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Deal in custody battle over Cuban girl

2010-09-10T14:11:56Z

Settlement Reached in Dispute Over Young Cuban Girl Between Her Father, Wealthy Fla. Couple

A settlement was reached Wednesday in the court battle between a Cuban farmer and a wealthy Florida couple over the man's 5-year-old daughter, and a person familiar with the deal said it gives the farmer sole custody.

Rafael Izquierdo and his daughter would re...

Fight over Cuban girl reaches Fla. court

2010-09-09T17:08:34Z

Cuban Father Asks Miami Judge to Let Him Take Daughter Home in Case With Echoes of Elian

A judge hearing arguments in a custody case over a 4-year-old Cuban girl criticized state officials Monday for saying she would be irreparably damaged simply by being taken from her foster family and returned to her father in her communist home country.

Cuban farmer Rafa...

Haiti

2011-01-04T19:31:15Z

A man runs on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Jan 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Cuba-Michigan Cigar Shop

2011-01-03T14:32:15Z

Master Cigar Roller, Luis Acosta, of Cuba, perfects his craft on the storefront of La Casa De La Habana on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010 in Detroit. Cuba's government-controlled tobacco company is suing the owner of cigar shops in the Detroit area, claiming his business’ name is too similar t...

Cuba Predictions

2011-01-03T14:32:11Z

A bunch of bananas hangs from a doorframe of a temple where Afro-Cuban Yoruba religion priests presented the "Letter of the Year" which lists predictions made by Cuban Santeros for 2011 in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. The bananas are an offering for Chango saint, Lord of Fire, War and Thunder. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Old Men Of Versailles

2011-01-02T21:31:34Z

In this photo made June 3, 2010, Cuban exile Mike Baralt displays the paper he writes for. His wife of 50 years, died 12 years ago. After her death, friends suggested that he begin to write for a local small Spanish language newspaper. Some of his columns are political, about the death of Cuba under Castro. Others are philosophical. And some are sad, items written about friends whose health is failing. ...

Haiti Year Of Crisis

2010-12-31T12:01:50Z

FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010 file photo, people walk down a street amid earthquake rubble in Port-au-Prince, haiti. In 2010 crisis has piled upon crisis in Haiti. More than 230,000 are believed to have died in the quake, and more than a million remain homeless. A cholera epidemic broke out in the fall, and in its midst a dysfunctional election was held, its results still unclear.(AP Photo/Gregor...