Castro to be Cuba's ideologue, elder statesman
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Fidel Castro will play the role of Cuban communism's ideologue and elder statesman after giving up the reins of power for the first time since the 1959 revolution.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, says he does not want to 'cling' to power
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Raul Castro, Cuba's likely new leader after his ailing brother Fidel Castro bowed out on Tuesday, is a pragmatist more concerned with putting food on Cuban tables than spreading revolution abroad.
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Ailing leader Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president from nearly a half-century early Tuesday, saying in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday.
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Fidel Castro said Sunday that the U.S. government continues to be a "killing machine" after revelations that nearly 50 years ago it tried to use American mobsters to kill him with poison pills.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo   Chavez said he would visit ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro in   Havana on Saturday night for Castro's 80th birthday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday his close friend and ally Fidel Castro is in a "great battle for life," but he also expressed optimism about the 79-year-old Cuban leader's recovery.
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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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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday that he spoke on Thursday with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who temporarily stepped aside in July following intestinal surgery.
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HAVANA Cuban President Fidel Castro is recovering from surgery but leaving no question about his ability to govern. The 78-year-old Cuban leader fell Wednesday after a speech.
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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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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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Fidel Castro says he won't stand in the way of younger people who can lead Cuba, but he also insists on being "of consequence" until the end of his life. So it goes with the ailing 81-year-old Â eager to see others keep up the revolution but reluctant to let go of power.
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Fidel Castro indicated in a statement that he was willing to hand over the reins of Cubaâs government to a younger generation of leaders.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday after almost half a century at Cuba's helm, setting the stage for an orderly transfer of power to his brother Raul.
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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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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.