Raul Castro takes aim at Cuban construction woes

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has begun decentralizing decision-making in construction, in the second major reorganization of an industry since Raul Castro became president in February, official media reported on Thursday. A parliament...

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The Ghosts Of Eastern Europe Haunt Cuba, How Raul Castro Is Steering The Island Nation In A Post-Fidel World - CBS News

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Computer-age comes to Cuba, but the real revolution is on the land

Computer-age comes to Cuba, but the real revolution is on the land

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Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez makes to The TIME 100 List of The World's Most Influential People

Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez makes to The TIME 100 List of The World's Most Influential People

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Cuba urges economic gain, work at May Day rally

By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched through Havana's Revolution Square on Thursday for a red-splashed May Day celebration that urged economic gains and increased productivity from workers. A sea of people,...

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Brave Cubans take to the Web

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No Space for Dissent

IN THE PAST few weeks, Cuban President Raúl Castro has introduced a handful of micro-reforms to the oppressive and bankrupt regime left behind by his brother.

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Renault to roll out another Nokia co-branded car

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's biggest mobile phones maker, said on Thursday it would co-brand a limited edition of Renault (RENA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research) Sandero cars in Brazil, fully equipped with...

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CNET in Yahoo partnership

By Anupreeta Das SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - CNET Networks Inc, fighting dissident shareholders who want to expand the board, posted a narrower first-quarter loss on Thursday and announced a partnership with Yahoo Inc to provide content to Yahoo sites...

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Spike Lee teams with Nokia on cell phone movie

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Filmmaker Spike Lee has linked up with Nokia to direct a movie made with cell phone footage from everyday people in what he calls the democratization of film. The film by Nokia Productions will consist of three acts. An...

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Google introduces brand-image ads for phones

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said on Wednesday it has introduced brand-image ads for mobile phones, in a bid to extend beyond the computer-based Web market into the emerging market for advertising on phones. In a statement on the Silicon...

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Yahoo to expand data sharing among friends online

By Eric Auchard SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is working to rewire the dozens of services across its site so that users can manage all information about themselves in a single place and share it with friends across the Web. ''We are not...

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Microsoft issues final threat to scotch Yahoo deal

By Eric Auchard and Daisuke Wakabayashi SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave Yahoo Inc no hope of a higher takeover price, saying it was ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo maintains ''unrealistic expectations'' of a...

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Launch of RIM's 3G BlackBerry faces delay: report

by Susan Taylor OTTAWA (Reuters) - Research in Motion (RIM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) shares fell 3 percent on Friday after a Fortune.com story said that a high-speed wireless version of its BlackBerry smartphone for top U.S. phone company...

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After the nightmare of socialism, Cubans deserve the chance to live out the dreams that have kept them going.

After the nightmare of socialism, Cubans deserve the chance to live out the dreams that have kept them going.

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Cuba lashes out at ''Ladies in White''

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba launched a blistering attack on the wives of imprisoned dissidents on Tuesday, accusing them of working with its arch-enemy, the United States, to subvert one-party socialist rule. The women, known as the...

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Cuba lashes out at wives of jailed dissidents

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba launched a blistering attack on the wives of imprisoned dissidents on Tuesday, accusing them of working with its arch-enemy, the United States, to subvert one-party socialist rule. The women, known as the...

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Cuba breaks up sit-in and briefly detains women

By Marc Frank HAVANA (Reuters) - A group of Cuban women peacefully demonstrating for the release of their jailed husbands were roughed up by a mob and arrested, then released, on Monday near the offices of President Raul Castro. The 10 women,...

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Twitter Saves Man From Egyptian Justice

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Miami Port Director Expresses Concern Over Cuba's Mariel

Port Director Expresses Concern Over Cuba's Mariel

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Cuba speeds up private title to state housing

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Friday it would speed up the hand-over of private titles to state-owned housing to thousands of citizens, possibly paving the way for broader property reforms. A decree published on Friday will expedite property...

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Cuba grapples with growing inequality

By Marc Frank - Analysis HAVANA (Reuters) - Reforms passed by new President Raul Castro to allow sales of computers, DVD players and cellular telephones and let Cubans stay at tourist hotels are a recognition of growing inequality in the communist...

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Cuban blogger win Spanish digital journalism prize

HAVANA (Reuters) - Independent Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, who chronicles the woes of life in communist-run Cuba, was awarded one of Spain's top journalism awards on Friday, the Ortega and Gasset prize for digital journalism. Spanish...

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Cuban authorities block access to top independent blog

Reuters - The Cuban authorities have blocked access from Cuba to the country's most-read blogger, Yoani Sanchez, she said on Monday. Sanchez, whose critical "Generacion Y" blog received 1.2 million hits in February, said Cubans can no longer visit her Web page (http://www.desdec …

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Cyber Attacks Target Pro-Tibet Groups

Human rights and pro-democracy groups sympathetic to anti-China demonstrators in Tibet are being targeted by sophisticated cyber attacks designed to disrupt their work and steal information on their members and activities.

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