CORRECTED: Castro recovering and giving orders: Chavez
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Corrects to remove reference to Castro wanting to go back   to work in lead, removes paragraph five
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery last year, said on Tuesday he was recovering and feeling stronger.
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Havana, Dec 14 (AIN) Cuban President Fidel Castro awarded visiting Venezuelan Head of State Hugo Chavez with the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Order at a rally marking the 10th anniversary of Chavez&#39; first visit to Cuba.
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Cuban television showed photographs of   convalescing Fidel Castro receiving a friend in a dressing gown   on Wednesday and officials said he was back on the telephone   giving orders.
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President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez said yesterday that Fidel Castro is battling a "very serious illness" but is not dying of cancer. He said he spoke with the Cuban leader , that he is eating cautiously and is well enough to joke. "I'm very well informed," Ch&#xE1;vez said. The Cuban government insists Castro, 80, is recovering after intestinal surgery. ...
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HAVANA, Sept. 1 -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro, looking notably better than he did when last seen almost three weeks ago, happily greeted Venezuelan President Hugo ChÃÂ¡vez during a brief visit Friday aired on state television.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says Fidel Castro is almost fully recovered after intestinal surgery.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is lucid and healthy enough to resume a political role in Cuba, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday.
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Cuba's communist state is rising from  the ashes of its post-Soviet economic crash with greater  control over its economy and help from China and Venezuela,  President Fidel Castro said on Saturday.
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Text of the letter from Fidel Castro that was read on state television Monday by his secretary, Carlos Valenciaga:
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's President Hugo   Chavez said he visited Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday and   that his close ally was doing well after intestinal surgery.
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Presidents of some Latin American countries have sent messages for a prompt recovery to Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who injured a knee and an arm after a fall on Wednesday.
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MANAUS, Brazil  - Cuban leader Fidel Castro nearly died and underwent several blood transfusions in which almost all his blood was exchanged, but he is now doing well, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday.
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Fidel Castro's eldest son and namesake said Thursday that his father's comeback from intestinal surgery more than six months ago has been "satisfactory" and that he could eventually recover completely.
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HAVANA -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro, looking notably better than he did when last seen almost three weeks ago, happily greeted President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela during a brief visit aired on state television yesterday.
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Cuban state TV shows new photos of President Fidel Castro, who is believed to be recovering from surgery.
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Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has gained weight, is exercising twice daily and is in full control of his mental faculties in a signal of his recovery, his brother Raul Castro said on Monday.