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 2005
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  Cuba rejects UN rights resolution Cuba will not co-operate with a resolution passed against it by the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva
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| Apr.28 |
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  Chavez talks trade with Castro Leftist presidents moved to further meld their economies with hopes of wooing other Latin American nations
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| May.17 |
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 Cuban 'bomber' arrested| Federal agents arrested notorious Luis Posada Carriles near Miami | |
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| May.28 |
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Rallies over Cuba exile Tens of thousands have rallied in Caracas to demand the US extradites L. Posada for a bombing an airliner in 1976
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| Jul.8 |
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Hurricane Dennis' winds top 150 mph Dennis is hitting the eastern side of the island with heavy rains and wind
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Dennis lashes Cuba, kills 20| Powerful winds, crashing waves and torrential rain churned its way across the length of the Caribbean nation | |
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| Jul.22 |
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Dissidents held in crackdown At least 20 dissidents have been detained as part of a crackdown against the political opposition
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| Aug.7 |
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Singer Ibrahim Ferrer dies The master of the son and bolero styles has died in a Havana hospital at age 78
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| Aug.9 |
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Cuban spies trial in US 'biased' An appeals court has ordered a retrial for 5 convicted of spying in Miami 4 years ago
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| Sep.30 |
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 Elian interview sparks Miami row Relatives in Florida of the shipwrecked boy have criticised an interview with him to be shown on US TV
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| Oct.18 |
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Hurricane Wilma grows in strength| Wilma is threatening Cuba and Mexico and is expected to strengthen as it ploughs north through the Caribbean | |
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| Oct.19 |
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 Hurricane Wilma forces evacuation Mexico, Cuba and Florida have started evacuating thousands of people from areas threatened by the hurricane
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| Oct.20 |
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Evacuations face little resistance Hurricane Wilma was expected to drench western Cuba. The residents packed their belongings
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| Oct.23 |
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Wilma hits Cuba as Florida braces| High winds and heavy rains are lashing western Cuba as the hurricane strengthens to a Category 3 storm | |
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| Nov.17 |
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 Castro mocks Parkinson's report| President has portrayed as wishful thinking reports from the US that he is suffering from Parkinson's Disease | |
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| Dec.13 |
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Cuba 'bars women from prize trip' A group of women have been barred by their government from travelling to Europe to collect a human rights award
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