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be one of five direct flights that Russian carrier Aeroflot operates to Havana each week. From there Snowden could fly to Venezuela, Bolivia or Nicaragua, all possible destinations for him.
• It is not clear whether, despite Castro's speech on Sunday, the communist-run country wants to risk torpedoing mildly improved relations with the United States by letting Snowden transit through the island.
• Snowden had been booked on an Aeroflot flight to Havana two weeks ago, but did not board the plane. The flights normally pass through U.S. airspace, raising the possibility they could be intercepted.
• "We support the sovereign right of .... Venezuela and all states in the region to grant asylum to those persecuted for their ideals or their struggles for democratic rights," he said in the address to Cuba's national assembly.
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AP source: Ex-Gov. Spitzer plans NYC comptroller run, his political comeback after scandal
• ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- A person close to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he is planning a return to political life with a run for New York City comptroller.
• The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Spitzer was only speaking to The New York Times. Spitzer, a Democrat, stepped down from the governor's office in 2008 over a prostitution scandal.
• Spitzer has spoken in the past about the potential for the comptroller's job to look into corporate misdeeds. That would be similar to what he did as the state's attorney general.
• Candidates for citywide offices like comptroller have to have 3,750 signatures from registered voters in their party by Thursday.
• The Times first reported the story on Sunday.
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No British man has won Wimbledon since ... Murray in 2013; win over Djokovic ends 77-year wait
• LONDON (AP) -- The roars grew longer, the applause louder, with each game and each point that carried Andy Murray closer to ending Britain's 77-year wait for a men's champion at Wimbledon.
• Then, with Murray suddenly needing merely one point to end his grueling final against Novak Djokovic, the 15,000 spectators filling Centre Court at the All England Club hushed long enough for play to resume. Murray lost that point. As well as his (Continued on page 29)
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