Monthly Archives: February 2009

Champions League: Alessandro Del Pieros last hurrah

Posted on 2/23/2009 by kd

Alessandro Del Piero likes to describe how he learnt to be so clever with his free kicks. His father, Gino, used to park the family car next to the back garden of their Treviso home and turn on the headlights … Continue reading →

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Guatemala apologizes to Cuba for Bay of Pigs

Posted on 2/17/2009 by kd

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ – 3 hours ago HAVANA (AP) — Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to Cuba on Tuesday for his country’s having allowed the CIA to train exiles in the Central American country for the 1961 Bay of Pigs … Continue reading →

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Cuba launches own Linux variant to counter U.S.

Posted on 2/11/2009 by kd

By Esteban Israel HAVANA, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Cuba launched its own variant of the Linux computer operating system this week in the latest front of the communist island’s battle against what it views as U.S. hegemony. The Cuban variant, … Continue reading →

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