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Bush takes parting swipe at communist Cuba

 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush took a parting swipe at communist Cuba on Tuesday, saying it was a cruel dictatorship that had responded to U.S. appeals for democratic reform with more repression of its people. (link)

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