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Key Points
Key Points
- The US and Cuba are to start talking about normalising diplomatic relations, officials say
- Cuban leader Raul Castro and US President Barack Obama are to make an announcement at 1700
- The move would mark a dramatic shift in a relationship that has been strained since the Cold War era
- US citizen Alan Gross was released earlier from a Cuban prison, while the US freed three Cubans jailed for spying
- US officials say they are planning to open an embassy in Havana, US media reports say