Cubans hope for Castro parade appearance
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Banners hanging from restored buildings in this seaside city encourage ailing leader Fidel Castro to live to 160, but Cubans are now grappling with the realization that his days as their charismatic leader may be over.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro has given his first television interview in more than three months and it will be aired later on Friday, state television said.
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HAVANA, Cuba  - New Chinese traffic lights,   anti-mosquito fumigation campaigns and half-finished paint jobs   on crumbling houses reflect what many Cubans see as papering   over the cracks of a dilapidated city to prepare for the   Non-Aligned Summit.
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Fidel Castro's 80th birthday on Sunday had been expected to trigger days of parties, concerts and conferences on his legacy. Instead, the communist leader will likely spend the day in bed, recovering from surgery for intestinal bleeding.
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HAVANA -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro, looking notably better than he did when last seen almost three weeks ago, happily greeted President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela during a brief visit aired on state television yesterday.
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Speculation grows over whether Castro will attend a military parade to mark his 80th birthday.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ As Fidel Castro recovers from major surgery, many Cuban-Americans are praying for him.    To die.    "I'm hoping this man dies, and I've never had that feeling for anyone," said Silvia Garcia of Wellington, Fla., 48, who fled Cuba as a child.
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Cuban state TV shows new photos of President Fidel Castro, who is believed to be recovering from surgery.
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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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The largest delegation from the U.S. Congress to visit Cuba since 1959 arrived in Havana on Friday seeking to open a dialogue with the communist government of acting President Raul Castro despite White House opposition to such contacts.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro may have dropped out of sight, but his trademark green military cap is everywhere.
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Acting President Raul Castro is giving Cubans and the world a preview of how he may lead if his brother Fidel does not return to power: efficiently and with little fanfare.
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Thousand of people wave Cuban flags during a rally to draw attention to the upcoming UN vote to condemn the four-decade embargo against Cuba in Havana on Saturday Oct. 23, 2004.
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With Fidel Castro still nowhere to be seen, military reservists, retired officers and decommissioned soldiers are under orders to check in daily at military posts.
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HAVANA, Cuba -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he is fine after falling off of the stage in Santa Clara, Cuba. The fall is bringing back memories of when he collapsed two years ago.
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Spain has called in Cuba&#39;s ambassador to Madrid to protest the Cuban expulsion of a conservative Spanish lawmaker who arrived in Havana Friday in hopes of meeting with human rights activists.
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Cuban leader appears alert and upbeat, but gives no hint of possible return to power.