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The main event for World Literacy Day are held  in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where the 2014 international awards will go to projects from Ecuador, Burkina Faso, Algeria, South Africa and Spain.»

A total of 6 thousand 195 patients were treated in Cuba with stem cells in the first half of 2014, while the medical procedure has been expanded to 14 provinces since it was first administered here in 2004.»

The factory readies to start the elimination of CFCs, one more step in the program of getting rid of the so-called Substances Causing Depletion of the Ozone Layer.»

The most recent report of the World Bank (WB) on education in Latin America and the Caribbean, places Cuba in the first position in the region in that regard, close to the most effective in the world.»

The 28th Marabana marathon competition has so far secured the participation of 213 runners from 31 countries, reported Carlos Gattorno director of the project, created in 1987.»

The cabinet reshuffle carried out by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is raising expectations today in a society that requires change.»

The 21 pieces on exhibit are part of a larger collection donated to the Cuban people, with creations by 35 artists from the artistic avant-garde of the XIX and XX centuries.»

President Barack Obama began a tour of Europe today in the midst of the complex crisis facing his administration in regard to the situation in Ukraine, Syria and Iraq.»

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has launched a campaign to draw attention towards the effects of climate change, as frequent flooding, storms and a searing heat wave are predicted within 40 years.»

In his latest article published this Monday, September 1st, Fidel Castro refers to essential issues, and asks himself whether ideas or disaster will prevail.»