Odds and ends

• Cuba hands over an American who fled to Cuba to avoid federal charges of sexual abuse and child pornography.

• Another victory for the embargo: Responding to U.S. pressure, Lloyds bank tells its customers in Britain that if they do business in Cuba, they have to take their banking business elsewhere.

• Reuters reporters ask Cubans on the street about the U.S. election, and most go for Obama.

• The EU’s foreign ministers, busy with other matters, will debate Cuba sanctions on Thursday.

• Someone hurry up and tell Secretary Gutierrez: Reports of UFO’s in Cuba, with eyewitness accounts and a photo.