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However, the toll on his health was too extreme and he died two years later in Havana, where he was trying to recuperate.

The ship had been sent to Cuba after riots broke out in Havana. The Maine was sent to protect American interests there.

Castro said there was a chance for negotiations now that the White House had toned down Bush-era hostility towards Havana.

He even returned to his old school, Belen Jesuit, which had moved itself over from Havana.

He said the United States would not interfere. At about that time, however, riots broke out in Havana.

Castro hated the group and the leaflets critical of him that it had dropped over Havana in the past.

Would the last person to leave Havana please switch off the lights?

Such scenes were repeated across the island as Mr Castro embarked on a week-long triumphal march to Havana.

A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana cigars. He took a couple of puffs of his and then tossed it out the window.

Nor did it stop him from smoking the Havana cigars which had become a trademark of his stage act back in the 1920s.

In the darkness, as he steered toward the faint glow of Havana against the sky, he heard them hitting the carcass again and again.

The fish was two feet longer than the boat. No catch like it had ever been seen in Havana harbor.

The Allure Despite tensions between the U. S. and Cuba, Havana is a sultry array of history, tropical beaches, and a warm culture.

But while he was in Havana, officials said he needed emergency surgery for a pelvic abscess and subsequently time to recover.

Back in Cuba, she receives locals and tourists in her second-story apartment on a rundown street in the center of Havana.

Pilar is now a museum piece "like some old and gasping browned-out whale" in the garden of Hemingway's house outside Havana.

From her house in Havana, Miss Castro said she worked to shelter and help those who were being persecuted by her brother's government.

If I lose the glare of Havana we must be going more to the eastward, he thought.

An old house that has been subdivided and is in use by several families, known as a "solar, " in Old Havana, July 26, 2011.

On the streets of Havana, residents said they were thrilled by the news but anxious to see the fine print.

The U. S. willingness to engage on Cuba is another indication of a slow, tentative warming of relations between Washington and Havana.

Several economists in Havana argue that Fidel, even while convalescent, has continued to slow the pace of change.

The new taxicab zoomed smoothly through the dark and empty avenues of Havana.

Why do you pick on me? . Patriotic American. Been here for years. We must have our man in Havana, you know.

When asked about "dissident opinions, " people in Havana may not know what the word "dissident" means.

In an Old Havana street, a group of women are working on the pavement, giving manicures and pedicures to neighbours.

But it was the sinking of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor that gave Hearst his big story--war.

On Feb. 15, 1898, the U. S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, killing 260 crew members and escalating tensions with Spain.

Thus, the GATT was born, as a provisional agreement until such time as the Havana Charter would be ratified.

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The American officials demanded the release of Alan Gross, who was working under contract to USAID and was arrested in Havana in December.

But it would also help ease ordinary Cubans' plight and remove a scapegoat Havana has used to excuse its many ills.

Although Havana had its darker side as a mafia bolt hole, it was also a glittering cultural and commercial centre.

The Fire Exit Door near the Havana Bar is not done properly, daylight leaks thru the gap to add back panel to fix in.

Menierva, a woman who sells pizzas at her front door next to the ministry on Havana's Calle Obispo, said that her sales were rising.

Numerical tests given to a representative sample of children in Havana suggest their proportion in the general population is 3-6%.

Although Democrats and independents are in favour of allowing Americans to buy a fine Havana cigar, Republicans are firmly opposed.

Conversely, a blockbuster wannabe like Redford's Havana grossed less in the U. S. than, say, the Italian import Cinema Paradise.

That makes no difference, he thought. I can always come in on the glow from Havana .

It was at Havana University that she met Toan, a fellow student from Vietnam.

The authorities in Havana consider it part of a long-standing US policy to subvert the revolution and bring about regime change.

An old house that has been subdivided and is in use by several families in the Old Vedado neighborhood of Havana, July 27, 2011.

But Monday's announcement at the White House made no mention of overtures to officials in Havana.

