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Stephen Kimber -- the author of one novel and eight books of nonfiction, including the best-selling Flight 111: The Tragedy of the Swissair Crash and Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War -- is an award-winning writer, journalist and broadcaster. He teaches at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Canada, where he served as Director of the School of Journalism. He is currently completing a book on the case of the Cuban Five. For more information on the author, visit his website: stephenkimber.com.

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The Case of Alan Gross: An Eye for Two Legs?

0 Comments | Posted March 7, 2012 | g:i A

The campaign to free Alan Gross is ramping up. Gross is the American arrested in 2009 for smuggling telecommunications equipment into Cuba. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in prison for what the Cubans called "acts to undermine the integrity and independence" of...

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America a Prison for René González

0 Comments | Posted October 6, 2011 | g:i A

On the eve of René González's release Friday from an American prison -- but not his prison America will now become -- it's worth reminding ourselves what terrible crimes he committed.

Why was he sentenced to 15 years in jail? And why do American officials now insist he serve...

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