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Havana: Living in a time-capsule world

The seductive port of Havana is an unlikely accident of geography and history, a rum-tinged cocktail of Caribbean exotica, colonial Spanish elegance and Cold War-era politics. Through its years of post-revolution isolation it has evolved differently from the rest of the world, so that Havana feels like it belongs to some parallel universe. In a homogenized world of ‘McCities’ subject to the same trans-national fads and fashions, Havana is defiantly unglobalized and proud to play by its own rules

Chelsea ease through to FA Cup semifinals

Goals from Didier Drogba and Alex proved enough to earn Chelsea a 2-0 FA Cup quarterfinal win at Championship side Coventry, putting them through to the last four for the third time in four seasons. Chelsea crashed out of the competition at the same stage last season to another Championship side Barnsley

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai believes truck was ‘deliberately’ driven at him

Zimbabwe’s prime minister believes the truck driver that struck his car, killing his wife, deliberately drove toward him, his party told CNN Saturday. Morgan Tsvangirai was in a stable condition and recovering from head injuries after the car accident Friday that killed his wife, Susan, medical sources told CNN. The couple, who were married in 1978, have six children

British couple die at assisted suicide clinic

An elderly British couple who died together at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland died "peacefully" after receiving "wonderful and humbling care" from their doctors, the couple’s family said. The 66-year-old Chilean man had an actual fracture of two bones below the knee, but the police suspect that he, or accomplices, may have intentionally fractured it, so that the cocaine cast could be applied. The plan, police say, was to get past police controls because of the leg cast, meant to elicit sympathy, but also to have a real fracture in case police decided to X-ray it.