Bulgarian pop diva keeps flame burning for Castro
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Yordanka Hristova was once called "the  bride of all Cubans" and was so popular on Fidel Castro's  island that Cuban families named their daughters after her.
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Pop star Madonna will sing suspended  from a cross in the finale of her Moscow concert on Tuesday  despite a plea from the Russian Orthodox Church to drop that  part of her act.
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Pop star Madonna's Russian concert was   pushed back a day to avoid performing on the fifth anniversary   of the September 11 attacks on the United States, a Russian   organizer said on Monday.
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Gloria Estefan brought tears to the eyes of older Cuban-Americans who gathered Saturday to hear the first live performance of songs from her new album, "90 Millas."
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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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The mother of a jailed Cuban dissident journalist will be on hand for President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech on Monday to underscore the administration's hard line against the Castro government.
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Fidel Castro looked alert and healthier in a new video, the first images released of the ailing leader in more than three months. In the images aired on state television last night, Castro spoke slowly and softly. He mentioned the price of oil and the value of the euro, evidence that the video was recorded yesterday. At times ...
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But if she looks as hot as she does here, her fans may demand more of her.
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Madonna is due to take the stage of Moscow's biggest stadium on Tuesday night for the latest concert in her round-the-world "Confessions" tour in spite of religious protesters' threats to disrupt the performance.
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Fidel Castro appeared more vigorous on Sunday in the first television images of the Cuban leader to be broadcast in Cuba in four months, adding weight to reports that he has put his health crisis behind him.
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MEXICO CITY, June 12 -- Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday mocked President Bush's trips to Albania and Bulgaria this week in an editorial headlined: "The Tyrant visits Tirana," a reference to the capital of Albania.
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Madonna may want to keep her baby -- but now she's got a fight on her hands.
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Even for a performer who courts controversy, Madonna's Tuesday gig in Moscow has been notably contentious. The city didn't like the planned venue, other critics said her original plan to perform on Sept. 11 was disrespectful to the victims of the U.S. terror attacks five years ago, and officials of Russia's two largest religions didn't care for her performing anytime and anywhere.
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CIENFUEGOS, Cuba  - Supermodel Naomi Campbell, in Cuba seeking an interview with Fidel Castro in her new role as political reporter, visited homes donated by Venezuela to Cuban workers on Friday.
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Vilma Espin de Castro, 77, a daughter of privilege who became one of the most powerful women in Communist Cuba -- as the de facto first lady for her brother-in-law, Fidel Castro, and as a champion of women's rights -- died June 18 in Havana. Her husband, Defense Minister Raul Castro, is acting pr...
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Top news: 3 January 2005, Monday. Bulgaria's EU-affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva has garnered most of the vote in Sofia News Agency's Personality of The Year survey for 2004.
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Madonna is among a host of female stars to perform on a charity single by singer Annie Lennox.