Cuba: Highlights of Cubavision TV news 1700 gmt 02 Feb 05.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

1. 01:52 Headlines.

2. 02:35 C-in-C Fidel Castro presided over special session of First International Literacy Congress yesterday, where he said that a better world will be possible when illiteracy is eradicated. Video shows Castro speaking at the conference.

3. 05:47 Announcer-read report: Carlos Lage Davila, secretary of the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers, who is leading delegation to Kingston, Jamaica to participate in First China-Caribbean Economic and Commercial Cooperation Forum, said that boosting trade with China is very important for Cuba, and praised China's interest in the …