Castro quits as president, state-run paper reports
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Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander-in-chief of Cuba's military on Tuesday, according to a letter published by state-run newspaper Granma.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday 49 years after taking power in an armed revolution, closing the book on a Cold War career that made him an icon to leftists and a tyrant to his foes.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 -- Fidel Castro announced early Tuesday morning that he is stepping down as Cuba's president, ending his half-century rule of the island nation.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao left in Havana for home Tuesday after concluding his two-day state visit to Cuba. During his visit, Hu, who arrived in Havana on Monday, held talks with Cuban leader Fidel Castro
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro suggests for the first time that he may step down from power.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro has fractured his left knee and has a fissure in his right arm after a fall captured on live television, the government says.
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The Miami Herald's publisher resigned Tuesday, citing the recent revelation that some journalists with its Spanish-language sister paper El Nuevo Herald were paid to appear on U.S.-government broadcasts aimed at promoting democracy in Cuba.
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The publisher of the Miami Herald Media Co. (MHMC) said on Tuesday he was resigning due to a controversy over reporters who received payments from a U.S.- funded broadcaster opposed to the Castro government in Cuba.
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Ailing leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on state television Monday that he does not intend to cling to power forever
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The announcement that Fidel Castro would step down opens the way for his brother RaÃºl or another member of his inner circle to become president.
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Before disappearing from public life in 2006 and officially stepping down as Cuba's president Tuesday, Fidel Castro ruled the country with an iron fist, despite numerous attempts by his enemies to do away with him.
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MEXICO CITY, Dec. 17 -- Fidel Castro, whose poor health and mysterious 17-month departure from public life have thrown the future of communist Cuba into doubt, suggested Monday that he may not return to power, according to a wire report.
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The Cuban government has provided no details on Fidel Castro's health and released no pictures of the leader since it announced Monday night that he was having surgery and handing power to his brother.
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Dennis J. Kucinich told a Cleveland newspaper he was quitting the presidential race and would make a formal announcement Friday.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has announced the resignation of his conservative government.
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LISBON, Portugal  - Portugal's conservative government is quitting, Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announced Saturday, a day after the president dissolved the legislature and called an early general election.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes announces the government's resignation.