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Obama, Castro greet each other at summit amid U.S.-Cuba detente


    PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro greeted each other on Friday at a summit in Panama, a photo showed, a symbolically charged gesture as the pair seek to restore ties between two Cold War foes.

    The photograph showed Obama, Castro and Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa chatting and smiling at the summit's opening ceremony.

    (Reporting by Daniel Trotta)