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Internet analyst: Fiber-optic cable branch from Cuba to Jamaica now carrying traffic
Associated PressHAVANA (AP) — A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main...Tags: Venezuela, Computer Networking and Internet, Cuba
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Letters to the editor: compassionate cruise line, student debt, and Kiera Wilmot
At a time when so many cruise lines are being villified — some deservedly — I would like to voice my experience with the Royal Caribbean International Cruise Lines. On April 28, on the first day of our planned cruise on the Caribbean, my...Tags: Holidays, Cape Canaveral, Memorial Day, Heart Failure, Science
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Athletics-Diamond League Meeting Shanghai men/women results
ReutersMay 18 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Diamond League Meeting Shanghai Men/Women on Saturday Men's 1500m 1. Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3:32.39 2. Gebremedhen Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 3:32.43 3. Collins Cheboi (Kenya) 3:32.96 4. Abdalaati Iguider...Tags: Netherlands, Lashinda Demus, Czech Republic, Kenya, Germany
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Jamaican singer Derrick Morgan has been there, done that -- for real
Jamaican singer Derrick Morgan recorded the song "Conquering Ruler" in 1967, and it was no empty boast. He dominated his country's airwaves in the early '60s when he was barely out of his teens. Now 73 and performing regularly, Morgan is equally proud...
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Copas Confederaciones y Oro no sacan a México de ruta al Mundial de Brasil
México, 14 may (EFE).- El seleccionador de fútbol de México, José Manuel de la Torre, afirmó hoy que el camino al Mundial de Brasil es el único objetivo de su país, que se alista para disputar en junio la Copa Confederaciones y en julio la Copa Oro de...Tags: Costa Rica
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In urban Delray Beach, mangoes, farm life still thrive
Just a few minutes north of the lights and crowds on Atlantic Avenue, there is a hidden oasis of tropical fruit. Tucked away unassumingly at the end of residential Seacrest Avenue, the Truly Tropical farm can almost go unnoticed among the homes, schools...
Tags: Delray Beach, India, Mangos, Palm Beach County, Property
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IMF board OK's $932 million loan program for Jamaica
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Wednesday approved a $932.2 million four-year lending agreement with Jamaica that is meant to help the debt-ridden Caribbean country start to reduce its heavy debt burden....Tags: World Bank Group, Government Debt
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Athletics-Rudisha keeps his cool to see off Aman in Doha
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - Kenya's world record holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha had to work hard to secure victory over Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman in the 800 metres at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday. London...Tags: IAAF Diamond League, Doha (Qatar), Qatar, Botswana, Allyson Felix
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Athletics-Meeting Doha men/women results
ReutersMay 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Meeting Doha Men/Women on Friday Men's 800m 1. David Lekuta Rudisha (Kenya) 1:43.87 2. Mohammed Aman (Ethiopia) 1:44.21 3. Job Koech Kinyor (Kenya) 1:44.24 4. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (France) 1:44.77 5....Tags: France, Kenya, South Africa, Doha (Qatar), United Kingdom
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Injured Bolt to skip Jamaica meeting
ReutersKINGSTON (Reuters) - Six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt has been ruled out of Saturday's Jamaica International Invitational meeting because of a slight hamstring strain, his agent said on Tuesday. The 100 and 200 metres world record holder felt...Tags: Track and Field, Wallace Spearmon, Usain Bolt
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Athletics-World Challenge Meeting Kingston men/women results
ReutersMay 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the World Challenge Meeting Kingston Men/Women on Sunday Men's 100m 1. Tyson Gay (U.S.) 9.86 2. Nesta Carter (Jamaica) 10.03 3. Darvis Patton (U.S.) 10.07 Men's 200m 1. Nickel Ashmeade (Jamaica) 20.00 2....Tags: Kerron Clement, Dawn Harper, Amanda Smock, Wallace Spearmon, Trinidad and Tobago
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Executive profile: Maria Green
Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Corporate Officers, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Arts
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