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3 Cuban baseball players go missing in Edmonton
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2012/08/21/edmonton-cuban-players-disappear.htmlCubans defect?1:24Three more Cuban players in Edmonton for the World Cup of Women's Baseball went missing over the weekend, nearly one week after another player disappeared from her dormitory at the University of Alberta.
According to published reports, the 21-year-old woman defected to the United States with her boyfriend. The latest disappearances raise the suspicion that the other players have defected as well.
The three players did not attend closing ceremonies for the tournament Sunday.
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Hayter says that incident prompted an angry phone call from Fidel Castro. He told Castro that the players defected on their own without any encouragement from tournament organizers.
