Sport News Roundup March 24

Holguin overcame 5x4 to defending champion Villa Clara and kept alive their aspirations for the playoffs at the 53rd National Baseball Series, in which Matanzas, Pinar del Rio and Industriales are already qualified.... More


Caracas, March 25 (RHC) – The committee of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR -- called to follow the political dialogue in Venezuela -- is meeting in Caracas Tuesday and Wednesday, Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño announced.... More


Caracas, March 25 (RHC) -- Venezuela's National Assembly has stripped a hardline opposition member of her seat, after she accepted Panama's invitation to discuss her country's political crisis at a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS).... More


Lima, March 25 (RHC) – Gold miners have clashed with police in Peru during protests against the government’s crackdown on illegal mining operations.... More


Beijing, March 25 (RHC) Chinese authorities have demanded an explanation from Washington about information revealing that US secrete services collected intelligence about China’s Huawei telecommunications company.... More


United Nations, March 25 (RHC)-- There needs to be immediate action to secure the freedom and rights of United Nations and humanitarian personnel who are unlawfully detained and arrested.... More


The Hague, March 25 (RHC)-- The foreign ministers of five major emerging economies met at The Hague on Monday to discuss cooperation issues. ... More


Kingston, March 25 (RHC) -- Jamaica witnessed a significant increase in cases of reported child abuse in 2013, according to official research released on Monday.... More


Kuwait, March 25 (RHC)- The 2014 Arab League Summit got underway on Tuesday in Bayan Palace in Kuwait, south of the capital, Kuwait City.... More


Buenos Aires, March 25 (RHC) – Argentina is advancing in negotiations with Israel for the purchase of the multi-purpose combat aircraft Kfir Block 60, which is supposed to replace the aging Mirage III, on service for over four decades.... More


Moscow, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Despite the West's decision to freeze Russia's participation in the Group of Eight (G8) events, Moscow is still interested in continuing contacts with its partners, the Kremlin said Tuesday.... More


Cuban high-jump star Javier Sotomayor, now retired, said in Madrid that all sports achievements of his country are the result of the 1959 Revolution. ... More


Kiev, March 25 (RHC-RIA Novosti) – Ukrainian ultranationalist Olexander Muzychko, put on an international wanted list for committing war atrocities in Russia's Chechnya, was gunned down overnight in an operation by Ukrainian special forces, a senior official in the country said Tuesday.... More


Cairo, March 25 (RHC)-- An Egyptian court will try another 700 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood on charges of terrorism and murder. The announcement was made one day after 528 other members of the Islamist political group were sentenced to death, according to press reports from Cairo.... More


Cairo, March 25 (RHC)-- The imposition of the death sentence on 528 people in Egypt is not only unprecedented in recent history, but also irregular and in breach of international human rights law, according to the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR).... More


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