Topic - Cuba

• Obama raising campaign cash in California

  President Barack Obama pitched for blue-collar jobs and then dashed for campaign cash on Wednesday, embarking on a three-day West Coast trip to haul in millions of dollars for his re-election bid.

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  General 'concerned' over Taliban prisoner transfer

  President Obama's top military adviser expressed concern Tuesday over the possibility of releasing five Taliban detainees from the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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  U.S. embargo on Cuba firmly in place

  When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth, and a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents.

• USAID's role in covert work questioned

  It was part of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier: a government agency to work with developing countries around the world and spread democracy in the process.

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  General: 'Use drones to kill' the Taliban in Pakistan

  A longtime adviser to U.S. commanders in Afghanistan says now is the time for President Obama to change strategy and target Taliban leaders ensconced in Pakistan.

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  Cuba looks to its kids to recover faded boxing glory

  Cuba has instituted a top-to-bottom shake-up aimed at its boxing program to its former glory after the national squad returned from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing without a gold medal for the first time in 40 years.

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  No cigar: Economic embargo on Cuba turns 50

  When it started, American teenagers were doing the twist, the United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth, and a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'The Man Within My Head'

  ''Greeneland" describes both the seedy locales where Graham Greene set many of his novels and the state of mind of many of his heroes: doubting, undeceived,living in foreign places in an eternal maybe.

• Major soccer stadium disasters

  A list of fatal disasters at soccer stadiums around the world.

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  Afghan Taliban deny they're ready to talk peace

  The Taliban denied Wednesday that the movement is planning direct talks with the Afghan government to end the 10-year-old war, while a leaked NATO report suggested the insurgents are confident they will regain power after international troops leave.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'Reagan on War'

  After World War II, the United States veered from one strategic military policy to another. The "mutual assured de- struction" of President Eisenhower and the Dulles brothers gave way to the "graduated escalation" of Robert McNamara during the Vietnam era.

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  Ex-CIA officials assail ID of agents

  Former intelligence officials use "reprehensible" and "egregious" to describe the alleged acts of a former CIA officer charged by the government with betraying his own when he revealed the identities of two overseas operatives to the media.

• Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor

  Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.

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  Gingrich mocks Romney over 'self-deportations'

  Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that rival Mitt Romney is living in an "Obama-level fantasy" world if he believes that stronger enforcement of the nation's laws will persuade illegal immigrants to leave the nation voluntarily.

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  EDITORIAL: Obama's America: A tired old mare

  In his State of the Union speech, President Obama tried to make the case that he has been one of the most successful chief executives in American history when it comes to foreign affairs. It takes more than being briefed on the Osama bin Laden takedown to make a great leader. The vast gulf between his promises and results argues against him.

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