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At the age of 82 Omara Portuondo, “the grand old lady of Cuban bolero” remains active delighting audiences in various parts of the world. Her busy schedule brought her to Chile and Brazil in May, and is taking her to Ireland and Poland in July.
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Washington -
Yesterday the FBI added former Black Panther and convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur to its Most Wanted Terrorist list, placing a $2 million reward on her head. Shakur becomes the first woman and the second 'domestic terrorist' to make the list.
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A fugitive convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper 40 years ago has been added to the FBI most wanted terrorist list making her the first female addition.
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Philadelphia -
The daughter of Cuban president Raul Castro will not be able to attend a conference in Philadelphia to receive an award for her gay rights activism as the State Department has denied her permission to travel there.
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During his 2008 presidential campaign, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to close Guantanamo Bay; the infamous Caribbean prison often associated with George W. Bush's War on Terror policies.
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For over 50 years the United States has held firm on its embargo against Cuba, even as the world condemned it for doing so. It is now time that the United States accept that the embargo has failed and move on.
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Marco Rubio, Florida's Senator, slammed Jay-Z's recent trip to Cuba, saying that the rapper needed to get himself informed about Cuba.
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WBO, The Ring and WBC Diamond Super Bantamweight Champion Nonito Donaire scored a 10th-round knockdown over WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux in New York City Saturday but failed to defend his titles in a unanimous decision.
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Some 540,000 emails between Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees and their lawyers were mistakenly turned over to prosecutors, prompting more questions on a justice system some see as unjust.
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WBO, The Ring and WBC Diamond Super Bantamweight Champion Nonito Donaire will defend his titles against WBA super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux at the Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York Saturday.
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"Y'all gonna learn today" that Hova isn't one to hold back his feelings. The rapper opened up about a slew of topics with his new controversial new song "Open Letter."
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Miami -
A Republican US congresswoman best known for her staunch support for terrorists who have killed scores of innocent Cubans has slammed hip-hop power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba.
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Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, has urged North Korea to steer clear of nuclear warfare, saying that Koreans will be faced with one of the most grave risks of nuclear war since the Cuban missile crisis back in 1962.
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Lawyers for inmates at Guantanamo Bay have stated that "all but a few men" in a camp at Gitmo are on a hunger strike after their Qur’ans and other personal belongings have been taken away from them and prayer time is not being respected.
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An asteroid barely missed Earth as it passed by Saturday afternoon. NASA admits they did not see this one headed straight towards Earth.
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Caracas -
Venezuelans have paid an emotional tribute to their fallen leader, President Hugo Chavez, at his state funeral in Caracas Friday.
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The ailing president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has died, according to reports from news agencies. As reported earlier by Digital Journal, the President had cancer.
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A comet discovered on January 3 by a Scottish-Australasian astronomer is headed towards Mars and may collide with the red planet in the year 2014.
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Havana -
Cuban President Raul Castro has announced he was step down after his second term ends in 2018. The new parliament named 52-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel as Castro's VP and most likely successor.
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Boston -
Scientists meeting at this week’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston have warned that extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy and the Texas drought are here to stay.
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