Arturo Martinez speaks at a meeting with labor union and Communist Party leaders on Cuba's economic problems at the steel mill Antillana de Acero in Havana. Major free-market reforms are in the works on the island nation. (Associated Press)
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, here in 2007, has been promoted to a key position in the Communist Party's military commission, indicating that he will succeed President Hu Jintao. (Associated Press)