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Cuba's revolutionary leader's life, influence, ideas and achievements will continue to live on.   The ashes of Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban Revolution , were interred Sunday morning in the Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in Santiago de Cuba near the remains of Cuban independence hero Jose Marti.    The funeral, described by Cuban President Raul Castro as a "simple ceremony," comes on the final day of Cuba’s nine official days of mourning in the wake of Fidel's death on Nov. 25.   Following the arrival of Fidel's remains in his hom

The US spent decades, trying to kill Fidel Castro, and many assume that we still don't have access to the entire story. globinfo freexchange The US spent years pushing for regime change in Cuba, most notably in the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion . And the US focused on Castro specifically. According to Fabian Escalante, the former head of the Cuban Secret Service, there were over 600 attempts to assassinate Castro. These weren't the usual bullet or plane crash scenarios, and the CIA had some unusual help. The first documented plans to assassinate Fidel Castro, date back to 1960. Escalante claims that every US president, from Eisenhower to Clinton, has at some point attempted to kill Castro. While it's impossible to verify the specifics of Escalante's claims, it is clear that numerous plots existed. It's also clear that many of the plans never moved past the drawing board. These plans range from the plausible, such as having Castr

On 1 December 2016, WikiLeaks released 90 gigabytes of information relating to the German parliamentary inquiry into the surveillance activities of Germany's foreign intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) and its cooperation with the United States' National Security Agency (NSA). WikiLeaks The 2,420 documents originate from various agencies of the German government including the BND and Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV) and were submitted to the inquiry last year in response to questions posed by the committee. They include administrative documents, correspondence, agreements and press reactions. They also include 125 documents from the BND, 33 from the BfVand 72 from the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). The collection offers a detailed insight, not just into the agencies themselves, but also into the mechanics of the inquiry. Several documents detail how the agenc

A decade ago, the FBI sent Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive, a now-infamous type of subpoena known as a National Security Letter, demanding the name, address and activity record of a registered Internet Archive user. The letter came with an everlasting gag order, barring Kahle from discussing the order with anyone but his attorney — not even his wife could know. But Kahle did eventually talk about it, calling the order “horrendous,” after challenging its constitutionality in a joint legal effort with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union. As a result of their fight, the FBI folded, rescinding the NSL and unsealing associated court records rather than risk a ruling that their surveillance orders were illegal. “This is an unqualified success that will help other recipients understand that you can push back on these,” Kahle told reporters once the gag order was lifted. The bureau continued to issue tens of thousa

Scientists at the Far Eastern Federal University have invented a new method of producing nuclear fuel using electric current, said the university Friday. Main advantages of the new technology are low cost, quick manufacturing process, and improvement of product quality. Fuel can be produced even from uranium dioxide powder, which is not suitable for common technology, the press service said. " The key idea of our method is heating with electric current. It flows through a mould that already has some powder on it. In such conditions uranium oxide fuel experiences the powerful pulsed discharge and mechanical pressure simultaneously, " said Ivan Tananaev, head of the department of nuclear technologies at the school of natural sciences. Source: http://www.china.org.cn/world/2016-12/02/content_39838234.htm