Amnesty International said yesterday that three Cubans held without charge for 52 days following their arrest at a protest were released last week, hours after the human rights group named them as prisoners of conscience.

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Cuba rejected international criticism of the death of an imprisoned dissident after a hunger strike, saying its critics in Spain, the European Union and the US did not have "the least authority to judge Cuba." 

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North Korea publicly declared the young heir Kim Jong- un its supreme leader at a huge rally on Thursday in Pyongyang that culminated with his ascent to the top of the hermetic Communist nation after nearly two weeks of national mourning for his father, Kim Jing - il. 

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Freeing all political prisoners in Cuba before Pope Benedict XVI's visit next year would be 'a great gesture', the cardinal who heads charity group Caritas International says. 

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Cuban officials say an American man held in prison in the communist country for two years conducted "undercover activities" and was part of a program aimed at "disrupting the constitutional order in Cuba." 

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