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Fidel Disses 'Comic Strip' Spy Charges for US Couple

But he commends those who help Cuba

By Amelia Atlas, Newser User

Posted Jun 7, 2009 5:04 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fidel Castro has dismissed the charges against an American couple charged with spying for Cuba as baseless, reports Reuters. While he has not confirmed or denied the accusations against former State Department official Walter Kendall Myers and his wife, Castro wrote on his website that... Read full story »

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