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These 50 years have been ones of the resistance and strength of the people (Granma Internacional)

• Interview with General of the Army Raúl Castro, president of the Councils of State and Ministers, by Talía González Pérez, from Cuban Television’s News System, December 31, 2008, "Year 50 of the Revolution."

Bruns house a modern marvel (Seguin Gazette-Enterprise)

There is an impermeable layer of clay beneath the Blackland prairie that characterizes much of Seguin’s landscape.

Budget travel: around the world in thrifty ways (Daily Telegraph)

Nick Trend picks his top budget travel spots for beating the economic blues in 2009.

The Andalusia Star-News (The Andalusia Star-News)

Peeping through my Venetian blind, I fell to thinking of 2008 and its memories, happy and sad, and of 2009 with all its promises. I prayed silently in the Lord’s Name for God’s guidance and help for those I know and for me, especially salvation for the lost and healing for the ill.

Caribbean villas: your own front door on Nevis (Daily Telegraph)

The smart way to tune into the lilting rhythms of island life in the Caribbean is to rent a villa as Nigel Tisdall discovered on Nevis.