Cuba

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American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is hydrated by a crew member in the Florida Straits between Cuba and the Florida Keys on Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Christi Barli)

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With a trumpet fanfare, U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad heralds the start Saturday of her attempt to swim from Havana, Cuba, to the Florida Keys as well-wishers see her off. Ms. Nyad, who turns 63 on Wednesday, is aiming to complete the 103-mile marathon without a shark cage.

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Spanish citizen Angel Francisco Carromero speaks during a press conference via pretaped video footage that was shown during a press conference organized by Cuba's International Press Center, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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British-Australian endurance swimmer Penny Palfrey begins her bid in Havana to complete a record swim from Cuba to Florida on Friday, June 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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**FILE** This undated photo downloaded from the Arabic language Internet site www.muslm.net purports to show Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, in detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. (Associated Press/muslm.net)

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U.S. courts repeatedly have ruled against Cuba in its fight to control the U.S. trademark rights to Havana Club, its flagship rum brand produced at a factory in Havana (above). By mid-June, Cuba could lose all chance of pressing its legal claims against Bacardi, which distributes its own Havana Club rum in Florida. (Associated Press)

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An oil rig in the distance starts exploratory drilling beneath the waters off Cuba's northern coast in January as fishermen work in Havana Bay. On May 18, Spanish company Repsol announced that the exploratory oil well had failed and will be capped and abandoned. (Associated Press)

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A sketch by a courtroom artist depicts the five 9/11 co-defendants praying during their arraignment at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on May 5. Their disruptive tactics stretched out the proceedings to 13 hours. (Associated Press)

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A supporter of Mr. Chavez tears up during his caravan's procession to the airport in Caracas, Venezuela, for his flight to Cuba for cancer surgery on Feb. 24. (Associated Press)

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Passengers line up to check with customs officials before departing in 2010 from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. A TV screen shows Cuba's revoluntionary leader Fidel Castro during an interview. Cuba's communist government is rumored to be on the verge of a momentous decision to end a half-century of travel restrictions. (Associated Press)

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (right) and co-defendant Walid bin Attash attend a U.S. military hearing at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba on Saturday, May 5, 2012, in this sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)