Cuba is marking the 55th anniversary of the start of the communist revolution led by former president Fidel Castro.
The former president was not expected to attend the celebrations of the storming of the Moncada barracks in Santiago on 26 July 1953. Instead Cuban President Raul Castro gave a speech to 10,000 invited guests telling them Cuba will be prepared to defend itself militarily regardless of who is elected as US president in November. The 48-minute speech did California gay couples wed for the first time ...
UN ambassadors end Africa tour praising Ivory Coast ... not include any reform changes. Raul announced that Cuba will hold its "Bastion 2008" military exercises in November to coincide with the US presidential election.
(Deutsche Welle)
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