The American officials demanded the release of Alan Gross, who was working under contract to USAID and was arrested in Havana in December.

美国官员要求释放格罗斯·格罗斯是美国国家开发署的一名工作人员，他于去年12月在哈瓦那被捕。

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Mr Carter said he’d earlier had talks with officials about an imprisoned American communications contractor Alan Gross, but stressed he’d not come to secure his release.

卡特表示，他此前与官员们讨论了被关押的美国通讯承包商Alan Gross的问题。 但他强调他此行的目的并不是为了让此人释放。

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His year-end release Let the Bullets Fly has just broken the box-office record for a domestic film with some 700 million yuan ($107 million) in gross receipts.

2010年末上映的电影《让子弹飞》国内总票房收入高达7亿元（合1.07亿美元），缔造了中国电影史票房新纪录。

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The Vatican also hosted talks between U.S. and Cuban delegations in October, where details of Gross' release and aspects of the new U.S. trade policy were hashed out.

CNN: Pope plays key role in historic Cuba deal

Cuba has in the past refused US demands to release Mr Gross.

BBC: Cuba 'ready to negotiate' fate of US detainee Gross

And Friday, the Commerce Department will release fourth quarter gross domestic product.

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