Castro says the worst is over
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro said the worst   is over and he is recovering well from intestinal surgery one   month ago despite losing 41 lbs (18.6 kg), a statement   published on Tuesday said.
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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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Fidel Castro sent Cubans a sober greeting on his 80th birthday Sunday, saying he faces a long recovery from surgery &#151; and warning they should be prepared for "adverse news." But he encouraged them to be optimistic and said Cuba "will continue marching on perfectly well."
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Cuban President Fidel   Castro is well enough to get out of his hospital bed and has   started putting on weight again, according to an interview   published in an Argentine newspaper on Thursday.
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Cuban president Fidel Castro is recovering today, hours after falling as he left the stage following a televised speech. But the communist leader quickly recovered his composure and assured people he was âall in one pieceâ.
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Fidel Castro stepped down as president after a long illness, according to the official publication of the Cuban Communist Party, ending one of the longest tenures as a head of state.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not well enough to attend the closing ceremony on 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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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.
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President Fidel Castro tripped and fell after leaving the stage at a graduation ceremony, but later returned to say that he was ``all in one piece.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is appearing in his first TV interview in more than three months.
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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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Cuban leader Fidel Castro delights parliament as he walks for the first time since a bad fall last October.
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HAVANA Cuban President Fidel Castro is recovering from surgery but leaving no question about his ability to govern. The 78-year-old Cuban leader fell Wednesday after a speech.
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Acting Cuban President Raul Castro said Thursday his ailing brother Fidel is getting better and is still consulted on all important governmental issues.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, says he does not want to 'cling' to power
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CARACAS -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery last year, said yesterday he was recovering and feeling stronger. "I am gaining ground," he said on a live Venezuelan radio show with President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez, adding he felt he had more "energy and more strength." It was the first time the Cuban leader ...
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President Fidel Castro told his  countrymen in a letter published on Friday that he remained  fully in command of Cuba, even while undergoing surgery to  rebuild his knee shattered in a fall.