Monday, February 18, 2008

Cuba

From Reuters

Cuba to free 7 dissidents at Spain's request

By Rosa Tania Valdes

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will free seven of 59 dissidents imprisoned since 2003, a move that opponents of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said reflects a "climate of change" under his brother's rule.

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The Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on its Web site that four of them will be sent to Spain with their families to receive medical treatment.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKMOL56882620080215

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