Castro says Cuba right to rebuff EU dialogue offer
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Cuba was right to reject calls from the European Union for negotiations to improve relations until the EU scraps sanctions against the island, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an editorial published on Thursday.
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Officials from the EU's 25 member states are considering a Spanish proposal to lift sanctions on Cuba.
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Pope John Paul repeated his  condemnation of the U.S. economic embargo against  Communist-ruled Cuba on Saturday, saying the island nation  needed proper conditions for its development.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro says he will not return to the presidency, in an letter published in the official press.
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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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The European Union is considering a shift in policy toward Cuba that would get it back on speaking terms with President Fidel Castro's government, diplomats said.
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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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Cuban President Fidel Castro scoffed at moves by the European Union to offer improved ties with the communist country based on its human rights record, and said Cuba does not need Europe.
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BRUSSELS -- European Union foreign ministers agreed yesterday to restore normal diplomatic relations with the Cuban government while pledging to increase contacts with critics of President Fidel Castro.
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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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A leading human rights group urged the European Union on Monday not to normalize economic relations with Cuba unless Fidel Castro's communist regime releases dozens of dissidents and introduces legal reforms.
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EU member states have failed to agree to normalise ties with Cuba, opting instead to extend a suspension of sanctions on the communist Caribbean island, European diplomats said Thursday.
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Cuba said Monday it was resuming formal ties with all of Europe, ending a deep freeze in relations following a 2003 crackdown on dissidents and the firing-squad executions of three men who tried to hijack a ferry.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro's retirement is an opportunity to move towards democracy, Downing Street says.
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European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to restore normal diplomatic relations with the Cuban government while pledging to increase contacts with critics of President Fidel Castro.
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Poland vowed on Friday to reopen debate on an EU treaty deal to ensure it gets the concessions it wants on voting rights, clashing again with European partners who say those discussions are over.
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Havana ends its "cocktail wars" with the EU, resuming ties with the union and four member states still out in the cold.