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A Japanese delegation, including 10 survivors of the atomic bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will visit Havana soon on board of the Peace Boat and under the slogan To Build a Culture of Peace.
The situation of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters known as The Cuban Five, now in prison in the US, will be the central topic of the first national meeting of solidarity with Cuba in Guatemala, scheduled for the next week in the Guatemalan capital.
Cubans are giving the final touches for the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year, when about three million students are expected to attend classes on September 1.
The United Nations General Assembly (UN) will award Bolivian President Evo Morales a medal and a scroll that will declare him World Defender of the Mother Earth.
Cuban President Raul Castro toured areas of the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba, where forces from different entities have joined the efforts to improve the population''s quality of life.
President of the UN General Assembly Miguel D Escoto said on Thursday that he will raise the issue of the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters held in US prisons before the Assembly.
The daily Informative Roundtable Television Show broadcast a 24-minute new video of a meeting between Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro and Venezuelan lawyers taking place on August 22.
The powerful Australia & New Zealand Bank Group (ANZ) paid a $5.7 million fine for alleged transactions that were beneficial to Cuba and Sudan, through US bank accounts.
Diego Armando Maradona, head coach of the Argentinean national soccer team, reiterated on Monday his admiration for the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.
Cuban President Raul Castro met with former Panamanian statesman Martin Torrijos, to analyze several issues of interest to both countries, the island's media reported Wednesday.
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