A pair of heavily armed Cuban soldiers seized a city bus, killed an army officer and triggered a gun battle in a foiled bid to hijack a charter flight bound for the United States.

Fugitive army soldiers tried to hijack a plane bound for the United States on Thursday and killed a military officer they took hostage during the failed attempt, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry blamed U.S.

By Karen Branch-Brioso, Tampa Tribune, Fla. May 2--HAVANA -- Ovy Ortiz, a construction worker, stood with her co-workers early Tuesday waiting for the annual Labor Day march to begin.

By Tulsa World, Okla. May 2--Fidel Castro is seen only in photographs, such as this poster of him with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on Tuesday during the May Day parade in Havana, Cuba.

HAVANA _ In the end, it was Raul Castro, not his ailing older brother, who waved at the throngs Tuesday that paraded through Revolution Plaza for International Workers' Day.