Cuban court rejects appeal by U.S. contractor
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Cuba's top court on Friday rejected the appeal of a Maryland man sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a secretive U.S. democracy project, dampening hopes of a resolution to a case that has further soured relations between the Cold War foes.
Alan P. Gross of Potomac has been held since December 2009 for distributing satellite communications equipment to Cuba's Jewish community. He was sentenced in March for his activities, which Cuban authorities claimed were aimed at undermining the island's Communist government.
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