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  • Tottenham to play in the Bahamas for the first time

    An English Premier League club will play in the Bahamas for the first time to mark the country's 40th anniversary of independence. Tottenham Hotspur will play Jamaica in an exhibition match at the new $30 million Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau this week, reports CMC. Both teams accepted an invitation from the Bahamas government to play the match, one of several major events in ...

  • Trinindad Football hints at probe to uncover missing funds

    The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) has hinted that an investigation could be launched into unaccounted revenues generated by the federation from World Cup 2006. President of the TTFF Raymond Tim Kee announced Tuesday that a probe is being considered during a press conference at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, reports CMC. "From our understanding, TTFF is very much a part of ...

  • 15 nations for ophthalmology meet in Cuba

    The 7th International Ophthalmology Congress, to be held here June 29-31, will draw experts from 15 countries, Xinhua reported. Over 600 Cuban experts will attend the meeting to showcase the country's latest developments in ophthalmological research. This was carried out over the past few years in conjunction with "Mission Miracle," a joint Cuba-Venezuela programme launched in 2004 to provide ...

  • Puerto Rico teacher prison guard held for child porn

    A teacher and a prison guard were arrested in Puerto Rico in separate cases of child pornography, the US attorney in San Juan, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez, announced Tuesday. She said in a statement that educator Rigel Colon Cruzado was arrested Monday after investigators discovered that he had been having sexually-oriented conversations with a 12-year-old girl. Rodriguez said that the investigation ...

  • Cuba permits individuals to import mopeds

    Cuban customs authorities have authorized individuals to import electric appliances and mopeds in a resolution eliminating the prohibition on such imports that had been in force since 2005. Resolution 143 published Monday in the island's Official Gazette sets forth that Cuban citizens traveling abroad may import refrigerators, air conditioners of any type or model, microwave ovens, stoves and ...

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Transsiberian

Transsiberian

At one point, late in Brad Andersons taught thriller Transsiberian, Woody Harrelson, who plays a fundamentally good-hearted American missionary who has stumbled into some nasty business deep in the heart of the former Soviet Union ... ...

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  • Stressed in Cuba the Need to Increase Links in the Caribbean

    Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Caribbean Cultural institutions need to promote and get more cooperation between them, said here Lourdes Croes, Director of the National Library of Aruba, the unique institution of its kind in the ...

  • Film on Anti-Apartheid Mysterious Symbol to Be Premiered in Cuba

    Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Searching For Sugar Man, the Oscar-nominated documentary about the mysterious singer Sixto Rodriguez stands out among the proposals of a sample of British cinema in Cuba. Despite being a sales failure in his native United States, ...

  • Tutor Arrested For Receiving Package Of Meth At Jamaica Plain School

    BOSTON – A Dorchester man who works at a Jamaica Plain School has been held on $10,000 cash bail after being charged with trafficking ...

  • Book Fairs in Cuba and Venezuela

    The Book Fair in La Havana, Cuba (February 14 - 22) has just ended, now Filven in Venezuela (March 08 - 17) is due to begin. In Cuba, just like in Venezuela, books can be bought at low cost, since book publications are sponsored by the state. All segments of society can afford to buy and read ...

  • Species Donated to Cuba by Serbian Zoo

    Belgrade, May 22 (Prensa Latina) As part of the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Cuba and Serbia, both nations announced the donation by Serbia of a couple of crocodiles and four flamingos. In a press conference, Cuban Ambassador to Belgrade, Mercedes Martinez and the director of the Serbian zoo, Vuk Bojovi, gave information on the ...

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