Castro signs essay amid health rumors
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Fidel Castro signed a lengthy essay published Sunday saluting a Cuban political figure but giving no hint of how he is feeling, even amid rampant rumors of his death.
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HAVANA - After Fidel Castro's first TV interview in three months, some Cubans said the ailing leader appeared healthier than he has in a long time. But in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, people greeted the new video with skepticism.
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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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Speaking slowly and focusing on past memories rather than his recovery and future, a healthier looking Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban television Tuesday, giving the world its first long look at him since he fell ill and gave up power last summer.
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Fidel Castro looked alert and healthier during an hour-long interview taped and aired on Cuban television Friday, responding to rumors of his death with a defiant "here I am." In the first video of the ailing 81-year-old seen in more than three months, a pale but upbeat Castro wore a red, blue and white jumpsuit with "F. Castro" in small block letters.
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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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Fidel Castro is sitting up, walking and even working a bit on the eve of his 80th birthday, Cuba's official Communist Party newspaper said Saturday. It was the most optimistic report yet since intestinal surgery forced the Cuban leader to step aside as president.
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Ra&#250;l Castro's public record, which has emerged during his interim presidency, suggests he would allow more political, economic latitude in Cuba.
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Ailing leader Fidel Castro saluted the Cuban people for their "50 years of resistance" against the United States in a written message read on state television shortly before the first minutes of the new year.
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A statement signed by Fidel Castro sought to reassure Cubans Wednesday that the 80-year-old Cuban leader is recovering well from several operations
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A Cuban television news anchor read a letter on air Monday that was reportedly written by Fidel Castro promising he would not "cling to office" or be an impediment to rising young leaders.
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President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez said yesterday that Fidel Castro is battling a "very serious illness" but is not dying of cancer. He said he spoke with the Cuban leader , that he is eating cautiously and is well enough to joke. "I'm very well informed," Ch&#xE1;vez said. The Cuban government insists Castro, 80, is recovering after 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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Embargo or not, Fidel Castro's socialist paradise has quietly become a pharmaceutical powerhouse. (They're still working on the capitalism thing.) By Douglas Starr from Wired magazine.
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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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Fidel Castro telephoned a meeting of provincial legislative leaders, the Communist Party daily said Saturday in a report apparently aimed at quelling rumors about the ailing Cuban leader's health.
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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.