Vatican No. 2 hopes to meet Cuba's Raul Castro
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The most senior official in the Vatican after the Pope said he hopes to meet Cuba's acting president Raul Castro during a February visit to the communist-run island.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is appearing in his first TV interview in more than three months.
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While the four-day trip is aimed at reaching out to the Orthodox, expectations are high for the pope to also reach out to Muslims.
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Outgoing PM will travel to the Vatican to meet the Pope in preparation for his conversion.
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The ailing Cuban president seems in good spirits at a meeting with the Brazilian president, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva
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Cuban President Fidel Castro for the second time this month alludes publicly to the possibility of leaving office.
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Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro has spoken by telephone to a meeting of Cuban officials, the ruling Communist Party newspaper Granma said on Saturday in the first official word on the 80-year-old leader in 11 days.
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Havana - Less than two months after an accidental fall shattered his left kneecap and broke his right arm, Cuban President Fidel Castro is back on his feet, attending to visiting leaders and making public appearances.
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Cuba's Episcopal Church is to consecrate the first female bishop in the developing world.
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Two years ago in December, fewer than 30 U.S. business representatives came to Havana to sign agreements with Cuban officials to export food to the Caribbean island. This week, Cuba expects more than 340 people &#151; primarily producers of American farm goods &#151; to attend the latest round of talks, in which communist officials hope to sign deals worth about &#36;100 million.
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Cubans are publicly praying to the African gods of Santeria, the saints of Roman Catholicism and the God of Protestant faiths in appeals for the health of ailing leader Fidel Castro and peace on the island.
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Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva of Brazil, Nestor Kirchner of Argentina and Sam Nujoma of Namibia are among the heads of state who have sent get-well wishes to Fidel Castro since he broke his kneecap and arm in a fall, official media reported Saturday.
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Acting President Raul Castro sat in for his ailing brother Fidel Wednesday at the 13th birthday celebration for Elian Gonzalez, the boy at the center of an international custody dispute nearly seven years ago.
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A clearly recovering Cuban President   Fidel Castro 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 have abdominal   surgery.
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HAVANA, Dec. 2 -- Cubans woke before dawn Saturday and walked miles for a chance to be near Fidel Castro.
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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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AMERICA/CUBA - Cuba si prepara a celebrare il decimo anniversario della storica visita di Giovanni Paolo II: ÂLa Chiesa si manifestÃ² alla nostra societÃ  e al mondo intero; la Chiesa cattolica era lÃ¬, era viva, vicina al suo popoloÂ L'Avana (Agenzia Fides) - La Chiesa di Cuba si prepara a celebrare un grande avvenimento ecclesiale il prossimo 21 gennaio: il decimo anniversario della storica visita del Servo di Dio Papa Giovanni Paolo II al Paese, che ebbe luogo dal 21 al 26 genn...