Monday, September 12, 2005

U.S. denies Cuba visa to attend U.N. conference

The United States refused to grant Ricardo Alarcon, of Cuba's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, a visa to attend the 2005 World Conference of Speakers of Parliament last week. Alarcon said he expected to received a visa, and has also applied for one to attend a World Summit next week that will also take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York. (Reuters)

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