Castro's future dominates 80th birthday event
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A celebration this week of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro's 80th birthday has turned into a high-stakes test of his health and political future as the world watches to see if he is well enough to attend.
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HAVANA: President Fidel Castro, recovering from a fall that broke his kneecap and an arm, has received get-well wishes from the leaders around the globe, state media reported Saturday.
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Fidel Castro, who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States from a guerrilla uprising and defied attempts to oust him by 10 U.S. presidents, retired on Tuesday after almost half a century at Cuba's helm.
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There is confusion about whether Cuban President Fidel Castro will appear in public for the first time after surgery.
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A smiling Fidel Castro walked in public Thursday for the first time since the 78-year-old Cuban leader fell two months ago, and lawmakers attending a year-end National Assembly meeting gave him a standing ovation.
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Acting Cuban President Raul Castro said on Thursday his brother Fidel was improving and "on top of everything" in his first comments to the foreign press since stepping in for the 80-year-old Cuban leader six months ago.
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EL PASO, Texas  - A U.S. magistrate on Monday   recommended releasing a 79-year-old Cuban exile accused of   violent acts against Fidel Castro's government, including a   1976 airliner bombing that killed 73 people.
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Dr Stephen Wilkinson, from the International Institute for the Study of Cuba, looks back on Fidel Castro's 49 years in power
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Celebrations for Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 80th birthday begin with a marathon reading.
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By Anthony Boadle HAVANA  - Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped andshattered a kneecap in a tumble captured on live televisionthat raised new questions about the political future of thecommunist-run country he has led for 45 years.
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A year and a half after he last appeared in public, the mystery of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro's political future could be revealed later this month.
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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.
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CUBAN President Fidel Castro, 87, wrote from his hospital bed today that he was doing well after an operation on a knee he broke in a fall.
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The formal end of Fidel Castro's nearly 50-year rule in Cuba opens the prospect of more free-market economic reforms, but sweeping political changes are not immediately likely, according to analysts who monitor events in the Communist island nation.
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HAVANA -- Ten months ago, a camera-shy general stepped out from the shadow of his famous elder brother, Fidel Castro, to run the Western Hemisphere's only communist state.
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Cuba published a photo Sunday of a standing, smiling Fidel Castro looking heavier but still gaunt as he met with Angola's president, the first head of state to see the ailing 81-year-old since June.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he was not well enough to attend a gala kicking off five days of celebrations of his 80 years.