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Cuba's pharmaceutical industry generated $350 million in exports in 2007, ranking second in foreign sales behind nickel and coming in ahead of traditional products such as tobacco, rum and sugar, the official press reported.

Cuban Dayron Robles demonstrated once again the struggle Olympic champion Liu Xiang will face at next month's Beijing Games by clocking the joint second fastest time ever for the men's 110 metres hurdles on Friday.

In favor of the well-being and of the recreation, summer camps in Holguin and Varadero beach will welcome 1, 156 children from the eastern province of Las Tunas during their vacations.

The New Latin American Film Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary this year with a comprehensive program aimed at continuing to open the way for new generations of filmmakers.

The young writer Rogelio Riverón won the 2008 Ítalo Calvino award with his novel Bailar contigo el último cuplé in this capital city, with the presence of personalities from the literary and diplomatic world.

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega awarded the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters jailed in the United States with the Augusto C. Sandino Order.

A new multimedia titled ‘Mi Granjita’ (My Small Farm), created by the Cuban Company of Information Technologies and Telematics (CITMATEL), was presented at Havana’s Riviera movie theatre.

Cuban soccer player Yeniseidis Soto set  a new Guinness record for ball control with the head.

The general director of the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Jacques Diouf, will arrive in Cuba on Sunday at the invitation of the island's government.