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Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao (right) poses for the media with US boxer Brandon Rios (left) during a promotional event in Singapore on August 2, 2013. Pacquiao is on the Singapore leg of a promotional tour for his November fight in Macau with Rios. AFP PHOTO

MIAMI, Florida: A 35-year-old jazz musician laid claim on Friday (Saturday in Manila) to being the first person to cross the treacherous Straits of Florida, separating Cuba and the United States, on a stand-up paddleboard.

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