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Cuba declines US disaster assessment after Gustav Similar
Cuba politely declined a U.S. offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying Saturday it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover. Residents unload roof materials provided by Cuba's government to repair damaged homes after Hurricane Gustav hit the area in La Palma, Cuba, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. Cuba's former President Fidel Castro said in an essay that repair efforts could cost billi...Feed: SacBee -- Wire World News







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