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Canada won't recall Cuba diplomats over "sonic attacks"

CANADA insists it will not follow the US in recalling its diplomats from Cuba over increasingly bizarre claims of mysterious sonic or virus warfare.

An anonymous government official told reporters yesterday that eight people connected to the Canadian embassy in Havana had reported symptoms including nausea, dizziness, headaches and nosebleeds last year.

He said they had required treatment but were not taken to hospital and that there was no call to close the embassy.

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