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A list of those killed in the plane crash in Cuba

<p style="text-align: justify;">No survivors in Cuba airliner crash with 68 aboard. By The Associated Press. HAVANA -- The Cuban government's news website Cubadebate lists the 68 victims of Thursday's AeroCaribbean Flight 883 plane crash as follows. None of the passengers and crew survived the crash. Read More

Hurricane Tomas Floods Quake-Shattered Town

<p style="text-align: justify;">JACOB KUSHNER, Associated Press. Hurricane Tomas Blowing Near 80 MPH. POSTED: 3:01 pm CDT November 4, 2010. UPDATED: 11:13 am CDT November 5, 2010. LEOGANE, Haiti --&nbsp; Hurricane Tomas flooded the earthquake-shattered remains of a Haitian town on Friday, forcing families who had already lost their homes in one disaster to flee another. In the country's capital, quake refugees resisted calls to abandon flimsy tarp and tent camps. Read More

Foreign Affairs investigating after Cuban plane crash

<p style="text-align: justify;">Postmedia News and Reuters November 5, 2010. HAVANA, Cuba — Foreign Affairs officials are investigating to see if any Canadians were on board a crashed Cuban plane Thursday night. The aircraft was reportedly carrying 68 people and there were no initial reports of survivors, according to state-run news media and sources at Havana and Santiago de Cuba airports. Read More

Cuba says plane crash killed all 68 on board

<p style="text-align: justify;">GUASIMAL, Cuba (Reuters) - All 68 people on board a Cuban Aero Caribbean passenger plane were killed, including 28 foreigners, when it crashed in a central province on Thursday after issuing an emergency call, authorities said on Friday. "There were no survivors in the plane," the government website www.cubadebate.cu said. "Its 68 passengers, including seven crew members, died when the aircraft crashed." Rescue workers are seen beside the burning remains of an ATR-72-212 twin turboprop aircraft which crashed near Guasimal in central Cuba November 4, 2010. (REUTERS/Escambray Daily/Courtesy of Cubadebate/Handout) Read More

Spain offers condolences to Cuba because of plane crash

<span class="long_text"><span>The head of the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, today expressed his condolences to President of Cuba, Raul Castro, for the plane crash yesterday in the Caribbean island that killed 68 people.</span></span> Read More

National Museum of Contemporary Ceramics Reopens in Havana

<p style="text-align: justify;">After being closed to the public for five years, the National Museum of Contemporary Ceramics reopened its doors to delight visitors with exquisite collections of pottery craftwork. Read More

Ferries from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba? Interest builds

<p style="text-align: justify;">Sun-Sentinel (blog) - November 3. By Doreen Hemlock. Imagine taking a ferry from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba, leaving at 8pm and arriving at 8 the next morning in Havana. A company based in Paris seeks a U.S. government license to start that service,aiming to offer a cheaper option to Cuban-Americans and others authorized to visit Cuba despite the U.S. embargo on the island, newsletter CubaNews reports. Read More

Hurricane alert for Guantánamo and several municipalities of Holguin due to Tomas hurricane

<span class="long_text"><span>Data from a reconnaissance plane investigating the tropical storm this morning found Thomas' maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and minimum central pressure of 984 hPa, as Thomas is now a category one hurricane on the Saffir Simpson and maintains the course </span><span>the Nortenordeste at 18 miles per hour.</span></span><span class="long_text"><span></span><span><br></span><span></span></span> Read More

Plane crash near Sancti Spiritus: 68 passengers traveling

Plane crash occurred shortly before six o'clock Thursday afternoon near the city of Sancti Spiritus in central Cuba.<br><br><span>This is a passenger plane Aerocaribbean on Flight 883, en route to Santiago de Cuba to Havana.<br><br></span><span>In the aircraft traveled 61 passengers and 7 crew, of which 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners. </span><span>According to TV News, in future editions will expand the information, including the names of the passengers.</span> Read More

State media: Plane crashes in central Cuba, 68 dead

<p style="text-align: justify;">From Shasta Darlington, CNN.November 5, 2010 -- Updated 0326 GMT (1126 HKT). STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- A domestic passenger plane with 61 passengers and 7 crew members onboard crashed in central Cuba Thursday, state media reported. State-run Radio Reloj said there were no survivors. Read More