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Japan, Taipei and Holland won their first games in the third World Baseball Classic with the two-time WBC champ Japan getting the closest scare. Cuba opens vs. Brazil tonight at 10:30 p.m. (EST).

Cuba’s ambassador to international organizations based in Geneva, Anayansi Rodriguez, noted the loss of credibility and legitimacy of the Human Rights Council, reported the Prensa Latina news agency.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, expressed her support for actions in favor of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters held in the United States, reports the Venceremos website.

For the first time ever, the Cuban team won a ticket to the world soccer cup tournament for young players under 20 years of age. The island’s team defeated Costa Rica 2-1 on Tuesday night on the playing field of the Autonomous University of Puebla, in Mexico.

We will have a drop in temperatures, showers and isolated rains for the first half of the term due to the passage of frontal systems through the area. Maximum temperatures will reach 22°C (72°F) in the middle of the period, when they will begin to rise gradually. Minimum temperatures will be around 21°C (68°F).

Team Cuba played its next to the last pre-World Baseball Classic exhibition game on Wednesday defeating the Hanshin Tigers of the Japanese professional league by a score of 3-2. Their last exhibition game is on Friday March 1st against the Yomiuri Giants.

South African Medical Students in the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, have been asked by officials in Pretoria to end their strike over stipends and to return to classes, reports the Café Fuerte website.

Cuban Catholics held a Mass at the Havana Cathedral on Tuesday thanking Pope Benedict XVI for his efforts. The Pope announced his resignation two weeks ago, the first head of the Vatican to do so in over five centuries.