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...followed nearly identical policies toward them. It has enforced tight embargoes against trade and travel and even sent warships to prowl off both coasts. Starting last month, refugees fleeing both islands have been plucked from the waters off Florida and interned in side-by-side tent cities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba...
...life-threatening infectious disease are still very low -- at least in the developed world. But the threats are real and frightening enough to spur medical researchers to redouble efforts to learn more about how the many kinds of microbes cause disease -- and how they can be kept at bay...
...baddest of bad," says Jeffrey Rowry, a local resident, "and she was the sweetest of sweet." In silent protest against the gangs, yellow ribbons have been tied around the trees on Shavon's block; baby-blue ribbons, alluding to Sandifer's age, decorate the home where he lived. Bay Sandifer, Yummy's aunt, walked over and hugged Shavon's mother. "We're all going to stick together," she said. "We're scared they're still out here. They ain't doing nothing but killing our kids...
...country has been hit by Internet "outages" in the last two weeks that have lasted up to a few hours, sources tell TIME Daily. "The result is that parts of the Internet are not available to other parts," says Jeff White, director of network services for Internex, a Bay area network provider. "I've had a lot of complaints by my customers." At some intervals, as much as 40 percent of the Internet was inaccessible by people from the Northwest, White says. When White complained to his Internet service provider, Sprint, he was told that the company was fixing...
...warrens of Old Havana, farther along the bay, Ana, 25, has another generation in mind: that of her three-year-old son. He has been waiting for a hernia operation for two years. At his day-care center, which lacks books and toys, there is no Mercurochrome for skinned knees. "All the children have colds," Ana explains. Flushed with anger, she beckons a visitor to accompany her to the nearest pharmacy. "Is there aspirin?" she demands of the clerk. "Is there flu medicine for my baby?" The answer, as always, is no. "You see!" she says. "They take...