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Jakarta, 27 mar (EFE).-an Indonesian teenager has died from the influenza virus H5N1 avian, the sixth death caused by this disease since the beginning of year in the Asian country, according to the Ministry of Health confirmed today. 17-Year-old originally from the island of Lombok, in the South of the country, he was hospitalized with high fever in early March, after having been in contact with chickens carry the virus and died on February 9 after a week in the hospital, told the media the spokesperson for health, Murti Utami. The Ministry reported the death after receiving the analysis which confirmed that the teenager was carrying the virus H5N1. From January 2012, the disease has caused the death of an Indonesian 24 years and his younger brother of five; a young man of 19, of the District of Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta; a twelve year old boy who resided in the tourist island of Bali and a woman aged 24 in the island of Sumatra. Indonesia is the country most affected by the virus of influenza avian, with 156 deaths between 2003 and 2012, according to data from the World Health Organization....

SANTIAGO DE CUBA (Reuters) – the Pope Benedict XVI on Monday urged Cubans to build a new and open society in the Socialist country, which seeks to strengthen ties with the Government of Raúl Castro to boost the public role of the Church in times of change that have generated hopes and fears on the Caribbean island. The Holy Father began a three day visit that many expect the Church to increase its power to mediate with the Communist Party, only legal on the island, on issues as sensitive as human rights, political freedoms and dissident groups. “desire to appeal to give new vigour to their faith (…) and with the weapons of peace, forgiveness and compression, fight to build a society open and renewed, a better, more worthy of man society”, said the Bishop of Rome in a crowded homily, which began under a scorching sun and sprinkled with a light drizzle ended. The Pope was greeted by President Castro at the airport of Santiago de Cuba under the thunderous salute of cannons and the cheers of thousands of people, in a tribute to the Virgen de la Caridad, national patron in his 400th anniversary. The historic meeting between Pope John Paul II and former President Fidel Castro in 1998 put an end to the hostility between the two institutions since the triumph of the revolution in 1959....