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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

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Cárdenas, Cuba, home to Elián González, is a growing city of contrasts and contradictions, where some still celebrate Che Guevara.

Fidel Castro Breaks Silence Over Thaw in U.S.-Cuba Relations

By VICTORIA BURNETT

In a letter, Mr. Castro wrote that he did not trust the politics of the United States, but added that this was not “a rejection of a peaceful solution to conflicts.”

Canada: Residents Tests Positive for H7N9 Bird Flu After Trip to China

By REUTERS

A resident of British Columbia has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in the first documented case of the infection in a human in North America, the federal government said Monday.

Damián Pachter, a journalist who fled Argentina after reporting on the death of a prosecutor investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, arrived in Israel on Monday. 

Journalist Who Reported on Argentine Prosecutor’s Death Flees to Israel

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Damián Pachter, who broke the story of the death of an official investigating the bombing of a Jewish center, said he was being followed.

Argentine Leader Attacks Spy Agency Amid Furor Over Prosecutor’s Death

By SIMON ROMERO and JONATHAN GILBERT

Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, accused rogue factions of trying to sabotage a deal with Iran to investigate a 1994 bombing that the prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, was looking into.

Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor who was investigating the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association community center, was found dead at his apartment on Sunday.

Argentina Points to Spy After Lawyer’s Eerie Death

By SIMON ROMERO and JONATHAN GILBERT

Argentina’s government asserted that a former intelligence official was involved in the murky events around the death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor found dead from a gunshot wound on Sunday.

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Revealing a Slowly Changing Cuba

Little ideology, much decay and an awakening of business were on display during a drive across the island.

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Cuba’s Economic Fortunes May be Slow to Turn

President Obama’s plan to allow more interaction may not be the lifeline Cuba is hoping for — unless Cuba overcomes its resistance to change as well.

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Cuba Braces for the Winds of Change

After more than five decades of hostility, Cubans are contending with a rush of both excitement and uncertainty about what could be the end of a long global drama.

Incident Report of 2004 Chemical Weapons Accident in Delaware

Daniel Mould, a former staff sergeant in an explosive ordnance disposal team, was wounded in a chemical weapons accident after the police found a rusted artillery projectile at a chicken farm in Delaware in the summer of 2004.

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Historic Shift in Cuba-U.S. Relations, as Told by Newspapers Around the World

Most newspapers featured the deal that ended 53 years of diplomatic estrangement between the United States and Cuba on their front pages.

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How America’s Relationship With Cuba Will Change
By ALICIA PARLAPIANO

Which travel and trade restrictions will be eased or eliminated.

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