Proposals to further ease trade and travel restrictions have been introduced in both houses of Congress, though similar measures have failed in years past. He stopped short of saying his Cuba visit had changed the way he votes in the future, but said: "As the world gets smaller, there's reason to continue discussion. Castro has not been seen publicly since announcing he underwent emergency intestinal surgery and provisionally ceded power to his brother Raul, the 75-year-old defense...

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But Taylor's government had other ideas: Members of the three opposing factions "who attended these dinners have been shot dead," the embassy bluntly reported to Washington in a secret cable in October. Despite the State Department's stark conclusion about Taylor's murderous intentions, it took another five years -- during which militias armed by Taylor allegedly caused an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 deaths -- for the United States to call for his ouster. Today's Globe Local Politics...