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• 10 rafters returned to Cuba by Coast Guard

  The U.S. Coast Guard returned 10 Cuban migrants to their homeland Wednesday after finding their vessels during two separate interceptions at sea.
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  Florida man behind Medicare money-laundering transfers to Cuba sentenced to 4 years

  A Florida “middle man’’ who sent stolen Medicare millions to Cuba was sentenced to 4½ years in prison in Miami federal court.

• Cuba

  Raúl Castro's sexologist daughter bound to New York during U.S. visit

  Mariela Castro won’t be able to accept an LGBT award in Philadelphia because her travel is restricted to the New York metropolitan area
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  Cuba

  Eight years late, Cuba’s Ladies in White pick up Sakharov prize in Brussels

  The Cuban dissident group couldn’t receive the prize when it won in 2005, but new Cuban rules on travel allowed group members to pick up the award eight years late

• CUBA

  U.S. urges freedom for Granma journalist

  José Antonio Torres was arrested after detailing mismanagement of an aqueduct project in Santiago de Cuba
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  Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

  Skull fragments found inside luggage of travelers leaving Fort Lauderdale airport

  As they checked the carry-on luggage of two women heading to Baltimore, the TSA agents at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport came across the usual things: pink strappy sandals, a cosmetic bag, and a piece of sealed pottery.
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  CUBA

  Cuban dissident group says 40 on hunger strike to demand the release of opposition activists

  Cuban dissidents on a hunger strike are demanding the freedom of fellow activists.

• CUBA

  Fire at Radio Martí headquarters did not interrupt transmissions

  A garbage can fire outside Radio and TV Martí’s headquarters in Miami caused some programming and staff scheduling changes but the U.S. government broadcaster did not interrupt its transmissions, officials said.
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  CUBA

  Number of Cuban migrants to U.S. believed to be rising

  Feds say that figures show an increasing number of Cubans are arriving in the U.S. — but what the number is is not yet known.
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  CUBA

  Cuban cinema chief Alfredo Guevara dead at 87

  He founded the Cuban Institute for the Arts and Industry of Cinematography and the Havana film festival

• CUBA

  U.S.: Short-term detentions in Cuba reach record levels

  The U.S. State Department report for 2012 also found found that recent elections in Cuba were ‘neither free nor fair.’
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  CUBA

  Secretary of State: No swap of Cuban spies for Alan Gross

  But the secretary of state said the United States is pushing to win the American’s release from Cuban prison on humanitarian grounds.

• In My Opinion

  Fabiola Santiago: Daughter carries out father’s bold work in Cuba

  A gray Miami morning framed the conversation with Rosa María Payá, blinding rain pouring into Biscayne Bay, long, tear-like droplets streaking the conference room windows.
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  Immigration

  Report: Many foreign nationals detained for deportation are not criminals

  A majority of foreign nationals detained for deportation in Miami-Dade County through the controversial immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities were not dangerous criminals, according to a report to be released Monday.

• Cuba

  OAS’ human rights branch asks Cuba about Payá’s death

  The Organization of American States human rights commission wrote to Cuba asking about the fatal car crash of well-known dissident Oswaldo Payá.
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  CUBAN DISSIDENT MOVEMENT

  Cuban activist Payá Acevedo carries on her father’s work

  If there is something Rosa María Payá Acevedo remembers perfectly it is having been raised in a home where every member of the family could express their ideas and thoughts openly.
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  CUBA

  Oswaldo Payá’s daughter calls for unity, independent investigation of his death

  In Miami-Dade, Oswaldo Payá’s daughter also called for an independent probe of the accident that claimed her father’s life.
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  ENRIQUE ROS (1924-2013)

  Cuba historian and anti-Castro militant Enrique Ros, the father of Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has died

  Born Enrique Emilio Ros y Perez in Cienfuegos, Cuba, he was a businessman, writer and historian, authoring 19 books chronicling Cuba’s history and local politics.

• Tampa Bay

  Children-snatching parents may face life terms in prison

  Bail may be set Thursday for Joshua and Sharyn Hakken, who were returned from Cuba to Florida after abducting their sons. A court earlier stripped them of their parental rights.
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  CUBA

  Cuba returns two U.S. children who were abducted in Tampa; Hakken parents face charges

  Cuba sent back a Tampa family, including a couple who abducted their children from the mother’s parents and fled by boat to Havana.

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