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Cuba pledge

Thursday 12 February 1998 19:02 EST
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CUBA said it would free 200 prisoners, including political detainees, following the Pope's visit last month. Foreign Ministry spokesman Alejandro Gonzalez said President Fidel Castro's government had decided to pardon "several dozen" people who were on a list handed to authorities by Vatican Secretary of State Angelo Sodano during the papal visit.

- Reuters, Havana

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