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D.R. Upsets USA, Faces Cuba in BB Finals

The Dominican Republic won a big 7-2 upset over the undefeated USA in the World Cup/Pan American Games baseball qualifying tournament on Tuesday night. The stage is now set for the title match against Cuba on Wednesday. The USA plays Venezuela in the afternoon for third place.

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Cuba Gets Big Win, Makes Baseball Finals

Cuba came from behind to defeat Venezuela 3-2 in a hard fought walk-off semifinal win that paves the way for a showdown and possible rematch with the United States in the finals on Wednesday at the World Cup/Pan American Games qualifying tournament in Puerto Rico.

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Living Fossil in Cuban Sea

A mollusc species from the Mesozoic era, between 245 and 65 million years ago, lives in waters north of the Cuban province of Pinar del Río, reported IPS. The trigonia can be seen in the seabed close to Cayo Levisa, an area of tourist interest with 23 sites for scuba diving.

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Underwater Cable Operative in July 2011

The fibre-optic underwater cable that will join Cuba with Venezuela will be operative by July 2011, Alberto Rodríguez Arufe, deputy minister of informatics and communications, announced. The cable, which will increase by 3,000 times the current speed of data, image and voice transmission in the island, will cost 70 million dollars.

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Cuba Advisory No.3 on Hurricane Paula

Paula is now a hurricane with 120 kph (75 mph) winds as it moves towards the northeastern Yucatan peninsula on Tuesday morning, reports Cuba’s Meteorological Institute (INSMET) in an advisory released at 6:00 a.m. EST.

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Cuba to Watch TS Paula Closely

Tropical Storm Paula formed in the southwestern Caribbean on Monday and Cuba’s weather experts say they will “keep a very close watch on the evolution and path” of the weather system.

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More technical careers in agriculture

Cuba doubled the number of intermediate-level technical careers linked to the agricultural sector to around 19,500, with a network of educational centers that covers almost all the country’s municipalities, Kenelma Carvajal, deputy minister of education, announced. The official also stressed the increase in the income of specialists related to construction. Both increases correspond to a government strategy to reduce the workforce deficit in those sectors.

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