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Cuba hands out sentences in mental hospital deaths

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 01/31/2011 - 14:33

HAVANA (AP) -- More than a dozen employees and officials of Cuba's largest mental health hospital have been convicted of negligence and other charges in the deaths of 26 patients during a cold spell last year....


 

Cuban-Americans haul goods home on holiday visits

Headlines from the Associated Press  Sat, 12/18/2010 - 11:43

HAVANA (AP) -- In Cuba, Santa's sleigh is a Boeing 737....


 

1.5M per day getting swine flu vaccine in China

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 11/19/2009 - 01:14

HAVANA (AP) -- China's health minister said Wednesday his country is vaccinating 1.5 million people a day against swine flu, part of a mammoth effort to reach nearly 7 percent of inhabitants of the world's most populous country by year's end....


 

Castro: more US visitors mean more Cuban swine flu

Headlines from the Associated Press  Sat, 10/31/2009 - 08:08

HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu....