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Heavy rains this week drenched the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus causing flooding, with damage in over a thousand homes including 47 total collapses, reported Civil Defense authorities.

Industriales came from behind to defeat Ciego de Avila 4-3 in ten innings on Saturday night. The series is now 2-1 favoring Ciego de Avilla with game four scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Ciego.

Sub-tropical storm Beryl, the second tropical cyclone of the current season in the Atlantic, is currently east of Georgia and some 215 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. The storm poses no threat to Cuba, according to the Cuban Weather Service graph.

The third game of the Cuban baseball championship series between Industriales and Ciego de Avila was postponed on Friday night due to heavy rains in the central province of Ciego. The teams will try to take the field again on Saturday.

Amnesty International issued a report in London on Wednesday claiming that hundreds of dissidents and democracy activists in Cuba “suffered harassment, intimidation and arbitrary arrests” in 2011.

Heavy rains have hit the central area of the island over the last week, leaving two people missing, landslides, and damage to roofs and houses.

Handicapped swimmer Rafael Castillo was granted political asylum in the United States on Wednesday after having deserted the Cuban delegation attending the Para-Pan American Games in Mexico last year.

Cuban police published subpoenas on Thursday in the Gaceta Oficial (the country’s legal news periodical) for three nationals being investigated for corruption.