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Cuban Children with Down Syndrome Show their Paints in US

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Cuban Children with Down Syndrome Show their Paints in US Prensa Latina 18 de mayo de 2012, 12:41Pinar del Rio, Cuba, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Paintings on canvas, created by Cuban children with Down syndrome, are exhibited in a gallery in California, United States, as part of an expositive cycle begun in March in that ... Cuba Debates on Disaster ReductionRadio Cadena Agramonet all 6 news articles »

Cuban President Calls to Face up Problems

Cuban President Calls to Face up Problems Radio Cadena Agramonet Havana, Cuba, May 18.- Cuban President Raul Castro called to face up with persistence and systematically the complex problems existing in the most diverse economic and social affairs of the country. During an expanded Council of National Defense and ... and more »

Take It Easy You Cubans

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Take It Easy You Cubans Havana Times How can we criticize Cuban education ? even if we're witnessing the poor preparation of teachers, often as young as their students; corruption, with teachers accepting bribes and selling tests; or the need to participate in mass rallies ? when the ... and more »

Cuba at World Volleyball League in Japan

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Cuba at World Volleyball League in Japan Radio Cadena Agramonet Cuba will face Japan on Friday at the opening of the 2012 World Volleyball League, while including its aspirations of a qualifying slot for the Olympics in London. The competition Group A will be first staged in the city of Hamamatsu, where shortly ... Cuba Beats Japan in Opening Match of 2012 Volleyball World LeaguePrensa Latina Volleyball: Cuba Beats Japan in FIVB World LeagueCuba News all 20 news articles »

Angola, Cuba Build Cultural Bridge with Book Fair

Angola, Cuba Build Cultural Bridge with Book Fair Radio Cadena Agramonet In a meeting with a delegation from the Cuban Book Institute (ICL) to arrange the presence of Angola as special guest in the event, the Angolan official appreciated the gesture. Under the slogan "Reading is Growing," FIL 2013 will be held February ... and more »

A Ground Level Look at Cuba's Farm Policy

A Ground Level Look at Cuba's Farm Policy Havana Times HAVANA TIMES ? This week marks the anniversary of the signing into law of Cuba's Agrarian Reform, which transformed the life of tens of thousands of peasant families who were subject to the cruelest forms of misery, as a 1957 survey of the Catholic ...

Cuban Canoeists to Finals in World Cup

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Cuban Canoeists to Finals in World Cup Radio Cadena Agramonet Havana, Cuba, May 18.- Cubans Serguey Torres and Juan Carlos Bulnes qualified in the C-2 event to the finals in the World Cup underway in Poznan, Poland. According to the event's official website, Torres and Bulnes qualified directly to the medal's ...

Saint Lucia Thanks Cuba for Health Collaboration

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Saint Lucia Thanks Cuba for Health Collaboration Radio Cadena Agramonet Havana, Cuba, May 18.- The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Health of Saint Lucia, Barnabas Annius, said to be thankful for the collaboration programs offered by Cuba in his field, which have grown stronger in recent years.

Cubadisco International Fair to Begin on Saturday

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Cubadisco International Fair to Begin on Saturday Radio Cadena Agramonet Havana, Cuba, May 18.- The 16th edition of the Cubadisco 2012 International Fair will kick off on Saturday at Havana´s Karl Marx Theater with 116 nominees that will compete for awards in 42 categories. The event will include an intense program with ... and more »

Cuban Silva Wins Pole Vault Gold at Brazil Grand Prix

Cuban Silva Wins Pole Vault Gold at Brazil Grand Prix Prensa Latina 18 de mayo de 2012, 16:54Brasilia, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Yarisley Silva 4,65 m jump is the new Polevault record at the Grand Prix of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Silva -Pan-Am champion of Guadalajara-2011 and finalist in Daegu-2011- was trailed by ...

At least 30 al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay US naval base in Cuba have tried to commit suicide, doctors at the detention centre say.
The centre, in operation for the past seven months, is now almost at full capacity.

Last week 34 new arrivals took the number of detainees to 598. A US military medical team examines the detainees once they arrive here at Guantanamo Bay.

Remorse?

• Most are healthy with only run-of-the-mill medical problems, commander James Radkee, a doctor with the US navy, told visiting journalists.
• Over the months doctors have dealt with at least 30 incidents they see as suicide attempts.
• These have ranged from detainees trying to cut themselves with plastic utensils to banging their heads against walls and punching the walls.
• None of the detainees was able to do much damage to himself.
• Commander Radkee says some of this behaviour is seen as a sign that the detainees are showing remorse for their actions.

Questions

It is a glimpse - albeit from the US military’s perspective - into the lives of men who are completely hidden from the world in Camp Delta. They were moved there at the end of April when Camp X-Ray, with its open-air metal cages, was emptied. But even the new camp is now almost full. A further 200 cells are to be built by October, and possibly more after that. This all suggests that this naval base will remain the main detention centre for al-Qaeda and Taleban suspects for the foreseeable future - the Americans see it as the most effective way of keeping dangerous men out of circulation.

But human rights groups are increasingly questioning the legal basis on which these detentions continue.