Castro does not have cancer, seriously ill: Chavez
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Cuban leader Fidel Castro does not have cancer, but is fighting a "great battle" against a "very serious" illness, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday.
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Visiting U.S. lawmakers were told by Cuban officials that the ailing Fidel Castro is not terminally ill and will return to public life, but some of the legislators said they saw in the assurances of Castro's health a growing political vacuum on the Communist island.
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Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro   is trying on his uniform, taking short walks in his hospital   room to loosen up his numb limbs and has a healthy appetite,   visiting friends said on Monday.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was shown on Cuban state television on Tuesday for the first time in three months, meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana on Monday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his ailing ally, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, is recovering slowly from intestinal surgery but told him recently that he was prepared to die.
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RAMALLAH - Palestinian doctors and officials denied Wednesday that President Yasser Arafat had cancer or gallstones and said he was suffering from nothing worse than a bad bout of flu.
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Paris - Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, in Paris for urgent treatment of a mysterious illness, does not have leukemia, a Palestinian diplomat said on Saturday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is   now able to write notes and give orders as he recovers from   surgery and is eager to return to work, Venezuelan President   Hugo Chavez said on Sunday.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday that he spoke on Thursday with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who temporarily stepped aside in July following intestinal surgery.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro may have undergone more than 10 operations for a serious intestinal illness last year, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday.
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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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Cuban officials told a group of visiting U.S. lawmakers that Fidel Castro did not have cancer or a terminal illness.
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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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Fidel Castro is not terminally ill and would make a public appearance shortly, but is unlikely to return to governing Cuba on a day-to-day basis, Cuban government officials told a visiting delegation of members of the U.S. Congress.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo   Chavez said he would visit ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro in   Havana on Saturday night for Castro's 80th birthday.
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Fidel Castro said Tuesday that his health was stable after surgery, according to a statement read on state television, as the Communist government tried to impose a sense of normalcy on the island's first day in 47 years without Castro in charge.
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A message apparently from Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he is too ill to attend his own birthday celebrations.