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President Raul Castro returned to Cuba on Monday after visiting Algeria, Russia, Italy and the Vatican.  He was welcomed at Havana’s international airport by Vice-president Jose Ramon Machado and by Interior Minister Abelardo Colome Ibarra. Raul Castro, Pope Francis Hold Meeting at Vatican Italian Prime Minister Welcomes Cuban President»

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has condemned Italy for its inhuman treatment of refugees at a reception center in the island of Lampedusa.»