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HAVANA—The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.   Full Story
 
 

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MUMBAI, India—The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes.   Full Story
 
 

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In early June, a California National Guard task force of about 820 Iraq-bound soldiers left the Golden State for almost three months of intensive preparation at Fort Dix, a 33,000-acre Army base in central New Jersey.  
 
 

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LONDON—A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.   Full Story
 
 

Latin America

(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
HAVANA—The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.   Full Story