IC professors brave bureauracy in Cuba for research opportunity - Jacksonville Journal-Courier

IC professors brave bureauracy in Cuba for research opportunity Jacksonville Journal-Courier In his career as a biology professor and orchid enthusiast, Lawrence Zettler has shared space with alligators and poisonous snakes to get glimpses, and whiffs, of his beloved specimens. But in early August, Zettler and fellow Illinois College professor ...

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Inside Diana Nyad's new Florida-Cuba swim strategy - CBS News

Inside Diana Nyad's new Florida-Cuba swim strategy CBS News On Saturday, she will try to swim across the treacherous waters separating Cuba from Florida - an attempt she's failed to complete four times before. But now, she has a new strategy. At 64 years old, Nyad couldn't resist the call of the ocean one more ...

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Storm ends retired Cuban baseball stars' Fla. game - 7Online WSVN-TV

Storm ends retired Cuban baseball stars' Fla. game 7Online WSVN-TV Its decision came shortly after resistance from a small but vocal Miami-based group that has long opposed the administration of Communist Cuban President Raul Castro and former President Fidel Castro. The first of the games was also originally slated ...

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Storm ends Retired Cuban baseball stars' game against Miami exiles in Florida - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Storm ends Retired Cuban baseball stars' game against Miami exiles in Florida Minneapolis Star Tribune Its decision came shortly after resistance from a small but vocal Miami-based group that has long opposed the administration of Communist Cuban President Raul Castro and former President Fidel Castro. The first of the games was also originally slated ...

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Photo blog: Diana Nyad's swim - ESPN

ESPN	Photo blog: Diana Nyad's swim ESPN After a near-death experience after being stung nine times by poisonous box jellyfish last year -- once on the tongue for good measure -- you would think a swimmer would be hesitant to enter those same waters. But most swimmers aren't Diana Nyad.

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Woman to brave sharks, jellyfish and storms in final Cuba-Florida swim attempt - Washington Times

Woman to brave sharks, jellyfish and storms in final Cuba-Florida swim attempt Washington Times HAVANA — The Florida Strait, a dangerous stretch of sea full of sharks and jellyfish that is prone to sudden, violent storms, has stubbornly resisted Diana Nyad's repeated attempts to conquer it. Yet the Florida-raised endurance athlete was back in ...

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68 Cuba-trained doctors join health sector tomorrow - Jamaica Observer

68 Cuba-trained doctors join health sector tomorrow Jamaica Observer A batch of 68 doctors, who finished training recently in Cuba, will be deployed into Jamaica's health sector starting tomorow. The doctors, all Jamaicans, represent the latest and largest batch of medical graduates to have been trained in the Socialist ...

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