Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day. Part of this analysis extracts entities and entity related information from clusters of stories.The selection and placement of stories are determined automatically by a computer program. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/1106356.htmlenhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F4LF20100716?type=domesticNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNewshttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66F4LF20100716?type=domesticNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNewsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A retired U.S. State Department official got life in prison Friday and his wife a sentence of 6-3/4 years for spying for Havana for three decades because they shared the Cuban revolution's ideals.Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200reuters-b85c644cd58604adbbfe7a5db42edac9reutersenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8371798.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8371798.stmA retired US state department official and his wife have admitted spying for Cuba for nearly three decades.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100bbc-3fd97eeceb4e7b4c4445469e0e1f5650bbcenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/ioRjvkBEz6Y/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/ioRjvkBEz6Y/index.htmlA former State Department employee and his wife, accused of illegally aiding the government of Cuba for nearly 30 years, say they intend to plead guilty to federal charges.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100cnn-73dfe6ceb3dc5696047a57db6ae6ab0bcnnenhttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2009/October/middleeast_October816.xmlhttp://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2009/October/middleeast_October816.xmlWASHINGTON - A leading US space scientist credited with helping discover water on the moon pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he tried to sell US defense secrets to Israel for two million dollars.Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100bignewsnetwork-palestine-074f91ad229ee330d3492d7e0d4f9744bignewsnetwork-palestineenhttp://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=7864520&page=1http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=7864520&page=1Government prosecutors in USA v. Myers – involving an American couple accused of spying for the Cuban government -- requested without opposition to freeze a retirement account owned by the defendants, 72-year-old Walter Kendall Myers and 71-year-old Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers.Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200ABCnews-2d4739208c9a9428a138c40a4cbdd76dABCnewsenhttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/7/worldupdates/2009-06-07T084234Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-401362-1&sec=Worldupdateshttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/7/worldupdates/2009-06-07T084234Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-401362-1&sec=WorldupdatesHAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Saturday called charges that a former U.S. State Department official and his wife spied for the Cuban government for nearly 30 years "ridiculous" and described the case as an "espionage comic strip."Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200thestar-f12705a9036e61f219e403b4efe8cd30thestarenhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee3fbc42-5232-11de-b986-00144feabdc0.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ee3fbc42-5232-11de-b986-00144feabdc0.htmlAn espionage saga that involved a well-liked teacher of US diplomats, the illicit use of shopping carts and a much publicised denunciation of the US-UK special relationship took a new turn today when the US state department accused a former employee of working as a Cuban spy for almost 30 years.Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200ft-8ce8bbe0cefcdc876e7e1a0d49fdb3cbften