American held in Cuba is in poor health, wife says

American held in Cuba is in poor health, wife says


American held in Cuba is in poor health, wife says

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:24 PM PDT

An American imprisoned in Cuba for nearly three years is in poor health and may not survive to serve out the remainder of his 15-year sentence, his wife said Tuesday after visiting him last week.

Alan Gross has lost 105 pounds and has a growth on his back that no American doctor has been allowed to inspect, according to his wife, Judy Gross, and a lawyer for the family.

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France pushes for strategic food stocks to cool prices

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:15 PM PDT

RENNES, France (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday he was trying to persuade other world leaders to create strategic stockpiles of agricultural commodities to prevent extreme food price swings on international markets.


EU states working on new Iran sanctions, Hague says

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:21 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - European Union states are putting together a new set of sanctions to increase pressure on Iran to give up its controversial nuclear activity, British Foreign Secretary William Hague told Reuters on Tuesday.


Reports: Netanyahu denied White House meeting

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:23 PM PDT

Israeli prime minister's bid to meet President Obama later this month has been denied, according to an official.


Egyptian protesters scale wall of U.S. Embassy in Cairo, pull down American flag

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

EL-ARISH, Egypt – A group of protesters scaled the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo on Tuesday evening and entered its outer grounds, pulled down an American flag, then tried to burn it outside the embassy walls, according to witnesses.

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Detainee Who Died at Guantánamo Had Release Blocked by Court

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a Yemeni man, was ordered freed in 2010 by a federal district court judge but remained in captivity after the ruling was overturned.


Japanese Whiskeys Gain Ground in America

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Made commercially since the 1920s, Japanese whiskeys are gaining ground in the United States.


Detainee Who Died at Guantánamo Had Release Blocked by Court

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a Yemeni man, was ordered freed in 2010 by a federal district court judge but remained in captivity after the ruling was overturned.


At War Blog: Eleven Years After 9/11, Afghanistan Still Matters

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:01 PM PDT

On an occasion when many Americans remember that terrible day in 2001, one Afghan asks that we remember his country too.


Shipwrecked teen 'drifted in bin'

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:38 PM PDT

A teenage Alaska fisherman cast adrift when his boat sank floats for 26 hours in a plastic fish bin before his rescue by the US Coast Guard.


ArtsBeat: Sotheby's To Auction Robert McNamara Memorabilia

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT

Included in the former Secretary of Defense's possessions are the flag from his office and original drawings of editorial cartoons about him, many of them unfavorable.


At War Blog: Eleven Years After 9/11, Afghanistan Still Matters

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:19 PM PDT

On an occasion when many Americans remember that terrible day in 2001, one Afghan asks that we remember his country too.


After Criticism, Romney Thanks Armed Forces

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:15 PM PDT

Speaking to National Guard members in Reno, Nev., Mitt Romney expressed gratitude for troops serving overseas, saying the defense budget should not be cut.


The Public Editor’s Journal Blog: 9/11 Coverage, Part 2: With Little New to Say, Should Media Say It, Anyway?

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:14 PM PDT

If the Kurt Eichenwald Op-Ed does not break any new ground, why did The Times publish it all?


Egypt protesters tear down US embassy flag

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT

Demonstrators against amateur film deemed offensive to Prophet Muhammad replace Stars and Stripes with Islamic flag.


Vast crowds demand Catalan autonomy from crisis-hit Spain

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:22 PM PDT

BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Catalans took to the streets of Barcelona on Tuesday in an unprecedented show of mass support for autonomy from Madrid, blaming Spain's economic crisis for dragging their wealthy region down.


At Humboldt State, Football Worth the Price

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:26 PM PDT

Humboldt State has held on to its football program while some other similar California colleges have folded theirs, giving residents in and around Arcata reason to cheer.


Massive turnout for Catalan rally

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:46 PM PDT

Some 1.5m people flood Catalonia's capital, Barcelona, demanding independence and blaming Spain's central government for the economic woes.


Rebels ambush army convoy in Central African Republic

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:00 PM PDT

BANGUI (Reuters) - Ugandan Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed one soldier and wounded six others in an ambush of a Central African Republic (CAR) army convoy in the remote east, local and defense officials said on Tuesday.


Darfur rebels kill 11 civilians, Sudan says

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 12:04 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rebels killed 11 civilians during an attack on a market and a mine in Sudan's Darfur region, state news agency SUNA said on Tuesday, the latest violence in the troubled western region.


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