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Puerto Rico win buoys Clinton| Hillary Clinton has said her fight for the Democratic presidential nomination will go on after winning a symbolic victory in Puerto Rico | |
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New York |
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Jamaica's Bolt is world's fastest man Usain Bolt set a new 100 meters world record of 9.72 seconds at an international meeting, trimming 0.02 second off the previous record
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| Mar.22 |
Florida |
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Mambo pioneer Cachao dies at 89 Cuban bassist and composer Grammy-winning Israel 'Cachao' Lopez is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music
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| Feb.19 |
Washington |
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US urges reform as Castro quits Bush has called on Cuba to prepare for free elections after Fidel's announcement that he is retiring on health grounds
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Castro resigns as president
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| Dec.5 |
Aruba |
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Suspected brothers' case remain free A ruling by a panel of judges could mean trouble for the prosecution in the case of an American teenager's disappearance
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| Oct.24 |
Washington |
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Bush reaffirms Cuba embargo U.S. President ruled out any easing of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo but proposed loosening some restrictions on contacts
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| Aug.20 |
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Cuban spies appeal for US retrial 5 Cubans convicted in the US of spying for Havana are saying they were found guilty because of anti-Castro bias
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| Jun.2 |
New York |
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Arrests in airport 'bomb plot' Map of JFK USA 3 people have been arrested in connection with an alleged plan to bomb John F Kennedy airport, 1 in New York and the other 2 in Trinidad
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| May.8 |
Texas |
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US drops Cuban militant's charges A judge has dropped immigration charges against Luis Posada Carriles, who has been accused of blowing up a Cuban airliner
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33 students massacred in class
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| Apr.10 |
Bahamas |
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DNA reveals Smith baby's father Larry Birkhead is the father of model Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn, DNA test results released by a court have shown
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| Sep.15 |
Cuba |
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Raul Castro lashes out at U.S. at summit Fidel Castro's brother unleashed a stream of anti-U.S. invective as Cuba assumed leadership of the Nonaligned Movement
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| Sep.13 |
Bahamas |
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Death of Nicole Smith's son 'suspicious' At least one other person was in the hospital room when 20-year-old Daniel Wayne Smith died
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| Aug.3 |
Washington |
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Bush calls for democracy in Cuba President has pledged support for Cubans who sought to build a transitional government
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| Jul.24 |
Southern California |
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Newly crowned Miss Universe faints 40 minutes into her reign, Miss Puerto Rico Zuleyka Rivera Mendoza collapsed during a news conference
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| Jul.10 |
Washington |
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US in $80m 'Cuba democracy' plan Bush has approved a fund proposed by Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba
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Thousands protest election results
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Florida |
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Cuban migrant dies in high-speed dash
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| May.19 |
Cuba |
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Hemingway papers link Cuba and US Cuba is sending the US copies of 20,000 papers relating to the Nobel Prize winning American
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| May.10 |
Puerto Rico |
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Loan deal for crisis Puerto Rican officials have struck a deal on ending a budget crisis that has shut down government offices
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| Feb.6 |
Cuba |
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Cuba protest flags block U.S. message Scores of giant black flags are blocking an electronic sign on the building's façade
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| Dec.19 |
Florida |
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Seaplane crashes off Miami Beach At least 19 people have died after a seaplane crashed into water. Parts of the aircraft could be seen in waters
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Nobel nominated gang leader executed
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| Oct.23 |
Cuba |
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Wilma hits Cuba as Florida braces
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| May.17 |
Florida |
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Cuban 'bomber' arrested| Federal agents arrested notorious Luis Posada Carriles near Miami | |
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| Nov.12 |
New York |
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Jet crashes, killing 260| An American Airlines plane crashed in a residential neighborhood after taking off, killing all 255 people on board | | |
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Terror attacks hit U.S.
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| Jun.29 |
Cuba |
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Elian Gonzalez returns to Cuba| Elian spending first full day back in Cuba at a house assigned by the government with his family and some of his schoolmates | |
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| Jun.25 |
Puerto Rico |
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Bombing exercises resumed on Vieques| U.S. Navy battleships resumed shelling exercises on the island over the objections of protesters | | |
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