"I don't think anybody on either the side of the Atlantic are believed that it will help deal with the problem at hand if we allow this to escalate into a major, a diplomatic incident. It isn't, it's a practical, urgent need to deal with the problem and that is what I'm sure BP is trying to do."
A group of well-known Cuban dissidents has written an open letter to the United States Congress, urging it to pass legislation which would allow American citizens to travel to Cuba freely. Under US sanctions, American nationals are not allowed to spend money in Cuba without securing special permission, making travel there very difficult. Michael Voss reports from Havana.
The open letter is signed by 74 Cuban opposition activists, many of them well-known abroad. Their message to the US Congress is that isolating Cuba is playing into the hands of hardliners. Their intervention is in support of proposed legislation which would effectively end the US ban on its citizens visiting Cuba and make it easier to finance food sales to the island.
Michael Voss reporting.
Commercial farmers in Zimbabwe said they were under a renewed wave of attacks from groups linked to the party of President Robert Mugabe. The mainly white farmers said that at least 16 farms had been attacked in the past week. They said many were evicted, despite having court orders granting them possession of their property.
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