over human and civil rights planned for November 15 in the communist-run country, and alleged US-based social media platform Facebook was helping to promote them.
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US Efforts "To Destroy Cuba" Have Failed: President Diaz-Canel
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Friday the United States "has failed in its efforts to destroy Cuba," after Joe Biden called the island nation "a failed state."
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Joe Biden Urges Cuban Authorities To "Hear" Protesters
President Joe Biden on Monday urged Cuba's communist government to "hear" protesters demanding an end to "repression" and poverty.
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6 Indian Immigrant Detainees, On Hunger Strike, Force-Fed At US Centre
At least six immigrant detainees, including Indians, have been force-fed through nasal tubes by immigration authorities in the US after they went on a hunger strike to protest conditions at a processing centre in Texas, drawing a strong reaction from Indian-American groups which described it as violation of human rights.
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Cubans Protest New Ecuador Visa Regulation
Hundreds of Cubans protested at the Ecuadorean embassy in Cuba on Friday, a day after the Andean nation announced they would need visas to enter the country as of Dec. 1.
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Cuba Arrests 90 Dissidents at Protest March
With tense bilateral ties recently renewed after five decades, and top US diplomat John Kerry due in Havana in days, Cuba arrested some 90 activists on Sunday.
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US, Cuba Diplomatic Posts Witnessed Decades of Cold War Drama
The buildings that will become US and Cuban embassies in their neighbor's respective capitals on July 20 have seen over five decades of Cold War protests, provocations and strains.
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US-Cuba Tensions Revive As Cuba Arrests Activitsts
A Cuban crackdown on dissident activists caused a new rift on Wednesday with the United States, the first diplomatic scuffle since this month's historic announcement of a renewal in ties.
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Guantanamo Prisoners in Protest Over Women Guards
The use of female troops inside the highest-security unit at Guantanamo Bay is sparking protests by prisoners.
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Cuba Cracks Down, Arrests 100 Women Dissidents
Cuban authorities arrested an unusually large group of about 100 dissident marchers on Sunday, breaking up a march by the Ladies in White opposition activists.
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Oprah Winfrey Cast in Martin Luther King Jr Biopic
The actress, who is also producing the film alongside Brad Pitt, is now set to portray civil rights protester Annie Lee Cooper
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Biden To Lift Cuba's State Sponsor Of Terror Designation
President Joe Biden is to remove the US designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, in a deal that will see imprisoned protesters released in the communist country.
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74 Anti-Government Protesters In Cuba Sentenced To Up To 18 Years
Cuban courts issued prison terms -- some up to 18 years -- for another 74 people involved in last summer's unprecedented anti-government protests, officials said Wednesday.
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Axe Is Falling: Cuba's 20-Year Sentence For Filming Protest
Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent.
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Facebook, US Helping to Stimulate November 15 Protests, Cuba Foreign Minister Says
Cuba's foreign minister said the United States was behind protests over human and civil rights planned for November 15 in the communist-run country, and alleged US-based social media platform Facebook was helping to promote them.
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US Efforts "To Destroy Cuba" Have Failed: President Diaz-Canel
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Friday the United States "has failed in its efforts to destroy Cuba," after Joe Biden called the island nation "a failed state."
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Joe Biden Urges Cuban Authorities To "Hear" Protesters
President Joe Biden on Monday urged Cuba's communist government to "hear" protesters demanding an end to "repression" and poverty.
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6 Indian Immigrant Detainees, On Hunger Strike, Force-Fed At US Centre
At least six immigrant detainees, including Indians, have been force-fed through nasal tubes by immigration authorities in the US after they went on a hunger strike to protest conditions at a processing centre in Texas, drawing a strong reaction from Indian-American groups which described it as violation of human rights.
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Cubans Protest New Ecuador Visa Regulation
Hundreds of Cubans protested at the Ecuadorean embassy in Cuba on Friday, a day after the Andean nation announced they would need visas to enter the country as of Dec. 1.
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Cuba Arrests 90 Dissidents at Protest March
With tense bilateral ties recently renewed after five decades, and top US diplomat John Kerry due in Havana in days, Cuba arrested some 90 activists on Sunday.
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US, Cuba Diplomatic Posts Witnessed Decades of Cold War Drama
The buildings that will become US and Cuban embassies in their neighbor's respective capitals on July 20 have seen over five decades of Cold War protests, provocations and strains.
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US-Cuba Tensions Revive As Cuba Arrests Activitsts
A Cuban crackdown on dissident activists caused a new rift on Wednesday with the United States, the first diplomatic scuffle since this month's historic announcement of a renewal in ties.
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Guantanamo Prisoners in Protest Over Women Guards
The use of female troops inside the highest-security unit at Guantanamo Bay is sparking protests by prisoners.
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Cuba Cracks Down, Arrests 100 Women Dissidents
Cuban authorities arrested an unusually large group of about 100 dissident marchers on Sunday, breaking up a march by the Ladies in White opposition activists.
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Oprah Winfrey Cast in Martin Luther King Jr Biopic
The actress, who is also producing the film alongside Brad Pitt, is now set to portray civil rights protester Annie Lee Cooper
