Revolution Day
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** FILE ** In this file photo from July 26, 2012, Raul Castro speaks in Guantanamo on Revolution Day, the anniversary of the July 26, 1953, rebel attack on a military barracks led by Fidel and Raul Castro that is considered the beginning of the Cuban revolution. (Associated Press)
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Cubans walk to Thursday’s celebration in Guantanamo of Revolution Day during which President Raul Castro said he is open to talks with the U. S. His offer was met by skepticism in the U.S., most vehemently from Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. “When the Castro brothers talk, they lie,” the Cuban-born Florida Republican said. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Karen National Army soldiers stand in formation during Revolution Day ceremonies in Burma in January 2006. The ethnic tribesmen, a minority in Burma, fought against the Japanese in World War II, but were never given their own state as the British had promised.
