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      <text>A Russian shadow fleet tanker carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude oil arrives in Cuba, defying a U.S. blockade of the island. </text>
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    <text>The Russian tanker &quot;Anatoly Kolodkin&quot;, carrying 100,000 tonnes of crude oil, arrives in Matanzas, Cuba, despite the ongoing U.S. blockade of the island. </text>
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      <text>Cuba restores their power after the power grid collapsed the previous day. </text>
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    <text>Cuba restores its power after the power grid collapsed the previous day. </text>
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    <text>Cuba reports a nationwide power outage following a total electrical grid collapse, the third major blackout to occur on the island this month. </text>
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    <text>Cuba announces that citizens living abroad will be permitted to invest in and own businesses in the country as the government seeks to expand commercial activity amid an economic crisis. </text>
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    <text>Cuba's Habanos S.A. suspends the annual Habanos Cigar Festival in Havana amid a sharp decline in tourists and a severe shortage of fuel due to the ongoing U.S. blockade. </text>
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      <text>Myanmar's State Administration Council pardons 2,153 prisoners to mark Vesak Day. </text>
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    <text>Myanmar's State Administration Council pardons 2,153 political prisoners to mark Vesak Day. </text>
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    <text>Cuba starts releasing political prisoners as part of an historic agreement with the United States announced last month. </text>
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    <text>Cuba announces that it will release 2,900 prisoners &amp;ndash; including some political prisoners &amp;ndash; in the next few days. </text>
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    <text>Cuba frees political prisoner Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique, one of 13 prisoners who had refused to go into exile in exchange for their freedom. </text>
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    <text>President of the United States Barack Obama requests that Cuba's leaders release all political prisoners, describing human rights there as &quot;deeply disturbing&quot;. </text>
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  <text>Cuba begins releasing political prisoners after announcing it will pardon 2,010 inmates amid U.S. pressure on the Cuban government. </text>
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