HAVANA (AFP) - Cuba’s government demanded Wednesday that the U.S. return Guantanamo Bay to the island and denounced the “war on terror” prison, where six detainees could face the death penalty.

Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque charged Wednesday that terror suspects being held at the U.S. naval base in the southeastern tip of Cuba have been subjected to torture and face unfair legal treatment. Continue Reading »

Johnson & Johnson’s PriCara unit recalled all lots of 25-microgram-per-hour Duragesic CII pain patches that may have a cut edge that could leak fentanyl gel.

The recalled patches, manufactured by Alza Corp. and sold by PriCara and Sandoz Inc. in the U.S. and Canada, have expiration dates on or before December 2009. Patches with 12.5, 50, 75 and 100 mcg/hr strengths aren’t affected. Continue Reading »

BlackBerry email service went down Monday afternoon, according to Research in Motion, maker of the smartphone.

In a service notification sent to CNN, RIM said BlackBerry subscribers “may be unable to send or receive messages and may also be unable to “register their device, roam in another location, or use other services such as Internet browsing.” Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama Monday rejected the idea of pausing U.S. troop drawdowns in Iraq, raised earlier in Baghdad by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

But Sen. Obama, D-Ill., locked in a tight struggle for the Democratic nomination with Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said combat troops should be brought home as soon as possible. Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON (AP)–Rep. Tom Lantos, who as a teenager twice escaped from a Nazi-run forced labor camp in Hungary and became the only Holocaust survivor to win a seat in the U.S. Congress, has died. He was 80.

Spokeswoman Lynne Weil said Lantos, who headed the House Foreign Affairs Committee, died early Monday, surrounded by his wife, Annette; two daughters; and many of his 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Continue Reading »

Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble Co. raised prices of its Folgers ground coffee by 15 cents per 10.5- to 13-ounce can, effective immediately, reflecting recently higher green coffee prices, spokesman Bryan Brown said Monday.

Folgers increased its instant coffee price by 24 cents per 8-ounce jar, or 6%, he said. Folgers Singles prices and Folgers cappuccino prices were left unchanged. Folgers gourmet prices also remain unchanged. Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) - Less than a week after sending lawmakers his fiscal 2009 budget request, U.S. President George W. Bush said he will veto spending bills he deems to be excessive. Continue Reading »