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The University of Tampa, Florida baseball team is heading to Cuba today to play exhibition baseball games and take part in a cultural exchange, reports the Tampa Bay Times on Sunday.

When negotiators from Cuba and the United States sat down to talk migration on Thursday in Havana two unrelated issues were also at the table: US agent Alan Gross and the Cuban Five.

US authorities granted more than 32,000 visas to Cubans in the last fiscal year, said today in Havana, Edward Alex Lee, a State Department Undersecretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs.

The eight baseball teams to complete in the second half of the Cuban Baseball League 2013-2014 will begin play on January 14. On Thursday, a draft was held where each team was allowed to pick five players from the eight squads that didn’t qualify to continue.

The Cuban media reports that a 4.9 earthquake off the north central coast of the island was felt as far away as the capital. No injuries or damage has thus far been reported.

“I’ve been informed that shortly after 2:00 p.m. on Thursday the spare part for the linear accelerator of the ionizing radiation equipment at the Almejeiras Hospital made it to the hospital in Centro Habana,” reports Fernando Ravsberg.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro was out in public in Havana on Wednesday evening for an art opening, reported dpa news.

Some 80 cancer patients have been without their radiation treatment for two months due to inoperative equipment, reports Fernando Ravsberg on Thursday with information provided by sources at the Almejeiras Hospital in Centro Habana.