Castro a no-show at birthday parade
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not present as a military parade marking his 80th birthday began on Saturday in Havana's main square.
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Cuba took over leadership of the Nonaligned Movement Friday, but with Fidel Castro too sick to promise an appearance, his younger brother and his close friend Hugo Chavez of Venezuela were left to mete out the anti-American invective.
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President Vicente Fox backed away from another showdown with leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday, announcing that he wouldn't hold his annual Independence Day celebration in the capital's main Zocalo square to avoid protesters.
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Cigar aficionados should not expect to see ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro strut out to greet them at the annual Habanos festival, but they will be able to bid for humidors signed by him.
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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 14 -- President Vicente Fox backed away from a confrontation with AndrÃÂ©s Manuel LÃÂ³pez Obrador on Thursday, announcing that he wouldn't hold his annual Independence Day celebration at the capital's main Zocalo plaza to avoid protesters.
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The State Department on Monday rejected an offer of talks with Raul Castro, Cuba's acting president, saying it saw no point in a dialogue with what it called the Caribbean island's "dictator-in-waiting."
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President Fidel Castro will likely be off his feet for several weeks recovering from a fractured knee and arm, but experts said Friday they don&#39;t expect the 78-year-old Cuban
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SANTA CLARA, Cuba: Fidel Castro suffered a fall yesterday, possibly breaking an arm and a knee, but laughed off the accident, assuring Cubans he remained in good spirits and in one piece.
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Washington has declined to wish Fidel Castro a speedy recovery, with some officials joking that they preferred to hear of a &quot;different kind of fall&quot;.
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HAVANA, Dec. 1 -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not well enough to attend the closing ceremony Friday for his 80th birthday, but Cuba's vice president said he was getting better and would continue leading the communist island.
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Fidel Castro said Wednesday he is not yet healthy enough to speak to Cuba's masses in person and can't campaign for Sunday's parliamentary elections.
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WASHINGTON, 29  - The United States refused to offer any praise to Cuba for releasing three jailed dissidents who had been imprisoned for more than a year, maintaining they should never have been arrested in the first place.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro is walking,   talking and being briefed, according to a statement published   on Saturday in the Communist Party daily, Granma, a day before   his 80th birthday.
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The State Department said Tuesday that Castro's departure won't lead to a change in policy or the lifting of the embargo.
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Because so many members of Red Sox Nation are expected in Boston on Saturday to celebrate the team's World Series triumph, the victory parade won't be making any stops and won't culminate with a staged rally, either.
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The State Department on Monday  rejected an offer of talks with Raul Castro, Cuba's acting  president, saying it saw no point in a dialogue with what it  called the Caribbean island's "dictator-in-waiting."
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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 or stand in the way of a younger generation, but invoked the example of a renowned Brazilian architect who is still working at 100.