Havana, August 1 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro sent a diploma acknowledging the 50^th anniversary of the Cuban Civil Defense System, which was celebrated during a ceremony in Havana.

Havana, August 1 (RHC)-- Cuban Vice President Esteban Lazo signed on Tuesday the book of condolences for the death of Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills.

United Nations, August 1 (RHC)-- Outer space is common patrimony and must be explored and used only with peaceful aims and in the benefit of humanity, said Cuban diplomat Juan Antonio Quintanilla at the UN Conference on Disarmament.

Havana, Aug 1, (RHC), -- Cuba has exposed a covert operation, financed by the CIA, to stir up unrest in the Caribbean country during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the island last March.

Havana, Aug 1, (RHC), -- Cuba categorically rejected its renewed inclusion in the U.S. State Department’s controversial list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.