The crowded store in central Havana's Carlos III shopping center is the only outlet in the country now selling the PCs.

This new cargo was destined for the coast of the Duchy of Lucca, and consisted almost entirely of Havana cigars, sherry, and Malaga wines.

The armed forces are now managing Havana's port, where entire containers went missing when civilians were in sole charge.

At Havana's national terminal, relatives of those on board the plane were kept isolated from other passengers and journalists.

"One day, we might well look back on this as the perestroika moment" , says a Western diplomat in Havana.

Cuban employee displays one of the smallest books in the world during the 19th International Book Fair in Havana, Cuba.

Havana, once a pariah, has returned to the international fold and recently hosted leaders from Latin America, Asia, Russia and the EU.

But it is now Havana's biggest creditor and second largest trading partner, after Venezuela.

The mirror had been encrusted with sea salt, causing his motion sensor to fail. . . and almost costing him his life back on Havana.

Gebrayel, far from being in distress, had prospered as a respected Havana shopkeeper.

Men work on a new billboard next to the U. S. Diplomatic mission in Havana, Cuba .

That day, father's "Berlin maru" luxurious houseboat pulled into the sea in Havana, Cuba dock port.

Arriving earlier yesterday in havana, Nader was warmly welcomed AT the airport by Alarcon, chairman of Cuban NATional Assembly.

He lived in great style in Havana for many years until he too was accused of trying to swindle his hosts.

A cigar store in the Miami neighborhood of Little Havana gives Cubans in the U. S. a taste of home.

I had met him on the street on my first day in Old Havana.

Havana-cut tobacco contained roughly 2 percent nicotine, while Virginia tobacco was a more toxic 7 percent, Drysdale pointed out.

Associated Press writers Andrea Rodriguez in Havana and Laura Wides-Munoz in Miami contributed to this report.

The former United States President Jimmy Carter has held talks in Havana with the Cuban leader Raul Castro.

Whatever the reason, as a foreign businessman in Havana puts it, "occasionally we are all reminded who's the boss here" .

They at her strict training, and laid her secret returned to Havana.

Then I should see the glow of Havana. If I am too far to the eastward I will see the lights of one of the new beaches.

CUBA: A group of Cubans practice the Chinese martial art of tai chi in the heart of Havana's Chinatown.

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In this photo, a man walks past an old car being repaired on a Havana street in October 2002.

Charter airlines fly directly from the U. S. to Havana, mainly via Miami.

Victory over Batista's forces finally came in January, 1959, and his triumphant guerrillas marched into Havana.

HAVANA, Dec. 2 (Xinhuanet Liu Tong) Cuban government recently revoked a number of state-owned company import and export business license.

Scrounged for parts, the shell of a Lincoln is left to rust on the streets of Havana.

Bob lit up one of his best Havana.

THIS month staff at four government ministries in Havana had to make new arrangements for lunch.

In 1958 Fidel Castro and his men encamped in the Sierra Maestra Mountains, in southwestern Cuba, several hundred miles from Havana.

Fresh flowers add passing beauty to a timeworn street in Old Havana , where 60, 000 of the city's two million residents live.

He and others in the exile community often gather at Little Havana's famed Versailles Restaurant - a hub of anti-Castro politics.

Cuba also hosted simultaneous activities in different localities from Havana to Matanzas.

Mauricio Funes arrived in Havana Monday for the first visit paid by a Salvadoran president to Cuba in 50 years, local media reported.

Through the small window high above my bed another hot and bright day in Havana poured in.

The charter itself was scheduled to be completed at the Havana Conference of 1948.

Coming off the coast of Cuba, to the north of Havana, almost see some spin.

After completing 8-year contracts or otherwise obtaining their freedom, many Chinese immigrants settled permanently in Havana.

"The peacocks, the buffalo and even the rhea [a South American bird that resembles an ostrich] disappeared, " says a Havana resident.

Above, a Cuban family rides a motorbike alongside an old 50s-era American car on Havana's coastal Malecon highway in April 2003.

