The handy Castro: Cuba issues Fidel dictionary
 18.07.2010 23:33  22 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Chinese, Chairman, Cuba, Cuban, Caster
Cubans accustomed to hours-long speeches, thousand-word essays and lengthy interviews can now get Fidel Castro at a glance, thanks to a new dictionary of El Comandante's teachings. "Unemployment" and "History" are among the myriad words for which the 339-page paperback provides definitions — based on snippets of speeches, columns and statements dispensed by Castro during the 49 years he governed the communist-run island. The publication, which the government says is meant to provide guidance to Cuban thinkers, calls to mind the "Little Red Book" of the late Chinese communist leader, Chairman Mao Zedong. Unlike the Chinese book, however, the Cuban dictionary with the reddish-brown cover and...
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Zero-percent unemployment Cuba's labor strife
18.07.2010 23:31 14 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Rava, Cuban, Caster
HAVANA — At a state project to refurbish a decaying building in Old Havana, one worker paints a wall white while two others watch. A fourth sleeps in a wheelbarrow positioned in a sliver of shade nearby and two more smoke and chat on the curb. President Raul Castro has startled the nation lately by saying about one in five Cuban workers may be redundant. At the work site on Obispo street, those numbers run in reverse. It's a common sight in communist Cuba. Here, nearly everyone works for the state and official unemployment is minuscule, but pay is so low that Cubans like to joke that "the state pretends to pay us and we pretend to work." Now, facing a severe budget deficit, the...
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| Stepanek, Vaidisova wed in love match
(AFP)
17.07.2010 23:06 32 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Czech, Caster
 AFP - Czech tennis player Radek Stepanek, the world number 29, married compatriot and former world number seven Nicole Vaidisova at Prague Castle on Saturday, an AFP photographer said.
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Fidel Castro all smiles during rare public appearance
12.07.2010 0:00 10 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Caster
It's been four years since we've seen him in public, but Fidel Castro is enjoying being out and about judging by his smile. Czytaj więcej »
| Semenya not selected for SA team
11.07.2010 16:53 32 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: South, African, World, Semenya, Caster
World 800m champion Caster Semenya is left out of South Africa's team for the upcoming African championships. Czytaj więcej »
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