Tuesday, June 23, 2009 WASHINGTON: One person was reported to have died Monday and several other injured during an above ground rush-hour collision between two metro trains in the US capital, Washington, television channels said. A representative of Washington's Metro transportation system told ABC-7 television that one person was killed in the collision near the Fort Totten Metro station near the border with the state of Maryland. A Metro official told AFP that "there have been some serious injuries" in the crash but she was unable to confirm the fatality. Metro said dozens of passengers have been evacuated from the trains.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 HAVANA: Hundreds of wealthy merchants and cigar aficionados from all parts of the world gathered in Havana this week to bid high stakes for humidors full of premium cigars. Cuba's annual Habanos festival ended on Friday night with an auction of ornate humidors of cedar and mahogany stacked with hand-rolled stogies that raised 800,000 euros ($1.09 million dollars). Habanos S.A. executives this month said cigar sales fell 8 percent to $360 million in 2009, so they have created the Julieta, a smaller, milder version of the Romeo y Julieta cigar, aimed specifically at female smokers. Women now make up only 5 to 10 percent of customers for Habanos. But even with the creation of the Julieta, Garcia said Habanos has only modest hopes for 2010 sales, due largely to a weak economy in Spain, the biggest market for Cuban cigars. The flavor of premium tobacco relies on the soil and climate in which it is grown. The western province of Pinar Del Rio, famous fo...
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