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The fourth plenum of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Cuba was held this Sunday, headed by its first secretary, President Raul Castro, the Granma newspaper reported.

The five Cuban basketball players who sought political asylum during the Centrobasket Tournament in Puerto Rico in June, expressed interest in playing professional basketball and going to college in that country.

At the same time when Team Cuba was savoring their victory at the Haarlem Baseball Week in Holland on Sunday, it became known that infielder Aledmis Diaz, decided to skip out and make a go at reaching the US Major Leagues.

Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya, 60, died in a car crash on Sunday afternoon near Bayamo, Cuba. A government statement said that the rental car Paya was traveling in lost control and crashed into a tree. Another Cuban also died and two foreigners suffered minor injuries.

Cuba defeated Puerto Rico 4-2 on Sunday to take the title of the Haarlem Baseball Week tournament in the Netherlands. Cuba had not won this tournament since 1998, finishing second five times. The USA finished third after beating Holland 4-3 earlier on Sunday.

Some forty-five members of the 23rd Pastors for Peace Caravan arrived in Cuba on Saturday after embarking their nearly 100 tons of humanitarian aid in Tampico, Mexico.

Yesterday’s 113th birthday of author Ernest Hemingway was celebrated in Old Havana with an extra-super-sized daquiri cocktail.

After losing its two opening games to Puerto Rico and the USA, team Cuba rallied for three wins including Friday’s 4-0 over Holland to set the stage for a semifinal contest vs. its chief rival the United States on Saturday in the Haarlem Baseball Week tournament.