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Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez, icon of the revolution, dwells on island's troubles in new album
HAVANA (AP) — He was the poetic voice of the Cuban Revolution, an inspiration for millions of Latin Americans living under dictatorships throughout the 1960s and 1970s who dreamt of the ideal Cuba that he — and his guitar — helped to evoke. Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodríguez,...
Asylum-seekers looking for shelter set up encampment in Seattle suburb
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Asylum-seekers who have been looking for shelter in Washington state, mainly from Angola, Congo and Venezuela, have set up an encampment in a Seattle suburb. The asylum-seekers moved to the site next to an empty motel south of Seattle in Kent, on Saturday,...
Russia and West join forces to tackle trade in 'blood diamonds' despite feud over Moscow's diamonds
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its Western allies are feuding with Russia over its diamond production, but they joined forces Wednesday to keep supporting the Kimberley Process, which aims to eliminate the trade in “blood diamonds” that helped fuel devastating conflicts in...
13 inmates, guards and others sentenced for drug trafficking at Louisiana's maximum-security prison
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Thirteen people convicted in a large-scale drug trafficking network based at Louisiana's maximum-security prison have been sentenced to a range of time spanning four to 16 years, federal prosecutors said. In a news release Monday, U.S. Attorney Ronald Gathe...
