U.S. legislators in Cuba to jump start dialogue
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The largest delegation from the U.S. Congress to visit Cuba since 1959 arrived in Havana on Friday seeking to open a dialogue with the communist government of acting President Raul Castro despite White House opposition to such contacts.
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HAVANA/MADRID  - Cuba said on Saturday it barred  entry to three European lawmakers on a trip to support  dissidents, setting back Spain's campaign to mend frosty ties  between the EU bloc and the communist-ruled island.
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By McKenna, Ted  WASHINGTON: The debate over the anti-Fidel Castro Radio and TV Mart and its intended audience has ramped up with the 110th Congress taking office and new committee chair Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA) hoping to hold hearings about the broadcasts in late January.
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A coalition of moderate Cuban dissidents called on Thursday for the country's opposition groups to unite and come up with a common proposal for a transition to democracy on the communist island.
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Lawmakers are trying to handle a sensitive issue in relations with European countries by expanding a program that allows their citizens to travel to the United States without visas.
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Cuban officials told a group of visiting U.S. lawmakers that Fidel Castro did not have cancer or a terminal illness.
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By Hugh Lessig, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 12--RICHMOND -- State lawmakers will kick off the 2007 legislative session at Jamestown, and Vice President Dick Cheney might headline the day.   At least he's invited.
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The European Union is considering a shift in policy toward Cuba that would get it back on speaking terms with President Fidel Castro's government, diplomats said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's one-day jaunt to Spain on Friday is meant to smooth over a three-year downturn in relations between Washington and Madrid, but both sides say they won't shy away from sensitive issues, foremost among them Cuba.
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Democratic presidential candidates  Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama suggested on Tuesday they  might lift a trade embargo on Cuba if retiring leader Fidel  Castro's successor moves toward democracy.
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Ten US congressmen travel to Cuba in the largest such delegation since Fidel Castro took power in 1959.
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Legislators meet for talks in Washington aimed at finding a new global deal to curb climate change.
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The head of the Organization of American States said Monday he is open to a dialogue with Cuba, which was expelled from the body more than 40 years ago.
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His Cuba proposal shows that Obama's campaign knows its man stumbled on foreign policy and that he needs to start over
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Lawmakers from both parties proposed opening up agriculture exports to Cuba and ending travel restrictions, putting them at odds with a White House adamantly opposed to easing a half-century-old embargo.
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A top Cuban official said Friday he hopes the United States will experience "regime change" and stop interfering in the affairs of governments around the globe.
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Despite pressure from members of Congress and business groups, the United States has no plans to soften its policies toward Cuba as the island heads into the post-Fidel Castro era, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says.