AP NewsBreak: US official held unannounced talks with Cubans, raising hopes for warming tiesSeptember 30th, 2009 AP Newsbreak: US, Cuba held unannounced talksNEW YORK — Three State Department officials say a senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government. The officials tell The Associated Press that the talks were the first of their kind in years between representatives of the two countries.
South African police bust international drug smuggling syndicate; 3 Britons face chargesSeptember 16th, 2009 SAfrica police bust drug smuggling syndicateJOHANNESBURG — South African police say they've busted an international drug smuggling syndicate housed in a warehouse with African souvenirs. South Africa's prosecuting authority says three Britons face drug smuggling charges.
SKorea's president accuses NKorea of having no intention of giving up nuclear weaponsSeptember 15th, 2009 SKorea says NKorea unwilling to give up nukesSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's president said North Korea is making conciliatory gestures because it feels the pain of U.N. sanctions, while the top U.S.
New Mexico Gov. Richardson supports lifting of US trade embargo on CubaSeptember 15th, 2009 Bill Richardson discusses trip to CubaALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gov. Bill Richardson, who says he's opposed to the U.S.
Obama extends Cuba embargo 1 year in a symbolic step used by past presidentsSeptember 14th, 2009 Obama extends Cuba embargo 1 yearWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has extended the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for one year, the White House said in a statement released on Monday.
Cuba, North Korea hold talksSeptember 4th, 2009 PYONGYANG - Foreign Ministers of North Korea and Cuba have held talks here. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla Bruno arrived in Pyongyang from China Thursday along with a Cuban government delegation.
US, Cuba to discuss resuming postal linksSeptember 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and Cuba will hold talks this month on the resumption of direct mail service between the two countries after a gap of 46 years, according to media reports. The proposed meeting on mail services will be held in Havana, Spanish-language newspaper El Nuevo Herald reported Tuesday, citing unnamed US State Department officials.
Punjabi-origin trucker nabbed in US for smuggling drugsSeptember 1st, 2009 TORONTO - A Punjabi-origin Indo-Canadian trucker driver was arrested Monday by US authorities for trying to smuggle marijuana from Canada. Forty-year-old driver Gurmit Singh of North York on the outskirts of Toronto was arrested on the Canada-US border in New York State Monday after he was found carrying 353 pounds of marijuana in his truck cargo.
Venezuelan painter keen to hold exhibition in CubaAugust 16th, 2009 CARACAS - Renowned Venezuelan painter Victor Gil has said that he dreams to exhibit his works in Cuba, the birth place of Wifredo Lam, considered the top avant-garde exponent in the Caribbean Island. "I wish that fantasy came true," Gil said, referring to his dream to hold an exhibition in Cuba.
US, Cuba start talking again in New York about migration between quarrelsome neighborsJuly 14th, 2009 US, Cuba resume migration talks after 6-year pauseWASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba are renewing negotiations on the U.S.-Cuba Migration accords. The State Department said department official Craig Kelly headed the U.S.
Man arrested in Uttar Pradesh with hashishJune 28th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A man was arrested in Varanasi Sunday evening and over 10 kg of cannabis, worth Rs.20 lakh, was recovered from him, the Uttar Pradesh police said. "Acting on a tip-off, we arrested Kedarnath Agarwal and recovered the drugs.
Three arrested in Noida with one kg of heroinJune 9th, 2009 NOIDA - Police in this suburb of the national capital Tuesday arrested three people for allegedly smuggling and selling drugs and seized nearly one kg of heroin from them. Virendra Kumar, Nawab and Naeem Alam were arrested from Labour Chowk near Khoda under the Sector 58 police station while they were about to deliver the drugs to a client, police said, adding one kg of heroin, valued at Rs.2 crores (Rs.20 million) in the international market, was recovered from them.
Cuba open to more direct talks with the U.S.: ClintonJune 1st, 2009 SAN SALVADOR - Cuba has notified the Obama administration that it is ready to resume talks on migration issues and to negotiate direct postal service between the countries for the first time in decades. It also agreed to cooperate with the United States on counterterrorism, drug interdiction and hurricane relief efforts.
US, Cuba to hold talks on migrationMay 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and Cuba are to hold discussions on migration and other issues for the first time since such talks were broken off six years ago, the US State Department announced Sunday. US State Department officials said the talks, agreed to by Cuba Saturday, would also cover mail services between the two countries.
Raul Castro says Obama's Cuba policy changes 'minimal,' onus not on Cuba for better relationsApril 29th, 2009 Castro: Onus not on Cuba for US better relationsHAVANA — Raul Castro has dismissed Barack Obama's policy changes toward Cuba as "minimal" and says it is up to the U.S. — not Cuba — to do more to improve relations.
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