Detained American in Cuba on Hunger Strike

U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah says the United States has led an aggressive effort to free American Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned in Cuba since 2009. Testifying Tuesday before a Senate committee, Shah called Gross' detention "wrong,'' but said "the responsibility for his detention rests with Cuban authorities.'' Gross was working for USAID setting up an Internet network for Havana's Jewish community, when he was...

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