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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his Cuban counterpart ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro (R) pose at Havana's airport, after a brief visit to Cuba by Chavez, November 25, 2009. REUTERS/AIN- Revolution Studios (CUBA POLITICS)

A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:52 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A group of detainees kneels during an early morning Islamic prayer in their camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A novel for teenagers about the US prison in Guantanamo Bay written by a rock star's wife has been nominated for a prestigious children's book prize in Britain.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)

A line handler (R) rides the forepeak of the U.S. Coast Guard ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:12:57 GMT

(Reuters) - A line handler (R) rides the forepeak of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ingham as it arrives in Key West, Florida on November 24, 2009, after being towed from Charleston, South Carolina. The Ingham rescued refugees from swamped rafts and boats between the Florida Keys and Cuba during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift. The registered National Historic Landmark is a floating museum that chronicles her wartime and peacetime service from launch in 1936 through decommissioning in 1988. Photograph taken November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Andy Newman-Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout (UNITED STATES MILITARY SOCIETY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo released by the Florida ...

(AP) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:18:56 GMT

(AP) - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, a line handler rides the forepeak of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ingham as it arrives in Key West, Fla. The Ingham rescued refugees from swamped rafts and boats between the Florida Keys and Cuba during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift. The registered National Historic Landmark is a floating museum that chronicles her wartime and peacetime service from launch in 1936 through decommissioning in 1988. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)

In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo released by the Florida ...

(AP) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:18:36 GMT

(AP) - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo released by the Florida Keys News Bureau, the historic U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ingham arrives in Key West, Fla., after being towed to the island city from Charleston, S.C. The Ingham rescued refugees from swamped rafts and boats between the Florida Keys and Cuba during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift. The registered National Historic Landmark is a floating museum that chronicles her wartime and peacetime service from launch in 1936 through decommissioning in 1988. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)

School children chant: "Pioneers for Communism, we will ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:20:21 GMT

(Reuters) - School children chant: "Pioneers for Communism, we will be like Che", with their hands raised in a salute to the late revolutionary hero Che Guevara at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

School children attend computing lessons at Martires de Tarara ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:34:01 GMT

(Reuters) - School children attend computing lessons at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

School children react to the camera before class at Martires ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:33:58 GMT

(Reuters) - School children react to the camera before class at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

A school child draws in class at Martires de Tarara primary ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:32:56 GMT

(Reuters) - A school child draws in class at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA)

A school child reads in class at Martires de Tarara primary ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:32:51 GMT

(Reuters) - A school child reads in class at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA)

School children chant: "Pioneers for Communism, we will ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:30:48 GMT

A school child writes in class at Martires de Tarara primary ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:30:43 GMT

(Reuters) - A school child writes in class at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

School children play in class at "Martires de Tarara" ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:29:38 GMT

(Reuters) - School children play in class at "Martires de Tarara" primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

A teacher gives a computer lesson at Martires de Tarara primary ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:28:35 GMT

(Reuters) - A teacher gives a computer lesson at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

School children are greeted by their teacher as they arrive ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:27:28 GMT

(Reuters) - School children are greeted by their teacher as they arrive at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

School children read about national hero Jose Marti during a ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:14:25 GMT

(Reuters) - School children read about national hero Jose Marti during a computer lesson at "Martires de Tarara" primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

School children sit in a classroom at Martires de Tarara primary ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:12:19 GMT

(Reuters) - School children sit in a classroom at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

A school child sits in class at "Martires de Tarara" ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:10:11 GMT

(Reuters) - A school child sits in class at "Martires de Tarara" primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY)

School children play with their teacher during recess at Martires ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:03:49 GMT

(Reuters) - School children play with their teacher during recess at Martires de Tarara primary school in Havana November 24, 2009. Universal free education is one of the pillars of the socialist society built in Cuba since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA EDUCATION SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at ...

(AP) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:28:21 GMT

(AP) - This NOAA satellite image taken Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 09:45 AM EST shows a few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms between western Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula. In addition, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are noted in portions of Central America and southwestern Caribbean Sea. (AP PHOTO/WEATHER UNDERGROUND)

Cuba and Australia have decided to strengthen their 20-year ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:12:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - Cuba and Australia have decided to strengthen their 20-year relationship, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith, pictured on November 10, said Monday at the start of a two-day visit to Havana.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (L) speaks with Cuban ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:12:09 GMT

(Reuters) - Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (L) speaks with Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes at La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, November 23, 2009. Milanes is in Chile to perform his greatest hits. REUTERS/La Moneda/Handout (CHILE ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, left, stands with Cuba's ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:10:23 GMT

(AP) - Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, left, stands with Cuba's singer Pablo Milanes at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Milanes is in Chile for a Monday concert in Santiago. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) and his Cuban ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:06:30 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez sign an agreement for bilateral relations during a meeting at Cuba's foreign ministry in Havana November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA POLITICS)

Fishermen work from their makeshift rafts in the ocean off Havana's ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:31:38 GMT

(Reuters) - Fishermen work from their makeshift rafts in the ocean off Havana's coast November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA ENVIRONMENT EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith attends a wreath-laying ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:13:54 GMT

(AP) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Smith is on a official visit to Cuba. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, right, and Cuba's ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:12:15 GMT

(AP) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, right, and Cuba's Vice Foreign Minister Marcos Rodriguez smile after a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Smith is on an official visit to Cuba. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, left, shakes hands ...

