Cuba says it has suffered one of the most difficult years since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Economy Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez said that Cuba’s economy had grown by 4.3% in the past year, dropping below 8% forecast by the government.
President Raúl Castro called for austerity measures including reductions in official travel and bonuses.
Cuba was affected by Hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Paloma this year, with estimated losses of nearly $ 10bn (£ 6.7bn).
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Waimanalo, Hawaii – A vacationing President-elect Barack Obama slipped away from the pool of traveling press that follows him wherever he goes, taking her two young daughters, family members and friends at Sea Life Park in Hawaii.
The group caught a dolphin show on Friday before visiting a touch pool and the sea lion exhibit, where food is the time.
In addition to daughters Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10, the group included Obama of the half-sister Maya Sotero-Ng, her husband, daughter and friend Eric Whitaker.
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The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament that was played in Japan from 11 December – 21 December 2008. It was the fifth edition of the FIFA Club World Cup. Manchester United won the competition, defeating LDU Quito 1–0 in the final.
The fifth-place match, dropped for the 2007 edition, was reintroduced for this edition, with the total prize money being increased by US$500,000 to US$16.5 million. The winners will take away US$5 million, the losing finalists US$4 million, the third-placed team US$2.5 million, the fourth-placed team US$2 million, the fifth-placed team US$1.5 million, the sixth-placed team US$1 million and the seventh-placed team US$500,000.
Italian giants AC Milan will face Bundesliga side Werder Bremen in the last 32 of the UEFA Cup as they continue in their quest to win the only European trophy that has so far eluded them.
Milan have been European champions seven times and has won two Cup Winners’ Cups and five Super Cups – and the UEFA Cup is the only major title that Continental had not yet claim.
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