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  Troops can tweet from Guantánamo again

  U.S. troops can once again tweet and post on Facebook from the coffee shop, Irish pub and library at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, a base spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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  HUNGER STRIKE

  Military defense lawyers cite My Lai massacre in plea to Hagel

  Uniformed defense lawyers for alleged Guantánamo terrorists invoked the Vietnam War’s My Lai massacre in their bid to get Vietnam veteran Chuck Hagel to intervene in the prison camps.
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  Pentagon wants $450M for Guantánamo prison

  The Pentagon is asking Congress for more than $450 million for maintaining and upgrading the Guantánamo Bay prison that President Barack Obama wants to close.
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  Turks and Caicos

  Turks and Caicos authorities drop gun charges against American tourists

  Authorities in the Turks and Caicos have dropped charges against a retired Florida neurosurgeon and Texas businesswoman arrested at an airport after a bullet was found in their luggage.

• TRADE

  Gov. Rick Scott leads trade mission to Chile

  Chile, Florida’s No. 6 export destination for products, was the first Latin American country to sign a U.S. free trade agreement.
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  PORTMIAMI

  Army Corps of Engineers awards contract to deepen Miami port

  A dredging contract ws awarded to make the port’s channels deep enough for the ships that will traverse an expanded Panama Canal

• United Nations

  New UN assessment of disaster risks highlights Peru

  A new United Nations assessment of how to reduce risk after a disaster calls for closer cooperation between the private and public sectors.

• Caribbean

  Canada to help Caribbean youths with university education

  More Caribbean youth to have access to post-secondary education thanks to help from Canada.
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  IN THE CAMPS

  Guantánamo: 30 of the 100 hunger strikers now being tube-fed

  Guantánamo prison staff members were tube-feeding 30 of the 100 hunger-striking captives on Wednesday, the detention center said, reporting an all-time high last reached in 2005.
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  IN THE CAMPS

  Rights groups to Pentagon: End ‘cruel’ force-feeding

  Human rights organizations are asking Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to order troops to abandon the practice of force-feeding prisoners at Guantánamo, a move that could permit them starve to death if they choose.

• ‘Yankees of Cuba’ to play games in Miami, Tampa

  The idea came from a comedian, but it’s far from being a joke.

• CUBA

  Cuba government minister reports on corruption in international deals and gas

  The Cuban cabinet hears about irregularities in international deals and the growing problem of gasoline thefts.
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  Turks and Caicos

  Florida Senator continues to demand answers after Americans’ arrest in Turks and Caicos

  Sen. Bill Nelson is pushing hard for a probe into American tourists being arrested at Caribbean airports over the discovery of bullets in their luggage.

• News Media

  WLRN, Herald to expand Latin America coverage

  A bureau in Brazil will be established and two veteran reporters will join the current team to produce stories from the hemisphere for broadcast and print.
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  Miami

  Cuban hunger striker begins tour in Miami

  A frequent Cuban hunger striker and dissident arrived Sunday in Miami ahead of Cuban Independence Day, as part of a tour that will include several U.S. stops before going to Europe.
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  Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala

  Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said.

• Caribbean

  Arrests of vacationing Americans in Turks and Caicos spark concern

  Two U.S. Senators demand a thorough investigation following the arrests of two of their constituents while visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands.

• Cuba

  Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, visits Miami

  Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, said the Cuban government is “worried” more about assigning resources to criticize opponents while ignoring the most urgent needs of the population.
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  War court

  Navy lawyer leaving case of waterboarded bombing suspect

  The Naval officer who has been defending an alleged terrorist linked to a plot on a U.S. Navy warship is leaving the case to study at Harvard Law School.
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  Cuba

  Cuba’s Ladies in White leader meets Pope Francis

  Pope Francis exchanged a brief greeting Wednesday with Cuban dissident Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White, in the Vatican at the end of a general audience held in St. Peter’s Square.

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