» House panel votes to lift Cuba travel ban
Source: AP
July 2nd, 2010
WASHINGTON A House committee voted Wednesday to lift the ban on American travel to Cuba, the latest in a string of attempts to ease restrictions on the island.
The House Agriculture Committee voted 25-20 to allow travel to Cuba and make it easier to sell U.S. agricultural exports there. Farm-state members of Congress have long supported expanding opportunities to sell food to the island.
» Festival of Chinese Culture to be held in Cuba
Source: x June 30th, 2010 Cuba will hold a festival of Chinese culture on July 17 and July 18 at the Havana ExpoCuba Fairground, an official said here on Tuesday. The scheduled activities include a performance of the Shenzhen Aihua Chinese Folk and Traditional Orchestra, which will offer two concerts in the capital city on Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday night, said Alfredo Ruiz from the city's culture ministry. Source: globalpost.com June 30th, 2010 HAVANA, Cuba Baseball is so supreme on this island that Cubans dont even call the sport by its full name. They just say "pelota" ball as if it were the only spherical object worth bothering with. Source: thenassauguardian.com July 2nd, 2010 The Bahamas' 27-member team at the five-day Caribbean Island Swimming Championships (CISC) in Havana, Cuba, collected six more individual medals and three more relay medals on Day Three of the competition. Half-way through the meet, the team has amassed a total of 19 individual and five relay medals. First up on the medal stand on Day Three was Jenna Chaplin in the 18-and-over female division. She won her second gold medal of the competition, this time in the 800 meters (m) Free in a time of 9:40.50.
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»Nine more medals for The Bahamas at CISC