Cuba-EU standoff ends with cooperation accord (AP)

Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, right, shakes hands with European Union Commissioner Louis Michel after signing documents in Havana, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008. Michel is in Cuba in hopes of restarting talks and cooperation after Europe lifted its last remaining sanctions on the island nation. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Cuba and the European Union ended a five-year standoff on Thursday by signing an agreement that calls for EU members to send the island euro2 million (US$2.6 million) in immediate hurricane recovery aid and up to euro30 million (US$38.8 million) more in financing next year.


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