US lawmakers assured Castro does not have cancer
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US lawmakers back from a trip to Cuba said officials there had insisted Fidel Castro was not dying, and that his brother Raul Castro is not Havana's new leader.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro looked healthier and said he was in good spirits on Tuesday in his first television interview since life-threatening bowel surgery sidelined him from power 10 months go.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro has almost fully recovered from intestinal surgery that put his life at risk last year, a senior Cuban official told CNN on Friday.
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President Hugo Chavez said Friday that Fidel Castro is not dying of cancer, saying he had spoken with the ailing Cuban leader by phone and he is eating cautiously and well enough to joke.
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HAVANA -- Fidel Castro has gained weight and is getting better, but grumbled about having to cut his hair and trim his beard for official photos in a personal report on his condition published yesterday in state media.
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Cuba will continue to build up its defenses against the United States and Cubans should be prepared to make more sacrifices to remain independent, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an editorial published on Monday.
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Fidel Castro looked alert and healthier in a video taped Friday, the first images released of the ailing 81-year-old leader in more than three months.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro,   looking well along the road to recovery, was shown on   television on Friday meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo   Chavez and brother Raul Castro, to whom he temporarily ceded   power a month ago to undergo intestinal surgery.
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In his first statement on his health in 10 months, Cuba's President Castro says he has had several operations.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro's state of   health loomed over a summit of nonaligned nations on Friday at   which Iran and other prominent opponents of U.S. policy sought   to forge a united front.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Cuban President Fidel   Castro is well enough to get out of his hospital bed and has   started putting on weight again, according to an interview   published in an Argentine newspaper on Thursday.
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Fidel Castro sent Cubans a sober greeting on his 80th birthday Sunday, saying he faces a long recovery from surgery &#151; and warning they should be prepared for "adverse news." But he encouraged them to be optimistic and said Cuba "will continue marching on perfectly well."
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The US declines to wish Fidel Castro a speedy recovery after he fractures bones in a fall at a public ceremony.
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Acting President Raul Castro said Cuba remains open to normalized relations with the United States, but warned the Bush administration in his first comments since assuming power that it will get nowhere with threats or pressure.
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Despite pressure from members of Congress and business groups, the United States has no plans to soften its policies toward Cuba as the island heads into the post-Fidel Castro era, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez says.
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Cuban government officials say that leader Fidel Castro is not dying, does not have cancer, and will return to public life, U.S. Congress members visiting the communist country said on Sunday.
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HAVANA Nov 1, 2004 - Fidel Castro is healing nicely after shattering a kneecap and breaking an arm in an accidental fall, his older brother Ramon said Monday, adding that their family has always enjoyed good health and longevity.