Defense drills praised amid Castro warning
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HAVANA -- Cubans awoke to air raid sirens yesterday and practiced shooting, putting on gas masks, and doing duck-and-cover drills as the communist nation wrapped up a week of preparation after Fidel Castro's government warned against possible attacks from the United States. The activities, called the Strategic Bastion 2004 Exercise, were intended as an evaluation of how prepared Cuba is ...
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld thanked Nicaraguan leader for his strong support for security and cooperation in the Americans and for being &quot;a strong
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A delegation of U.S. Congress members said on Sunday they were told by senior Cuban government officials during a visit there that ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is not dying, and does not have cancer.
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Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro sent a written message to the National Assembly on Friday saying he had "clung" to power in his younger days, but that life had taught him to change his attitude.
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Developed in Redondo Beach, the COIL passes first test firing of such a device meant to be airborne. By Muhammed El-Hasan. The government&#39;s plans to develop a missile defense shield received a boost this week
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Cuban President Fidel Castro put on a brave face after he was injured in a tumble Wednesday night. Although it was not broadcast live on Cuban television, cameras caught Castro&#39;s misstep Wednesday night, as
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Cuban migrants sneak ashore in Florida during a training exercise designed to deal with a possible mass exodus from Cuba.
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Cuba is scheduled to hold military exercises nationwide in mid-December as part of its All-people's War policy to test the country's reaction to foreign aggressions, said a communique of the Ministry of the ...
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Afghan forces backed by 9,000 NATO troops are poised to provide security as national elections approach, but a spectacular offensive by anti-government rebels cannot be ruled out, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said Friday.
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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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HAVANA -- President Fidel Castro told his countrymen in a letter published yesterday that he remained fully in command of Cuba, even while undergoing surgery to rebuild his knee shattered in a fall.
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In his first public comments since becoming Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro said his brother Fidel is recovering and that thousands of troops were mobilized soon after his illness was announced, according to an interview published Friday.
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Fiji's military says it will conduct night exercises in the capital, as fears grow of an imminent coup.
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Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday sent a New Year's message telling Cubans to celebrate the anniversary of his 1959 revolution nearly 17 months after illness forced him to hand power to his brother.
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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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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Ariel Perez was, like thousands of fellow Cuban doctors, a devoted soldier in Fidel Castro's most important overseas mission -- providing medical care to the poor in oil-rich Venezuela, Cuba's most vital ally. But last year, Perez and two Cuban companions, carrying rucksacks with...
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Chicago Tribune - The top U.S. diplomat in Havana said Tuesday that Cuban officials have threatened to take retaliatory action unless he removes a large sign symbolizing Cuba's jailed dissidents from the front lawn of the U.S. diplomatic mission.