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The main positive for Castro to invite the Pope is international, to be able to say to the rest of the world, this government is not as closed, as intolerant, uh as totalitarian as some make it out to be.
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It remains to be seen how much damage the allied air campaign was able to inflict on the Guard , and whether President Hussein will commit his most valued troops to a fight-to-the-death finish .
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"Our company has not been able to cope very effectively with" changes in the marketplace, said Ryosuke Ito, Sansui's president .