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Four of the ex Cuban political prisoners asked the European Union (EU) to maintain the Common Position toward Cuba, a policy established in 1996 and that conditions relations with the island on political reforms. In a rally organized by the right-wing European Popular Party, the four dissidents, who were freed thanks to the mediation of Spain and the Catholic Church, urged keeping the pressure on the government of the Caribbean island nation until all opposition members have been released.

The details of how the cooperatives will be organized and how they will purchase raw materials and other inputs, and market their products, has yet to be made public.

Tropical Storm Karl formed Tuesday well south of western tip of Cuba and appears headed for a landing on the Yucatán Peninsula on Wednesday afternoon.

The funeral services for Rev. Lucius Walker Jr. will be held at 10:00 am on Friday, September 17, 2010 at Convent Avenue Baptist Church in New York City (420 W 145th Street, New York, N.Y., states the IFCO/Pastors for Peace website.

Roosevelt Skerrit, the prime minister of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica arrived in Havana early Tuesday heading up a delegation set to attend a meeting of Cuba with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Cuba’s Meteorological Institute (Insmet) continues to track Hurricane Igor and now Hurricane Julia as they move west-northwest in the Atlantic Ocean. While neither is expected to come anywhere near Cuba or its neighbors, the small island nation of Bermuda could face the brunt of the major storm.

The UN included Cuba on a list of nine countries with illustrative projects to eliminate the gases that deplete the ozone layer, Nelson Espinosa, director of the Ozone Technical Office (OTOZ), announced. The Caribbean island nation hopes to begin in 2011 the destruction of 130 tons of stored refrigerating gases.

La Organización de Naciones Unidas incluyó a Cuba en la lista de nueve países con proyectos demostrativos para eliminar los gases que agotan la capa de ozono, informó Nelson Espinosa, director de la Oficina Técnica de Ozono. El país caribeño espera comenzar en 2011 la destrucción de 130 toneladas de gases refrigerantes almacenados.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro questioned in one of his usual Reflections published by the island’s state-run press the deportation of gypsy emigrants decreed by the French government. Castro echoed an article in Mexico’s La Jornada daily about the persecution and extermination of that people in Europe throughout history. The leader of the Cuban Revolution questioned the good sense of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and reiterated his criticisms of the UN Security Council for the way it has dealt with the Iranian nuclear issue.