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-- Cuba is set to release seven prisoners, including a dissident arrested in a notorious crackdown on the opposition in 2003, the Roman Catholic Church said. The move is a sign that Cuba will comply with a deal brokered by Spain and the Catholic Church and empty its jails of political...

-- Two prominent Cuban dissidents who had refused to leave prison were released against their wishes on Saturday as the Cuban government continues to free opposition activists arrested during a notorious crackdown in 2003. Hector Maseda Gutierrez, whose wife Laura Pollan is one of the founders...

Spain's President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, at the North Atlantic Council meeting on November 19. Spanish and Portuguese leaders, with reinforcements from Brussels, are fighting a rearguard action to convince investors that there is no need for further eurozone bail-outs after the...

Octopus predicts Spain World Cup victory OBERHAUSEN, Germany, (UPI) -- Officials at a German aquarium said the facility's "psychic" octopus has predicted Spain will win the World Cup finale against the Netherlands in South Africa. Paul the octopus' keepers at the Sea Life Aquarium in...

Sports Calendar for Thursday, May 13 (All times Eastern) American League Seattle at Baltimore, 12:35 p.m. NY Yankees at Detroit, 1:05 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 2:05 p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...