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US to start talks with Cuba to normalize relations. To open embassy – officials

17 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Announcement follows the release of American Alan Gross who has spent five years in a Cuban prison.

Obama will announce from the White House at 12 (5pm GMT) that the US will open an embassy in Havana and that he will ask Congress to lift the long-standing embargo on Cuba.

Gross had been sentenced to 15 years whilst working for USAid which Cuba considers to be an illegal organisation that aims to undermine the Communist government.

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Rouble falls further despite central bank rate rise

17 Wednesday Dec 2014

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Rouble hit by fallling oil prices and western sanctions continues it slide despite central bank intervention raising interest rates to 17%.
Now, lost 50% of its value against the dollar.

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