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• Free Election in Honduras - Against All O(bama)dds

  
  brianlee — Authority: 136
  An interesting post from http://www.hughhewitt.com/ about the elections in Hondorus. You can get more interesting articles by subscribing to this post here. Free Election in Honduras - Against All O(bama)dds Posted by: Jude The Presidential election is underway today in Honduras. Very little thanks to ...
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• The Domino Diaries: Chapter II

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 515
  Fidel Castro banned professional sports in Cuba in 1962. His decree presented a difficult choice for boxers: stay in Cuba and fight for national glory or defect to a country where their talents could make them rich. Examining the lives of boxers whove defected as well as those who have remained, discover some of the ...
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• Mrs. Putin

  
  Ricky Carandang Reporting — Authority: 110
  Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is running for Congress in the second district of Pampanga. Randy David (who is not making good on his threat to run against her) says she will use the vast resources accumulated over her term as president to buy control of the Lower House and make herself Speaker.  Being speaker is a way to ...
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• Amusing Paranoia, Goofy Silliness

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  “Man doth not live by bread alone.”  He also needs some laughs amidst all the dire warnings and true dangers in our world to make that bread more palatable. Fortunately, mankind being what it is, someone is always out there who will temper the serious with some chuckles, intentionally or not. Amusing ...
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• David Beckham likes the odd Cuban cigar

  
  Moo News Moo News - Entertainment, Sports, Showbiz, Celebrities & TV — Authority: 520
  Soccer star David Beckham who was photographed using an asthma inhaler last week says that it is nothing to do with the fact that he has a penchant for the odd cigar. A friend of the footballer said that Beckham likes the taste of a good cigar along with the image and only ever smokes the very best. Cigar smoking is ...
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• 10-year anniversary of rescue of Elian Gonzalez

  
  Along the Malecn — Authority: 529
  Juan Miguel Gonzalez, the father of Elian Gonzalez , stood next to Fidel Castro during this rally in the year 2000. Elians mother and 10 other people died trying to reach Florida. Fishermen rescued the boy in November 1999, just over 10 years ago.
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• Blogger Yoani Sanchez is threat to Cuba

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  With her platted hair and bookish demeanour, Yoani Sanchez does not look like a threat to the Cuban State.
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• Yoani Sanchez, Cubas popular blogger, has been beaten up for describing life

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Yoani Sanchez, Cubas most popular blogger, has been beaten up by thugs for the offence of describing life under the Castro regime
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• Sparkle Teeth Whitening Kit Review - Diet Reviews and Reviews of Diets

  
  Review This Crazy World — Authority: 162
  Health Product Reviews and Diet Reviews. Honest Reviews on Products for Weight Loss, Detox, Fitness, Health, and More. Original post: Sparkle Teeth Whitening Kit Review - Diet Reviews and Reviews of Diets
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• Same Cuba, Same Policies: Why It Is Not Time To Lift The Travel Ban

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 759
  The U.S. Committee on Foreign Affairs held a hearing last week on lifting the ban on travel to Cuba, revealing the high discrepancy among congressional members over whether or not restricting Americans from traveling to Cuba will ultimately influence democratic change and enhance human rights under the Castro ...
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• Reel history | Thirteen Days: on the brink of nuclear war, Hollywood steps in

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  This partisan politico-drama focuses on the Cuban missile crisis, with only a cursory glance in the direction of Havana and Moscow. With Kevin Costner in the starring role, we wouldnt expect anything else Director: Roger Donaldson Entertainment grade: B+ History grade: A– The Cuban missile crisis of October ...
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• Fidel Castro Writes About Obama

  
  Willamette Reds — Authority: 131
  Obamas Trip: A Science Fiction Story Written by Fidel Castro Ruz Reflections by Comrade Fidel I very much regret to have to criticize Obama, knowing that there are in that country other could-be presidents worse than he. I am aware that that office in the United States is today a major headache. The best example of ...
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• Chávez pays a lightning visit to Raúl, Fidel

  
  Cuban Colada — Authority: 133
  Hugo Chávez made an unannounced trip to Havana on Tuesday to meet with Raúl and Fidel Castro, the Venezuelan president said Wednesday in Caracas during a ceremony for the visiting president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . “I made a lightning trip to Cuba and spent seven hours yesterday with Fidel going over ...
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• Response: Cuba does not deserve this criticism on human rights

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  The real abuse taking place in Cuba is the crippling and inhumane American blockade Your article on the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Cuba gives little context of the complexity of US-Cuba relations ( Hopes of new dawn dashed as Fidel Castros brother cracks down on dissent , 19 November). You report that ...
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• Welcome to the Inspection House

  
  Along the Malecn — Authority: 529
  Presidio prison on Isla de Juventud in Cuba has a Panopticon design, which allowed guards to observe without prisoners knowing it. Photo credit: Wikipedia Mind control prison. It was built from 1926 to 1931 and held 6,000 prisoners, Wikipedia says. Fidel Castro was jailed on the Isla de Juventud after ...
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• Cubas embargo must go | John Keenan

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 164
  Its time to end the counterproductive sanctions against Cuba, which have only served to strengthen its brutal regime This month Europe celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of the iron curtain . Tribute was paid the role the US played in helping to speed the demise of totalitarian regimes. But just ...
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• Anti-Castro blogger hears from Obama before Fidel

  
  Not My Tribe — Authority: 485
  Havana pseudo-blogger Yoani Sánchez has the ear of President Obama, what a surprise. In the wake of not being able to travel to the US to receive an astroturf accolade from Columbia University, then a much ballyhooed – but uncorroborated – attempt by Cuban police to make her late for a rally, the “blogger” ...
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• The Domino Diaries

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 515
  "What is one million dollars compared to the love of eight million Cubans?" asked a Cuban boxing champion when offered five million dollars to fight Muhammad Ali. Brin Friesen, at the Cuban National Boxing Championships, looks at why any Cuban who wishes to disagree can only do so in a whisper.
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• Sharp wits in Spanish Congress set for debate on mercenary blogger, Yoani Sánchez

  
  Machetera — Authority: 417
  Tejero Molina addresses the Spanish Congress, 1981 The U.S. Government and the World’s Great Media Empires Are Using “Mercenary Bloggers” in Their Offensive Against Cuba – Español By J.P. for La República Translation: Machetera The world’s great media empires have undertaken a merciless ...
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• Fidel Castro: The Bolivarian Revolution and Peace

  
  Nasir Khan blog — Authority: 143
  By Fidel Castro Ruz, Cuba.cu , November 20, 2009 I know Chavez well, and no one could be more reluctant than him to allow a showdown between the Venezuelan and Colombian peoples leading to bloodshed. These are two fraternal peoples, the same as Cubans living in the east, center and west end of our island. I ...
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