Ernest Hemingway lived in Cuba on and off for more than 30 years.

Cuba is sending the US copies of more than 20,000 papers relating to the Nobel Prize winning American writer Ernest Hemingway. The move is part of a deal on restoring Hemingway's legacy that, correspondents say, has united the usually feuding governments of Havana and Washington. The papers sent to the US Library of Congress include copies of Hemingway's letters and some of his famous novels. Hemingway spent much of his time living in Cuba between 1939 and 1960. Marta Arjona, the head of Cuba's National Heritage Council, said the documents being sent to the US amounted to an "invaluable" gift relating to that period. She told Cuba's Communist Party newspaper Granma that the move was part of an agreement, reached in 2002, to restore and digitalise some 11,000 documents relating to Hemingway. The documents sent include copies of letters in which Hemingway outlines his stance on World War Two and the Spanish Civil War. Copies of his novels, For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea - inspired by his time in Cuba - have also been sent to the US. The originals are expected to remain at a museum at the writer's former house in Havana, Cuba. Under the agreement, US experts have travelled to Cuba to help restore the museum, Ms Arjona said. But she pointed out that Cuba had met all the costs of the restoration. The museum, the Museo Ernest Hemingway, is in the house where the novelist lived while he was in Havana. Established in 1962, it houses the writer's furniture and personal possessions, as well as works of art and books.

Donald and Melania

The gossips mistresses are rehashing Knauss  notorious gown during the haute couture shows in Paris with help from Vogue editors Sally Singer and Andre Leon Talley. Knauss redisplayed again and again,  the voluminous strapless gown -- which took 550 hours of labour just to do the embroidery. "Melania definitely got what she was looking for: a dress that would be absolutely special and a dress that could only be worn to one's wedding," , said Vogue's editor. It is third marriage for Trump, host of the NBC reality show The Apprentice. Knauss, like many brides-to-be, thought she wanted something a little more modern, but eventually realized she wanted a more theatrical dress, Singer said. "The dress also had to hold its own against the massive ballroom they've built at Mar-a-Lago (the Trump estate in Palm Beach)," Singer said. The room is in the ornate Louis XIV style and the visual theme of the wedding is white, gold and jewelry -- meaning diamonds. Singer, who was a guest at the wedding, said she couldn't begin to estimate the gown's price tag. "Some of these couture gowns, they are showpieces. No one really expects someone to order them. ... I'm sure it cost a lot." The Vogue fashion and features director said she "believed" Trump had purchased the gown because she couldn't imagine Dior giving away something so expensive, but she didn't know the arrangements. Knauss, 34, wasn't intimidated by the hunt for her wedding dress or the ceremony of haute couture. "Most women when they encounter fashion -- whether it's in a magazine or in the mall or watching the Golden Globes -- they compare it to what they can wear. Melania isn't like that, probably because she was born beautiful," said Singer. Because of the sheer volume of the dress, the magazine reports, Knauss sat on a bench for dinner because a chair wouldn't work and changed into a new outfit following the traditional first dance with her new husband. That dress is a sexy and sleek tulle number by Vera Wang.  S. Critchel. CONTINUES ON P94