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Vietnamese Are Helping Cuba With 38-Cent Donations. A Lot of Them.

Cuba sent doctors and food to Vietnam during the war. Now ordinary Vietnamese are sending cash to struggling Cubans.

© Pool photo by Adalberto Roque

Cuban soldiers during a visit last year by Vietnam’s top leader, To Lam.
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Dozens of Migrants Drown Off Lampedusa, Italy

Sixty people survived after two boats with nearly 100 migrants capsized. The causes of the shipwrecks were not clear, Italian officials and U.N. agencies said. The death toll is likely to grow.

© Elio Deisderio/Associated Press

Italian Coast Guards officers carrying a body bag on the dock of the Lampedusa harbor on Wednesday.
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