Cuba denounces new U.S. airline security measures

HAVANA-Cuba denounced as "anti-terrorist paranoia" new U.S. security measures for air travelers from the island and 13 other countries, but passengers waiting to fly from Havana said on Monday thorough checks before heading to the United States were nothing new.
The measures call for inspecting baggage and patting down U.S.-bound passengers from four countries -- Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria -- that the U.S. government considers state sponsors of terrorism and 10 other "countries of interest."Granma, the newspaper for the ruling Communist Party, called the measures a "desperate directive" that was "part of the (U.S.) anti-terrorist paranoia"...

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