HANOI, Vietnam - A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.

HANOI, Vietnam - A Vietnamese satellite TV provider stopped broadcasting foreign channels including BBC and CNN on Thursday, citing a law that foreign governments have warned would leave the country without access to international news and entertainment channels. Others major providers continued to broadcast as normal and it was unclear whether they would soon follow suit or were waiting to see how rigorously the government would enforce the new law.

Miami, May 15 (EFE).- Cuban dissident Manuel Cuesta Morua, the leader of the Arco Progresista group, called in Miami on Wednesday for a "new national project" that undertakes the structural reforms needed on the communist-run island and integrates all political positions and ideas. For real change to occur in Cuba, Cuesta Morua said, significant reforms must be implemented that bring change to the economic and political model in the area of "democratization and the relationship with power."

Havana, May 13 (EFE).- Corruption and illegal activities in areas like fuel distribution are of great concern for the Cuban government, the official media reported here Monday. Those issues were analyzed at a meeting of the Council of Ministers held last Friday at which President Raul Castro emphasized that the "great battle" being fought today in Cuba is against its own "limitations and deficiencies" in all sectors.