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The first line of an AP report tells the story: "The United Nations has expressed regret that undercover Cuban officials attended a U.N. news conference on human rights, where they sought information on a French journalist asking critical questions about Fidel Castro's regime.".(The Week ...)(Associated Press)(United Nations)(Brief article)

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The first line of an AP report tells the story: "The United Nations has expressed regret that undercover Cuban officials attended a U.N. news conference on human rights, where they sought information on a French journalist asking critical questions about Fidel Castro's regime." The journalist was questioning a U.N. envoy to Cuba, Jean Ziegler. Ziegler is a Swiss sociology professor, and a close friend of the Castro regime. That is a scandal unto itself. In any event, government officials are not supposed to attend U.N. news conferences, except under special circumstances. But Cuban officials do not feel bound by such rules, and neither do ...

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