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Fresh offerings: 'Sun' gets things swingin' at Havana

Havana has a secret to heating up Sunday afternoons in New Hope — the Midnight Sun Orchestra.Full story

Colombian rebels deny kidnapping two Spaniards

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels on Wednesday denied accusations that they were holding two Spanish tourists who authorities say were kidnapped in the South American country last week. Full story

AP PHOTOS: Cuba's LGBT community celebrates

A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia. Full story

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911 service in Mason County temporarily disrupted

Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a 'Cuban patriot'

Cuban agent begins renouncement of U.S. citizenship

Cuba's young see bleak future, many want to leave

Colombia, FARC start new round of talks in Cuba

Once Havana's most famous bar, Sloppy Joe's reopens after 50 years

Private sector bites into Cuban state food sales

Cubans on the move as new real estate market grows

Colombian rebels call on Santos to save peace talks

Venezuela's Chavez improving after tough cancer fight: Fidel Castro

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  Diana Nyad: Leaving the water ‘was devastating’

Swimmer Diana Nyad was forced to end her fourth attempt to swim from Havana to Key West on Tuesday, suffering from exhaustion and hypothermia. She talks with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie about her inability to conquer what she says is the most difficult obstacle: the jellyfish stings.

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Storm clouds gather over Havana's City Capitol building May 23, 2013. El Capitolio, built in 1929 and house of the Cuban government until the 1959 revolution, is currently the Cuban Academy of Science. The building, resembling the U.S. Capitol in Washington, was the tallest of Havana until the 1950s