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Cuba’s marked transportation recovery will be slower than planned as the international economic crisis is forcing the government to cut back on investment programs. Yuri Gonzalez, a high-ranking official at the Ministry of Transportation, noted on Monday that plans can not continue “as scheduled.”

Cuban authorities will examine “with great interest” the offer of the United States government to reopen talks on migratory issues interrupted in 2003, said Ricardo Alarcon, chair of the Cuban parliament, reported IPS.

Cuba has decided to step up controls and prevention against the A H1N1 virus as the illness continues to spread around the world. On the island, the visiting 14-month old Canadian boy who became Cuba’s fourth case was released from the hospital after reacting “very favorably” to treatment.

The Organization of American States (OAS) postponed until next week its discussion on Cuba’s possible return to the regional body, which should have taken place Friday during the regular session of the Permanent Council in Washington, reported IPS.

Heavy rains in the eastern Cuban provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo have led to landslides and the collapse of homes, forcing families to evacuate in the affected areas. The Cuban Meteorological Institute said the rains will continue on Friday, reported IPS.

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will discuss today for the first time Cuba’s possible return to that regional body, from which it was expelled in 1962, reported IPS.

During the first half of Cuba’s 2008-9 baseball season Villa Clara was clearly the top team in the Eastern Division; however in the second half they turned less than mediocre while Ciego de Avila was red hot. Now, in the playoffs, the tables have turned and the Orangemen have the Tigers on the ropes with a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven series.