Submitted by stevenmansour on October 7, 2007 - 3:49pm
BBC NEWS | Americas | Many killed in Cuban train crash At least 28 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in Cuba after a train collided with a bus at a level crossing, official media say.The accident - which is the worst in Cuba for years - happened in Granma province [...]
Submitted by stevenmansour on December 18, 2006 - 12:36am
Being of Iraqi-Assyrian descent, it’s understandable that I was caught by surprise walking down the Prado in Havana and seeing arabic script on some signs, or noticing the moorish influences on so many of the buildings.But the arab influence in Cuba goes beyond merely architecture; indeed, Arabs had a part to play in many chapters [...]
