Man accused of taking hijacked plane to Cuba in '68 faces NYC arraignment after airport arrestOctober 12th, 2009 Man held in 1968 hijacking faces NYC arraignmentNEW YORK — A foreign policy expert says other fugitives are closely watching the case of an alleged airline hijacker who surrendered to U.S. authorities after four decades in Cuba.
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.
US Catholic delegation in Cuba to meet with local church leaders, discuss hurricane aidAugust 17th, 2009 US church leaders following up on Cuba storm aidHAVANA — A delegation of U.S. Roman Catholic bishops is in Cuba to follow up on hurricane recovery projects funded by the church.
Tourist arrivals rise in CubaJuly 24th, 2009 HAVANA - Cuba welcomed 1.37 million tourists in the first half of 2009, a figure that was up 2.7 percent from the same period last year, the National Statistics Office said. Tourism continued to be one of the island's main sources of foreign exchange, Cuban officials said, without providing details on the revenue generated by the industry.
China dismisses links to engineer convicted in US of economic espionageJuly 21st, 2009 China denies links in US economic spying caseBEIJING — China on Tuesday denied links to a Chinese-born engineer who was convicted in the U.S. last week of stealing trade secrets for China during his 30-year career at Boeing and Rockwell International.
Calif. judge to rule in nation's 1st economic espionage trial against Chinese-born engineerJuly 16th, 2009 Verdict expected in Calif. economic espionage caseSANTA ANA, Calif.
China carrying out 'refugee espionage' to keep an eye on Uighur's abroadJuly 15th, 2009 DALARNA - The arrest of a Uighur exile in Sweden on charges of 'refugee espionage' last month, suggests how far China may extend to keep an eye on the ethnic group, which it believes is a threat to the nation. The Swedish Security Police, earlier on June 4, had arrested Babur Mehsut, a Uighur exile and naturalized Swedish citizen.
Federal judge in Calif. scheduled to rule Thursday in nation's first economic espionage trialJuly 15th, 2009 Ruling coming Thursday in economic espionage caseSANTA ANA, Calif. — A judge has called a hearing Thursday to issue his ruling in the trial of a Chinese-born engineer accused of stealing trade secrets.
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.
Judge to hear arguments over whether couple accused of spying for Cuba should stay in jailJune 10th, 2009 Couple accused of spying to appear in courtWASHINGTON — A former State Department employee and his wife, accused of spying for Cuba for three decades, are having a day in court to find out whether they will stay in jail. Retired State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn, have been behind bars since they were arrested Thursday.
Judge orders couple held without bond on charges of spying for CubaJune 10th, 2009 Couple ordered held in Cuba spying caseWASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered a former State Department employee and his wife held without bond on charges of spying for Cuba. U.S. Magistrate Judge John Facciola agreed with prosecutors' argument that Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Gwendolyn, were a flight risk.
Correction: Cuba Spies-Damage storyJune 8th, 2009 Correction: Cuba Spies-Damage storyWASHINGTON — In a June 6 story about the arrest of a Washington couple accused of spying for Cuba, The Associated Press, relying on information from Johns Hopkins University, erroneously reported that accused spy Walter Kendall Myers had worked as an adjunct professor at the university since the late 1980s. Myers was an associate professor at JHU in the early 1970s.
Ex-US State Department employee, wife held on spying chargesJune 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a former US State Department employee, along with his wife, on alleged charges of spying for Cuba for nearly three decades. Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife Gwendolyn Myers, 71, were accused of being dedicated and ideologically-motivated agents on behalf of Cuba.
Pak Army arrests colonel, lawyer for spyingMay 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An army colonel along with a lawyer have been arrested on espionage charges, Pakistan's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan told the National Assembly. Responding to parliament question, Awan informed the house that Colonel Shahid Bashir and his close friend Nadeem Shah, who is a Rawalpindi based lawyer, were currently being investigated by army officials on charges of spying.
Cuban regime 'ending', Clinton tells CongressApril 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Cuba's current communist regime 'is ending' and that the US must prepare to deal with a new reality on the island. 'You can see there is beginning to be a debate (in Cuba), I mean this is a regime that is ending.
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