Cuba lashes out at hunger striker
Posted by admin in Featured on 08. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Cuba says it will not be "blackmailed" by a dissident journalist who is on hunger strike to seek the release of ailing political prisoners.
Guillermo Farinas, 48, began his action after Orlando Zapata Tamayo died while on hunger strike in jail.
Communist Party newspaper Granma, which reflects government policy, said it would not bow to pressure. [...]
Fabregas to miss match with Porto
Posted by admin in Featured on 08. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas may miss Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Porto after suffering a hamstring injury in Saturday’s win over Burnley.
The Gunners skipper scored the opener in the 3-1 victory but was forced off soon after and will undergo tests on Sunday to determine the damage done.
Manager Arsene Wenger said: "How big the damage [...]
Cuba dissidents ‘to refuse food’
Posted by admin in Featured on 26. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
Several Cuban dissidents say they will refuse food in protest at the death earlier this week of a jailed government opponent.
Opposition group the Cuban Commission for Human Rights said four jailed dissidents would reject solid food.
Another anti-government activist, who is not in jail, has said he is also giving up food and drink.
Orlando [...]
Castro ‘laments’ dissident death
Posted by admin in Featured on 24. Feb, 2010 | No Comments
Cuba’s leader Raul Castro "laments" the death of a detained activist who had been on hunger strike for nearly three months, its foreign ministry says.
It marks a rare expression of sorrow by the country’s leadership, often rebuked over its human rights record.
Orlando Zapata Tamayo died in hospital in Havana on Tuesday, 85 days after [...]
Haiti faces long, difficult road to recovery
Posted by admin in Featured on 30. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti’s leaders can point to progress since a powerful earthquake devastated the country but just surviving the first weeks’ chaos, hunger and overwhelming loss may be the easiest part of a long recovery.
Haiti faces long, difficult road to recovery
Posted by admin in Featured on 30. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti’s leaders can point to progress since a powerful earthquake devastated the country but just surviving the first weeks’ chaos, hunger and overwhelming loss may be the easiest part of a long recovery.
US starts aid airdrops into Haiti
Posted by admin in Featured on 19. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
The US military has begun airdropping water and food into earthquake-hit Haiti, after earlier ruling out such a delivery method as too risky.
Some 14,000 ready-to-eat meals and 15,000 litres of water were dropped in a secure area north-east of Port-au-Prince, a US military spokeswoman said.
Military officials are now considering whether airdrops should be used [...]
US forces bolster Haiti aid push
Posted by admin in Featured on 18. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
More than 2,000 US marines are set to join 1,000 US troops on the ground in Haiti, as aid efforts gather pace almost a week after the earthquake.
Their arrival comes amid reports of violence and looting and as UN and US forces pushed back an angry crowd at the airport gates with batons.
UN chief [...]
US forces bolster Haiti efforts
Posted by admin in Featured on 18. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
More than 2,000 US marines are set to join 1,000 US troops on the ground in Haiti, as aid efforts gather pace almost a week after the earthquake.
Their arrival comes amid reports of violence and looting and as UN and US forces pushed back an angry crowd at the airport gates with batons.
UN chief [...]
US forces bolster Haiti efforts
Posted by admin in Featured on 18. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
More than 2,000 US marines are set to join 1,000 US troops on the ground in Haiti, as aid efforts gather pace almost a week after the earthquake.
Their arrival comes amid reports of violence and looting and as UN and US forces pushed back an angry crowd at the airport gates with batons.
UN chief [...]
