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January 27, 2006^3:12pm
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Fidel Castro confirms that Cuba will be participating in the WBC
sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2306429
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From the article:

&box-"We will be there, but I would never have thought I would have to answer that question," Castro told reporters who questioned him during a surprise visit Wednesday night to a construction site outside the U.S. Interests Section in Havana.

Still, the Cuban president warned, "that is if [the Americans] don't start in on messing around with not giving the visas, or if they go crazy."-box&