International Business News - CUB http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/151002-north-korea.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/nkorea-off-us-blacklist-after-nuke-inspection-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/nkorea-off-us-blacklist-after-nuke-inspection-deal.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:47:03 EDT North Korea said Sunday it will resume disabling its key nuclear complex after the U.S. dropped the country from a terrorism blacklist--a breakthrough expected to help energize stalled talks aimed at ending the country's atomic ambitions. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150909-south-korea-koreas-nuclear.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/nkorea-says-it-will-resume-nuclear-disablement.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/nkorea-says-it-will-resume-nuclear-disablement.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:22:58 EDT Fidel Castro says a "profound racism" in the United States will stop millions from voting for Barack Obama in next month's presidential election. The ailing, 82-year-old former Cuban president says it is "a miracle that the Democratic candidate hasn't suffered the same luck as (assassinated leaders) Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and others who harbored dreams of equality and justice." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150509-cuba-che-anniversary.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/castro-racism-in-us-keeps-many-away-from-obama.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/castro-racism-in-us-keeps-many-away-from-obama.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:37:46 EDT It took Ellen Arnstein the better part of two years to win the trust of the people of Camargo, a farming town of 5,000 in southeastern Bolivia. The mayor agreed to partially fund the Peace Corps volunteer's proposal to have children plant fruit trees at their school. Arnstein, 27, was about to be interviewed by a local TV crew when she got the call: The Peace Corps was pulling all 113 of its volunteers out of Bolivia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/ex-volunteers-angry-at-peace-corps-bolivia-pullout.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:03:14 EDT In a matter of weeks, a Russian naval squadron will arrive in the waters off Latin America for the first time since the Cold War. It is already getting a warm welcome from some in a region where the influence of the United States is in decline. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150007-losing-latin-america.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/under-bush-us-influence-in-latin-america-wanes.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/under-bush-us-influence-in-latin-america-wanes.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:58:06 EDT When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/us-controls-bird-flu-vaccines-over-bioweapon-fears.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:14:26 EDT After North Korea relented on nuclear inspection demands, the U.S. on Saturday erased from a terrorism blacklist the communist country President Bush once branded part of an "axis of evil." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150493-north-korea.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/ap-us-to-remove-north-korea-from-terror-blacklist.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/ap-us-to-remove-north-korea-from-terror-blacklist.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:41:58 EDT As of Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at least 540 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-540.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:37:25 EDT Iran's top diplomat in Bolivia says his country will open two low-cost public health clinics in South America's poorest nation. Business attache Hojjatollah Soltani said Friday the Islamic republic plans to use Bolivia as a base for future Red Crescent medical programs across the continent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/iran-to-open-2-health-clinics-in-bolivia.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:12:51 EDT President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/bush-raises-2-million-in-florida-south-carolina.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:02:38 EDT Cuba is limiting how much basic fruits and vegetables people can buy at farmers' markets, irritating some customers but ensuring there's enough--barely--to go around. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149181-cuba-food-crisis.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/in-food-crisis-cuba-limits-sales-so-all-can-eat.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/in-food-crisis-cuba-limits-sales-so-all-can-eat.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:54:45 EDT As the presidential race revs up, political conversations in NFL locker rooms echo those in workplaces nationwide. Taxes. Economy. McCain. Obama. War. Terrorism. White. Black. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/obama-mccain-dilemma-puts-nfl-players-in-a-state.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:44:47 EDT With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey are sponsoring a bill to protect the rights of U.S. citizens and legal residents who get caught up in them. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148594-immigration-raid.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/senators-push-for-immigration-raid-guidelines.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/senators-push-for-immigration-raid-guidelines.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:23:55 EDT Bruce Dal Canton CARNEGIE, Pa. (AP)--Bruce Dal Canton, a former high school teacher who turned a good showing at a tryout camp into a lengthy career as a major league pitcher and coach, died Tuesday. He was 66. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/obituaries-in-the-news.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:26:56 EDT A Chinese Muslim locked up at Guantanamo Bay may soon be granted an improbable wish: To move to the United States. A federal judge this week ordered the man and 16 other members of an ethnic group from western China freed from Guantanamo and brought to his courtroom, but an appeals court late Wednesday gave the Bush administration at least a week to come up with arguments against the move. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/ap-enterprise-some-at-gitmo-see-u-s-as-ally.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:51:16 EDT A group of Chinese Muslims set to be freed into the U.S. this week from Guantanamo Bay found their freedom stymied yet again after a simple government plea: What's a couple more weeks or so in jail after nearly seven years? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/chinese-muslims-release-into-us-blocked-for-now.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:14:28 EDT A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge's decision to immediately free 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay into the U.S. In a one-page order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued the emergency stay at the request of the Bush administration. The three-judge panel said it would postpone release of the detainees for at least another week to give the government more time to make arguments in the case. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/muslim-chinese-ask-court-not-to-halt-their-release.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:14:36 EDT A Sudanese detainee transferred out of Guantanamo has vowed to campaign for the release of the roughly 255 inmates remaining at the U.S. military prison. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/pentagon-releases-guantanamo-inmate-to-sudan.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:32:05 EDT The U.S. is set to suspend a trade deal with Bolivia that is worth 20,000 Bolivian jobs and $150 million a year, but President Evo Morales says South America's poorest country shouldn't worry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/morales-bolivia-should-not-fear-us-blockade.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:22:51 EDT A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147302-detainee-treatment.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/ap-exclusive-documents-say-detainee-near-insanity.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/ap-exclusive-documents-say-detainee-near-insanity.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:52:38 EDT