Cuba seeks to boost alternative energy production
June 11th, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, June 11 (IANS/EFE) Cuba is intending to increase its renewable energy production by 12 percent over the next eight years in a push for "energy security and sovereignty", an ... Read more...
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Vatican loans Cuba historic artefact
January 28th, 2012 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Jan 28 (IANS/EFE) The Vatican has loaned to Cuba "as a great exception" and for one year an artefact considered the most ancient example of indigenous Christian art in ... Read more...
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Dutch, Germans, Mexicans and Argentinians among dead in Cuban plane crash
November 5th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by BNO News
HAVANA (BNO NEWS) -- A passenger plane carrying nearly 70 people crashed in central Cuba on late Thursday afternoon, officials said, killing all those on board.Aero Caribbean flight 883 was traveling from ... Read more...
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Cuban TV runs series on attempts to kill Castro
March 9th, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Havana, March 9 (IANS/EFE) Cuban state television has premiered the series "El que debe vivir", which will examine some of the 638 attempts to kill former president Fidel Castro.
The first episode of ... Read more...
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Erosion threatens famous Cuban sea resort
July 27th, 2009 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, July 27 (IANS) Erosion is threatening the famous beach resort of Varadero in eastern Cuba prompting the government to use some 380,000 cubic metres of sand to counter it, Prensa Latina ... Read more...
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Rare petroglyphs found in Cuban caves
June 25th, 2009 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, June 25 (IANS) Cuban archaeologists are studying the strange drawings found in caves in eastern Cuba, Prensa Latina reported.
The petroglyphs, discovered in the Sierra del Rosario reserve located in Pinar del ... Read more...
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Cuba’s hurricanes damage estimated at more than $10 bn
November 13th, 2008 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Nov 13 (IANS) Cuba has sustained losses worth more than $10 billion in three hurricanes that have devastated the Caribbean island in the past three months, President Raul Castro has said."We're ... Read more...
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Hurricane Ike kills and displaces thousands others
September 8th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by David M N James
Hurricane Ike struck destroying houses and crops on islands. It struck Cuba leading to heavy rains and serious floods. This was the same in Haiti where it killed more than 58 in ... Read more...
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Hurricane Ike weakens, 250,000 evacuated in Cuba (Lead, Changing Dateline)
September 8th, 2008 - 10:08 am ICT by IANS
Havana, Sep 8 (DPA) Hurricane Ike weakened as it churned toward eastern Cuba, dropping to wind speeds of 195 km an hour after sweeping destruction across Haiti, killing at least 39 people.The ... Read more...
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Caribbean swept by hurricane Ike, Florida on alert
September 7th, 2008 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 7 (DPA) Residents of the Caribbean Turks and Caicos islands began surveying damage Sunday following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, as the "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm continued on ... Read more...
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13 dead, 6,000 displaced by hurricane in Hispaniola
August 28th, 2008 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) Aug 28 (DPA) At least 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 displaced as Hurricane Gustav hit the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, authorities in Haiti and the ... Read more...
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Tropical cyclone Gustav rears an ugly head as weather expert’s start monitoring it
August 26th, 2008 - 3:49 pm ICT by David M N James
A new threat in the weather conditions has been observed by experts off the coast of America. Tropical Depression 7 formed in the central Caribbean Monday morning and became Tropical Storm Gustav ... Read more...
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1,000 evacuated due to flooding in eastern Cuba
March 22nd, 2008 - 6:39 pm ICT by admin
Havana, March 22 (IANS) Over 1,000 people have been evacuated due to flooding triggered by a storm in the eastern tip of Cuba, Spain's EFE news agency reported. So far no deaths ... Read more...
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