Obama: Guantanamo ‘needs to be closed’
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President Barack Obama – again – vowed Tuesday to follow through with a 2008 campaign pledge to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Venezuela’s Chavez says cancer has returned, he’s facing new operation in Cuba
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday he would undergo another cancer operation after doctors in Cuba found a third recurrence of malignant cells in his pelvic area.
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Sandy slams Cuba, could hit US as ‘Nor’easter on steroids’
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HAVANA — Hurricane Sandy, strengthening rapidly after crossing the warm Caribbean Sea, slammed into southeastern Cuba early Thursday with 110 mph winds that cut power, damaged homes and blew over trees across the city of Santiago de Cuba.
The storm has a 70 percent chance of smacking the Northeast and mid-Atlantic next week with gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and maybe even snow, forecasters said.
Source: MSNBC
Tropical Storm Isaac hugs Cuba coast, expected to be Cat 2 hurricane in Gulf on approach to Florida
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Saturday declared a state of emergency to make sure local and state agencies would be ready.
Isaac is a massive storm, with tropical storm-force winds extending 230 miles from the center. Key West International Airport was halting all flights at 7 p.m. Saturday until the storm had passed.
— Reported by NBC News and wire services
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Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad begins Cuba-Florida swim attempt
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HAVANA — American Diana Nyad endured several jellyfish stings as the 62-year-old endurance athlete sought to become the first person to swim unaided from Cuba to Florida without a wetsuit or a shark cage.
A team member posted on Nyad’s Twitter account that the American was steadily stroking onward early Sunday despite jellyfish stings to the lips, feet and legs. Her goal: to become the first person to set a record 103-mile (166-kilometer) unaided crossing of the Florida Straits.
Source: MSNBC
Grandma begins 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida
British-Australian swimmer Penny Palfrey smiles as she is flashed a thumbs up at the start of her bid to complete a record swim from Cuba to Florida, in Havana, Cuba, on June 29. Palfrey aims to be the first woman to swim the Straits of Florida without the aid of a shark cage. Instead she’s relying on equipment that surrounds her with an electrical field to deter the predators.
Source: MSN
