Havel hails anti-Castro activists
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The former president hosts an international conference in Prague on promoting democracy in Cuba.
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ALGIERS: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Saturday gave strong backing to Algeria's promised democratic reforms, including greater rule of law, and praised its efforts to overcome years of civil war waged by ...
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A leading human rights group urged the European Union on Monday not to normalize economic relations with Cuba unless Fidel Castro's communist regime releases dozens of dissidents and introduces legal reforms.
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Cubans ratified a slate of parliamentary candidates on Sunday including Fidel Castro, the ailing 81-year-old leader who has not been seen in public for nearly 18 months.
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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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HAVANA, Dec. 1 -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not well enough to attend the closing ceremony Friday for his 80th birthday, but Cuba's vice president said he was getting better and would continue leading the communist island.
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ALGIERS: German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder Saturday gave strong backing to Algeria&#39;s promised democratic reforms, including greater rule of law, and praised its efforts to overcome
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HAVANA - Cuba freed the most prominent and outspoken of its jailed dissidents, and newly released journalist-poet Raul Rivero urged dialogue over international pressure on President Fidel Castro&#39;s isolated regime.
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WARSAW- Czech ex-president Vaclav Havel criticised the world's hunt for immediate profit and said that though Europe is free now, there are still things to fight against in his speech at the Warsaw university ...
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MANAUS, Brazil  - Cuban leader Fidel Castro nearly died and underwent several blood transfusions in which almost all his blood was exchanged, but he is now doing well, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday.
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Ailing leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on state television Monday that he does not intend to cling to power forever or stand in the way of a younger generation, but invoked the example of a renowned Brazilian architect who is still working at 100.
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A prominent Cuban dissident group launched a campaign on Monday to push for constitutional reforms that would allow for democratic elections and greater respect for human rights in the communist country.
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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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Havana, Dec 14 (AIN) Cuban President Fidel Castro awarded visiting Venezuelan Head of State Hugo Chavez with the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Order at a rally marking the 10th anniversary of Chavez&#39; first visit to Cuba.
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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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Cuban leader Fidel Castro called in to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radio talk show on Tuesday, declaring he's "more energetic, stronger" and his country is running smoothly without him at the helm.
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From his sickbed, Fidel Castro has set the stage for a more collective style of governance in a country long used to a single strongman, selecting six trusted comrades to run key projects while his brother acts as president and head of the Communist Party.