But officials in Havana seemed happy to be courted once again.

Recently she was invited to perform in Havana, Cuba with members of the University of Alabama Artist-Faculty.

Russian diplomats in Cuba said Moscow's interest in Havana was motivated by more than geopolitics.

A total of six day old in the house of the opening of an international conference in Havana.

On another day, in fading light, I walk the ramparts of El Morro , its lighthouse standing tall over Havana's harbor.

On another day, in fading light, I walk the ramparts of El Morro , its lighthouse standing tall over Havana's harbor.

Havana's once elegant seafront promenade, the Malecon, is now often dark at night because of lack of street lighting.

A man reads the pro-government newspaper Granma Behind him is billboard of leaders Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos in Havana on Jan.

They decided to live in Cuba, near the city of Havana.

Amid the construction, the new museums, and the old monuments, Old Havana remains a living community.

Cuban four time Guinness world record holder Jose Castelar Cairo rolls a cigar in Havana, Cuba last Monday.

The most prominent are the "Cuban Jubans" , a group long ago sent to Havana for education; they run the loudest bar in town.

Authorities say the couple also used short wave radio to take orders from Havana and to transmit information.

No visit to Little Havana is complete without enjoying popular Cuban dishes likeRopa Vieja -or shredded beef - and Cuban Skirt Steak.

The one I did manage to save was a copy of the first story I filed after just days after arriving in Havana.

The one I did manage to save was a copy of the first story I filed after just days after arriving in Havana.

The US has a mission in Havana and American wrestlers have travelled to Tehran to compete in the Persian Gulf Cup.

Reforms that were welcomed outside this Havana immigration office.

The war engulfed the whole country and Mr Castro's rebels took Havana on the first of January, 1959.

Caracas and Havana remain locked in a symbiotic embrace.

In 1915, in Havana, he lost the title to Jess Willard, a giant White Hope recruited expressly for the purpose of beating him.

On his first diplomatic visit to South America in April 1989, Gorbachev met with Fidel Castro in Havana.

Fidel Castro gained two degrees - one of them his doctorate - and became a lawyer in Havana.

Mr Mevdevev visited Peru, Brazil and Venezuela before arriving in Havana, pushing energy, broader trade and arm sales.

"When they talk about 'reform' here, they never really mean it, " says Evelyn, a biology student in Havana.

"When they talk about 'reform' here, they never really mean it, " says Evelyn, a biology student in Havana.

A handwritten sign posted at Havana's main distribution center Thursday advised that the law booklet was not yet on sale.

On Aug. 23, a group of four women took to the steps of the capitol building in Havana chanting "freedom. "

Experts on Cuba are analyzing the Havana's decision announced by state television on Money to reshuffle its government.

Mix the lime juice and coke with ice cubes, add Havana Club and serve in a long glass.

That is what happened to the United States on February 15, 1898, when an explosion sank the U. S. S. Maine in Havana, Cuba.

Guessing about Mr. Castro's fate, plans and intentions has become a parlor game in Havana.

He said in Havana it is believed that developing countries are the most affected by the global economic crisis.

At last, some vessels arrived to transport survivors to safe haven in Havana.

On July 31, 2010, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez in Havana.

On July 31, 2010, visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez in Havana.

One man drives his car into Havana each day with links of handmade sausage stuffed under the passenger seat.

People get their hair cut at the Plaza Vieja (Old Square) in Havana.

At the end of March 1962, the captives went on trial in Havana.

A competitor poses in front of the judges during the National Champions Bodybuilding Tournament in Havana, Cuba on November 8, 2009.

A woman holds a baby tortoise with two heads in Havana September 27, 2005.

Soviet-era housing complex in Alamar, near Havana, Cuba.

A Havana-born Venezuelan citizen, Mr Posada helped organise the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.

Here, a colorful Havana woman enjoys an enormous cigar.

Havana Pub, reputed as the one and only Cuba theme pub in the city.

