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Jose Tabio, 56, repairs machinery at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Ernesto Fernandez, 59, works during repairs on the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

A worker moves iron with a crane during repairs at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. The plant, launched in 1921, is getting a makeover and expected to be ready in time for the upcoming annual harvest and to start milling cane by February 2013. (Associated Press)

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A sugar plant worker shows his feet to a fellow worker at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. (Associated Press)

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Juan Penalver (right), 52, and Jorge Luis Piss, 39, repair a boiler where sugar cane syrup is cooked at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. The plant, launched in 1921, is getting a makeover and expected to be ready in time for the upcoming annual harvest and to start milling cane by February 2013. (Associated Press)

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A worker walks among old machinery at the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba. The words written on the wall read, in Spanish, "Don't pass. Collapse." The plant, launched in 1921, is getting a makeover and expected to be ready in time for the upcoming annual harvest and to start milling cane by February 2013. (Associated Press)

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A man rides in a horse-drawn carriage outside the Brasil sugar processing plant in Jaronu, Cuba, on Sept. 8, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Workers irrigate a sugar cane field in Jaronu, Cuba. Two years ago, the sugar industry was crippled after the worst harvest in more than a century. (Associated Press)

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The words written on the wall read in Spanish “Don’t pass. Collapse.” The Brasil plant is getting a makeover in time for the upcoming annual harvest and is expected to start milling cane by February. (Associated Press)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney shakes hands Oct. 8, 2012, during a campaign rally in Newport News, Va. (Associated Press)

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Adventurer Bear Grylls is shown at Mount Borradaile in Australia's northwestern Arnhemland during filming of the Discovery Channel series "Man vs. Wild" in May 2010. (AP Photo/Discovery Channel, Luis Enrique Ascui)

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** FILE ** Hallmark will close its plant in Topeka, Kan., as the popularity of e-cards, emails and Facebook have sharply cut into sales of traditional greeting cards. (Associated Press)

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“Natural gas exploitation could be a very strong incentive for reunification of the island,” said Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis. (Associated Press)