(AP) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:06:14 GMT

(AP) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, left, shakes hands with Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez in Havana, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Smith is on a official visit to Cuba. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (C) attends a ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:56:33 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (C) attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA POLITICS)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith attends a wreath-laying ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:50:53 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA POLITICS HEADSHOT)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (R) attends a ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:47:36 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (R) attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Jose Marti monument in Havana November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA POLITICS)

Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) shakes hands ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:45:23 GMT

(Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith (L) shakes hands with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez during a meeting at Cuba's Foreign Ministry in Havana November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa (CUBA POLITICS)

Detainees stand during an early morning Islamic prayer at the ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:43:49 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Detainees stand during an early morning Islamic prayer at the US military prison for "enemy combatants," in October 2009, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. An Algiers court on Sunday cleared two men held at Guantanamo Bay for seven years, according to a legal source.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)

A youth shows a body painting of the Cuban flag during the No ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:36:28 GMT

(Reuters) - A youth shows a body painting of the Cuban flag during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos and body piercing to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

A man shows tattoo scarring on his back during the No Violence ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:33:13 GMT

(Reuters) - A man shows tattoo scarring on his back during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos and body piercing to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

A man has his leg tattooed during the No Violence festival in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:29:07 GMT

(Reuters) - A man has his leg tattooed during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos and body piercing to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

A woman shows her tattoo during the No Violence festival in ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:27:05 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman shows her tattoo during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos and body piercing to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

An artist tattoos on a man's back during the No Violence ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:27:02 GMT

(Reuters) - An artist tattoos on a man's back during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos and body piercing to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

A man has an image of the late rebel hero Ernesto "Che" ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:22:57 GMT

(Reuters) - A man has an image of the late rebel hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara tattooed on his body during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos and body piercing to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

A woman reacts as she has an object pierced and placed in her ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:19:45 GMT

(Reuters) - A woman reacts as she has an object pierced and placed in her navel during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos and body piercing to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

A tattoo is seen on the back of a Cuban man during the No Violence ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:15:26 GMT

(Reuters) - A tattoo is seen on the back of a Cuban man during the No Violence festival in Havana November 21, 2009. Brother Saiz, an association of young Cuban artists, organised the festival and used tattoos to draw people's attention to gender violence issues. REUTERS/Stringer (CUBA SOCIETY)

A Cuban soldier takes part in a parade at Revolution Square ...

(AFP/File) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:51:26 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Cuban soldier takes part in a parade at Revolution Square in Havana in 2006. Nearly 50 years after a botched US-directed invasion of Cuba, the communist nation said Saturday it is holding a military exercise next week to boost preparedness against any future US attack.(AFP/File/Rodrigo Arangua)

France's singer and 1983 French Open tennis champion Yannick ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:12:36 GMT

(AP) - France's singer and 1983 French Open tennis champion Yannick Noah performs during the 'Schools Against Hurricanes II' concert at the Karl Marx theater in Havana, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. International and Cuban singers performed as part of the UNICEF fund raising program aimed at rebuilding schools in western Cuban that were devastated by hurricanes in 2008. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)

Cuba's Raul Paz, left, and Spain's Antonio Carmona perform during ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:10:16 GMT

(AP) - Cuba's Raul Paz, left, and Spain's Antonio Carmona perform during the 'Schools Against Hurricanes II' concert at the Karl Marx theater in Havana, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. International and Cuban singers performed as part of the UNICEF fund raising program aimed at rebuilding schools in western Cuban that were devastated by hurricanes in 2008. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Prensa Latina)

FILE - In this May 31, 2009 pool file photo reviewed by the ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:55:22 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this May 31, 2009 pool file photo reviewed by the U.S. military and shot through a window, a guard wearing a protective face mask speaks with a detainee through a fence as another paces inside the exercise yard at Camp five detention facility on Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. The federal courts and military tribunals that will prosecute suspected terrorists vary sharply in their independence, public stature and use of evidence. But the Obama administration has so far offered no clear-cut rationale for how it chooses which system will try a detainee. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, File)

Cuban leader Fidel Castro is seen here in 2005. An elderly US ...

(AFP/AIN/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:45:17 GMT

(AFP/AIN/File) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is seen here in 2005. An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years has pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence, the US Justice Department said.(AFP/AIN/File/Ismael Francisco Gonzalez Arceo)

Assistant US Attorney Gordon Michael Harvey (centre) argues ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:45:17 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - Assistant US Attorney Gordon Michael Harvey (centre) argues against the release ofWalter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, 71 at a detention hearing. An elderly US couple charged with spying for Cuba for almost 30 years has pleaded guilty in the conspiracy, with the husband agreeing to serve a life sentence(AFP/HO/File/Art Lien)

Lazaro Ruiz of Cuba drops the weights as he makes an unsuccessful ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:41:43 GMT

(Reuters) - Lazaro Ruiz of Cuba drops the weights as he makes an unsuccessful attempt in the men's 62kg Group A weightlifting snatch competition at the World Weightlifting Championship in Goyang, north of Seoul, November 21, 2009. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA SPORT WEIGHTLIFTING IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Millie Garcia of Queens, dances with Crispin Diaz of Cuba's ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:54:07 GMT

(AP) - Millie Garcia of Queens, dances with Crispin Diaz of Cuba's Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro group, in New York City Friday night Nov. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Joel Jean-Pierre)

Eugenio Rodriguuez 'Raspa,' lead singer of Cuba's Septeto Nacional ...

(AP) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:51:46 GMT

(AP) - Eugenio Rodriguuez 'Raspa,' lead singer of Cuba's Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pineiro group, performs in New York City Friday night Nov. 20, 2009. The group returns to the U.S. after more than a decade. (AP Photo/Joel Jean-Pierre)