01/08/2009
Fla. couple share tale of accidental trip to Cuba (AP via Yahoo! News)
Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba.
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01/07/2009
Rights group prods Obama to lift Cuba travel ban (AP via Yahoo! News)
A human rights group is asking President-elect Barack Obama to end immediately a ban on most American travel to Cuba.
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01/08/2009
Fla. couple share tale of accidental trip to Cuba (Boston Globe)
Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba. They were forced to wade ashore in the communist nation shortly before Christmas when the boat they were sailing around the Caribbean crashed into a reef off the country's western coast.
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01/08/2009
Fla. couple share tale of accidental trip to Cuba (The Charlotte Observer)
(By CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press Writer) Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba. They were forced to wade ashore in the communist nation shortly before Christmas when the boat they were sailing around the Caribbean crashed into a reef off the country's western coast. Eventually, they were jailed in Havana. American officials in Cuba who helped them ...
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01/08/2009
Fla. couple share tale of accidental trip to Cuba (The State)
Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba. They were forced to wade ashore in the communist nation shortly before Christmas when the boat they were sailing around the Caribbean crashed into a reef off the country's western coast. Eventually, they were jailed in Havana. American officials in Cuba who helped them get off the island declined to identify them ...
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01/07/2009
Rights group prods Obama to lift Cuba travel ban (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A human rights group is asking President-elect Barack Obama to end immediately a ban on most American travel to Cuba. The nonpartisan Freedom House made the public recommendation Wednesday even as it sharply criticized Cuba's human rights record and said Raul Castro had made only "nominal reforms" since succeeding his brother Fidel as Cuba's president last February.
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01/08/2009
U.S. labor union hails Cuba's efforts in protecting people's welfare (People's Daily)
A delegation of U.S. labor leaders Wednesday hailed the efforts of the Cuban government in guaranteeing the people's welfare amid the global financial crisis. They praised Cuban authorities for their efforts in providing work opportunities for people to live a decent, stable and safe life, according to a statement of the Workers' Central Union of Cuba (CTC). Members of the delegation, which is ...
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01/08/2009
Festival to raise funds for Quaker group's trip to Cuba (The Daily News of Newburyport)
AMESBURY and mdash; A group of eight Quakers plans to travel to Cuba in March to help build a church community center and to connect with Cuban Quakers. To do so, the group, sponsored by the Amesbury Friends Meeting, is raising money through a fundraiser Saturday at 7 p.m. The Cuban Three Kings Festival will feature Cuban food, music, dancing and a silent auction.
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01/08/2009
Fla. couple share tale of accidental trip to Cuba (Las Vegas Sun)
Thu, Jan 8, 2009 (12:42 a.m.) Robert Vassallo and Angellette Smith never meant to spend the holidays in Cuba. They were forced to wade ashore in the communist nation shortly before Christmas when the boat they were sailing around the Caribbean crashed into a reef off the country's western coast.
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01/07/2009
Rights group prods Obama to lift Cuba travel ban (New York Daily News)
The nonpartisan Freedom House human rights group is asking President-elect Barack Obama to end immediately a ban on most American travel to Cuba.
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