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Freed Cuban agents given heroes' welcomes as they land back home

Thee Cuban intelligence agents have been given heroes' welcomes as they landed back in their homeland after 16 years in prison in the US.

It comes as US President Barack Obama announced his country will restore diplomatic relations it severed with Cuba more than 50 years ago.

As part of a prisoner swap under the new policy, Cuba freed American Alan Gross in exchange for the three Cubans held by the United States.

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A momentous change in US-Cuban relations

A prisoner exchange and the announcement of a re-established US embassy in Havana mark a momentous turn in US-Cuban relations.

But some in America are distinctly unhappy at President Obama's decision to reach out to the communist state.

ITV News Washington Correspondent Robert Moore reports.

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