Cuba loosens cell phone rules amid Raul Castro push
In a Granma notice the Cuban government unveiled a decree allowing ordinary Cubans to obtain cell phone service for the first time, a move seen as easing daily life while potentially stabilizing regime control. ETECSA aims to expand service, but minutes priced in convertible pesos limit access. foreigners and officials currently dominate plans.
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Bush says Iraq at defining moment in war on militias
President Bush warned Iraq faces a defining moment as Shiite militias clash with security forces. In Baghdad militants hit the Green Zone while a US Hellfire missile struck a Shiite stronghold and Basra saw escalating fighting. Bush called Maliki's Basra crackdown a positive milestone toward a democratic Iraq.
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US forces widened actions against Shiite militias by striking Basra with airstrikes and firing missiles into central Baghdad. Iraqi troops faced resistance as Basra operations continued and rockets hit the Green Zone. The clashes drew in claims of Iranian support and raised questions on US troop withdrawals as Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army reacted.
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