Chavez, 56, 8th of this month after the visit to Brazil and Ecuador, arrived in Havana, Cuba, 10, underwent surgery for pelvic abscess.

A late 1950s Chevy drives along the Havana coastline on Nov.

I carried the cross of St. George in triumph in Martinique and the Havana .

Cuban soldiers march during a military parade in Havana's Revolution Square April 16.

The 62-year-old swimmer began her journey Friday evening from Havana's Hemingway Marina.

A boy dances in the rain during a heavy tropical shower in a street of Havana, Cuba on July 19, 2010.

Chinese enterprises are attracting great attention at the 27th International Fair of Havana (FIHAV-2009), the largest trade fair in Cuba.

So many beautiful and unforgettable memories, all of which become good wishes and hopes engraved in our hearts. . . Goodbye, Havana!

The dog of a street entertainer sits in Havana October 20 2009.

A devout Roman Catholic, he was born on August 13, 1927, and educated at Jesuit institutions in Santiago de Cuba and in Havana.

A devout Roman Catholic, he was born on August 13, 1927, and educated at Jesuit institutions in Santiago de Cuba and in Havana.

Its Havana office has been closed and declared a crime scene.

In1853, Cuban revolutionary Jose Marti was born in Havana.

A girl holds her dog in the ocean at a beach in the outskirts of Havana on October 4, 2009.

Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company.

Here, a Cuban bicycle-taxi driver takes a break in the shade near a classic American car on June 11, 2001, in Havana.

While in Paris Bernays had sent his Uncle a gift of some Havana cigars.

57-year-old Chavez said in Havana, he will be vice president, ministers and military leaders maintain close contact.

It is a quiet afternoon in Havana. December 31, and there are no sounds of fireworks, no extra police on the streets.

13A worker prepares lettuce to grow at an urban cooperative farm on the outskirts of Havana March 24.

A vintage car in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana in November 2007.

I can always come in on the glow from Havana.

Cuban cowboy tries to wrestle down a steer during the 12th Boyeros Cattleman 's Fair in Havana, Mar.

Clouds form a tropical storm over Havana, Cuba on July 2, 2010.

People watch the sunset from Havana's seafront boulevard "El Malecon" July 30, 2010.

A mother and son sleep in the livingroom of their house in Central Havana, July 27, 2011.

A 1959 Chevrolet amid the rocks and rubble on the Miramar coast in Havana, on Oct. 26, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Wilma.

A street sweeper pulls his cart along an street in Old Havana, Thursday, Oct.

A 1950s-era American car drives at sunset in Havana, on Nov.

Born in Havana as Carmen Castellanos, she is quick-witted and favors bright, boldly printed blouses and blazers.

Born in Havana as Carmen Castellanos, she is quick-witted and favors bright, boldly printed blouses and blazers.

In 1553 Havana became the capital of Cuba instead of Santiago de Cuba.

Gomez is teaching students in Havana how to build civil society.

There are no pretty virgins in Havana.

In the past, Cubans made the crossing-just over 100 miles (160km) between Havana and Key West-in home-made rafts.

Fidel went to private school and became politically radicalized at the University of Havana.

A Plymouth in Havana in July 2008.

17A man sharpens a knife on a street in Havana September 22, 2010.

A person jogs in the rain along Havana's seafront boulevard "El Malecon" on August 5, 2009.

A 1950s-era American car drives at sunset in Havana, on Nov.

A 1950s-era American car drives at sunset in Havana, on Nov.

Parents watch their children attend their first day back to school in Angela Landa elementary school in Old Havana, Tuesday, Sept.

The 'great white hope' Jess Willard beat black boxing champion Jack Johnson in a dubious bout in Havana;

Havana, Cuba: A man carries a dead pig to be cooked for a new year dinner

Havana Charter for an International Trade Organization;

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A street in Old Havana, one of the most most densely populated areas in Latin America, July 28, 2011. (The New York Times)

The destruction of the U. S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898

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