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Stories for August 27th 2010

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:48 UTC

  End of subsidized cigarettes for elderly Cubans

  

  Cuba's elderly will no longer be entitled to state-subsidised cigarettes, the government has said. All Cubans 55 or older are allocated four packs of cigarettes a month for about 25% the normal price, but this privilege is being ended in September.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:46 UTC

  New York’s Empire State Building looses to 15 Penn Plaza

  

  The Empire State Building has dominated the New York City skyline for a number of years since it was first built and it has become one of the top tourist destinations in the city. The building is now set to become second best however as a new building has been approved in New York city that will dominate the skyline and make the Empire State Building lose out.

• Friday, August 27th 2010 - 07:33 UTC

  Lula da Silva signs contract for controversial dam in the Amazon basin

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed Thursday the contracts for the Norte Energia consortium to start construction of a controversial hydroelectric dam in the Amazon basin.