President Raul Castro congratulated the island’s delegation attending the 14th Paralympic Games in London. In a message, the president highlighted the Cuban athletes’ spirit of sacrifice and dedication, which is so far tenth in the medal standing.»

Over 2100 meetings will be held in Sancti Spiritus as part of the nomination of candidates for delegates to the Municipal Assemblies of the People’s Power which began last Monday around the Cuban archipelago.»

The Iranian government stated that the celebration of the recently concluded 16th Summit of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was political and understanding success.»

A quake of 3.7 degrees in the open scale of Richter occurred in Haiti Sunday, reported the coordinator of the Technical Unit of Seismology of the local Mines and Energy Office, Claude Prepetit.»

Cuban literacy method “Yo si puedo” (Yes, I can) brought about the graduation of a second group of Australian aborigines who learnt to read and write in their own language.»