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US keeps Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list
Source: Associated Press
US keeps Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list
AP foreign, Thursday May 2 2013
PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press= HAVANA (AP) — A State Department spokesman said Wednesday that Washington has no plans to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism that also includes Iran, Syria and Sudan.
The decision is sure to ruffle feathers in Havana, which vehemently denies any links to terrorism. Cuba's government contends its inclusion on the list is a political vendetta by a U.S. government that has kept an economic embargo on the Communist-run island for 51 years.
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Washington "has no current plans to remove Cuba" from the list, which is included in the department's annual report on terrorism.
The report was supposed to have been released Tuesday, but has been delayed. Officials say it is likely to come out later in May.
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AP foreign, Thursday May 2 2013
PAUL HAVEN
Associated Press= HAVANA (AP) — A State Department spokesman said Wednesday that Washington has no plans to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism that also includes Iran, Syria and Sudan.
The decision is sure to ruffle feathers in Havana, which vehemently denies any links to terrorism. Cuba's government contends its inclusion on the list is a political vendetta by a U.S. government that has kept an economic embargo on the Communist-run island for 51 years.
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said Washington "has no current plans to remove Cuba" from the list, which is included in the department's annual report on terrorism.
The report was supposed to have been released Tuesday, but has been delayed. Officials say it is likely to come out later in May.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10773537
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