Cuba Studies Military Recruitment Plan

 Cuba has ordered a study of its  military recruitment program, hoping to enlist more young men in the armed forces during a period in which authorities say they are increasingly concerned about a U.S.-led military attack. A special commission to "study, propose and control (military) recruitment policies  and their ties with the nation's education program" will be created under a decree signed July 2 by President Fidel Castro  and his brother, Defense Minister Raul Castro. [more]