Tag: Cuba
Castro open to Obama talks: report
Cuban President Raul Castro is open to meeting US President-elect Barack Obama on neutral ground to try to resolve the island's four-decade-old feud with Washington, according to an interview with a US magazine.[MORE]
Guantanamo detainees win court challenge
A US judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terrorism suspects from Guantanamo Bay.[MORE]
Obama vows to exit Iraq, rebuild US 'moral stature'
Barack Obama has vowed to pull troops out of Iraq, crush Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and shut down the Guantanamo Bay camp.[MORE]
Fidel Castro's new book to be launched
A new book by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public since undergoing intestinal surgery in July 2006, will be presented in Havana and on state-run media on Wednesday (local time), the Communist Party newspaper Granma said.[MORE]
Paloma downgraded to tropical storm over Cuba
Hurricane Paloma weakened as it stalled over south-eastern Cuba after battering the island with lashing rain and gale-force winds.[MORE]
1 million evacuated as hurricane batters Cuba
Hurricane Paloma toppled trees, damaged homes and knocked over a communications tower as it ripped through Cuba, after striking the southern coast with 195 kilometre per hour winds as the island's third major storm of the year.[MORE]
Cuba evacuates thousands as Hurricane Paloma nears
Authorities in Cuba are evacuating tens of thousands of people from low-lying coastal areas ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Paloma.[MORE]
Hurricane Paloma strengthens, pounds Caymans
Paloma strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane on Saturday as it pounded the wealthy British Caribbean territory of the Cayman Islands and headed toward storm-battered Cuba.[MORE]
Hurricane Paloma heads for Cuban coast
Cuba put aside the work of recovering from the two powerful hurricanes that have already struck this storm season to prepare for Hurricane Paloma spinning toward the eastern half of the island.[MORE]
Tropical Storm Paloma becomes Caribbean hurricane
Tropical Storm Paloma has strengthened into a hurricane in the Caribbean on a path that threatens Cuba, US forecasters said.[MORE]
Ramos-Horta hails Obama victory, urges more trade
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta says Barack Obama's election as the US President is a turning point in American history, as it shows that the country's society has moved away from the racial discrimination and exclusion of the past.[MORE]
Cuba hails Obama win, hopes US embargo will ease
Cuba hails US President-elect Barack Obama's presidential election victory and would one day welcome an easing of the 46-year-old US trade embargo, Foreign Investment Minister Marta Lomas said in a statement.[MORE]
Al Qaeda propagandist gets life sentence at Guantanamo
An Al Qaeda propagandist has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of terrorism charges by a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a Pentagon spokesman says.[MORE]
Yemeni found guilty at Guantanamo trial
A Yemeni national who allegedly served as an al-Qaeda propagandist was found guilty of terrorism charges in the second United States military trial of a war on terror detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Pentagon said on Monday (local time).[MORE]
Bin Laden associate trial verdict due Monday
United States military jurors in Guantanamo Bay have reached a verdict in the trial of an alleged associate of Osama bin Laden.[MORE]
Ex-Guantanamo inmate to lead Al Jazeera watchdog
Al Jazeera television has announced the launch of its own rights watchdog to be headed by its cameraman Sami al-Haj, who spent six years at the US detention centre in Guantanamo Bay.[MORE]
EU, Cuba renew cooperation after prisoners dispute
The European Union and Cuba have re-established cooperation that was broken off five years ago in a dispute over Cuban political prisoners.[MORE]
Bush won't shut Guantanamo before leaving office
US President George W Bush has confirmed he will not close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility before he leaves office in January.[MORE]
'Miracle' Obama hasn't been assassinated: Castro
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro says American society is marked by "profound racism" and it is a "pure miracle" that US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has not been assassinated.[MORE]
US judge orders Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo freed
A federal judge in the United States has ordered the prompt release of 17 Chinese Muslims held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.[MORE]
Guantanamo prosecutor 'resigns over suppressed evidence'
Defence lawyers for a prisoner at the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay say a military prosecutor has resigned because his office suppressed evidence that could have cleared their client.[MORE]
US judge 'reluctantly' delays Guantanamo appeals
A US judge has "reluctantly" agreed to a US government request to delay appeals brought by some 250 Guantanamo detainees challenging the legality of their detention.[MORE]
Deadly Ike eyes Texas
Thousands of people have fled the Texas Gulf coast as deadly Hurricane Ike bears down, growing in power after ravaging Cuba and the Caribbean.[MORE]
Bush declares state of emergency as Ike aims at Texas
George W Bush declares an emergency in Texas as Hurricane Ike bears towards the US coast.[MORE]
US offers aid to Cuba
The United States has renewed an offer to send experts to Cuba to see how much more disaster aid is needed after the island was hit twice by Hurricane Ike.[MORE]
