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9/11 civilian hero, Kenneth Cubas, remembered in emotional street-renaming ceremony

2014-09-07 18:31:48| Footwear - Topix.net

As the terrorist horror at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan unfolded almost 13 years ago , Tompkinsville-born Kenneth Cubas, 48, sacrificed his life to help others trapped in the burning South Tower. Cubas, a long-time West Brighton resident, worked on the 97th floor of the WTC South Tower, as a vice president for Fiduciary Trust, in charge of technology acquisitions and management.

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Cubas mangroves dying of thirst

2013-10-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: In the 1960s, the Cuban government declared that storage of fresh water for times of drought or hurricanes was a matter of national security, and it began to dam up the countrys rivers. But that policy has claimed an unforeseen victim: mangroves. The sea swallowed up the old road connecting Batabanó and Mayabeque beaches, in southwest Cuba. In the last 50 years, more than 100 metres of coastline have been lost in that area to the south of Havana. The weakened mangroves, which now receive hardly...

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Cuba's AntAonez in Miami: 'We are one resistance'

2013-08-10 20:05:55| Beverages - Topix.net

On Thursday, August 8th, a press conference took place at the Institute of Cuban and Cuban-American Studies "Casa Bacardi" at the University of Miami with the renown Cuban dissidents Jorge Luis Garcia Perez 'Antunez' and Yris Tamara Perez Aguilera , both recently arrived to the city in a visit with the purpose to tell the world what really happens ... (more)

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Cuba\'s sugar mills get new lease of life

2013-05-22 09:05:29| Sugar Industry News

It is a sight the people of Mejico thought they would never see again - sugar cane pouring onto a conveyer belt, beneath chimneys pouring smoke into a bright blue sky.

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