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                    Obama: US Needs to Update Policy on Cuba

   U.S. President Barack Obama says it is time for the United States to
   revise its policies against Cuba.
   Mr. Obama, speaking in Miami Friday, said it did not make sense that
   policies put in place more than 50 years ago would still be effective
   in the Internet age.
   The president pointed out that Cuban leader Fidel Castro came into
   power in 1961, the same year that Mr. Obama was born. The United States
   cut off diplomatic relations with Cuba the same year and imposed an
   economic embargo a year later.
   The U.S. embargo against Cuba is controversial internationally. The
   United Nations in October voted for the 22nd time to condemn it.
   The Obama administration has engaged in recent discussions with the
   Cubans on migration and mail, and has relaxed travel and remittance
   rules for Cuban Americans.
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