Fidel Castro Resigns as Cubaâs President
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After a long illness, Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday, ending one of the longest tenures as head of state in the world, according to Granma, the official publication of the Cuban Communist Party.
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Ailing leader Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president from nearly a half-century early Tuesday, saying in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday
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Portugal's Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has announced the resignation of his conservative government.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 -- Fidel Castro announced early Tuesday morning that he is stepping down as Cuba's president, ending his half-century rule of the island nation.
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By Anthony Boadle HAVANA  - Cuban President Fidel Castro tripped andshattered a kneecap in a tumble captured on live televisionthat raised new questions about the political future of thecommunist-run country he has led for 45 years.
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Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro - one of the world's longest serving leaders - says he will not return to the presidency.
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Cuba said on Monday that it was ending circulation of the US dollar in its territory as of Nov. 8 in response to tightened US economic sanctions.
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KYIV, Ukraine  - Outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, the presidential press service said.
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The most visible change in Cuba since an   ailing Fidel Castro handed power to his brother is that there   are fewer speeches, but a discreet transfer from personal to   institutional rule is underway, led by acting president Raul   Castro, Cuba experts say.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro fell and got injured as he left the stage after a televised speech on Wednesday night. The 78-year-old leader tumbled after delivering a speech at
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Cuban President, Fidel Castro, says he&#39;s &quot;in one piece&quot; after taking a tumble off a stage. Castro, who&#39;s 78 years old, had just finished a graduation speech yesterday in Santa Clara, Cuba when he walked away from the podium and tripped.
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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.
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Putting an end to nearly five decades of animosity between Cuba and its ideological foe the United States depends entirely on Washington, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an editorial published on Monday.
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MILAN, Italy -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has quit as president of AC Milan to comply with recently-introduced conflict of interest laws.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro fell as he left the stage in Santa Clara on Wednesday night after a televised speech. The 78-year-old Castro quickly recovered his composure and assured Cubans he was &quot;all in one piece.
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"Fidel Castro: My Life" (Scribner, 626 pages, $40), by Ignacio Ramonet and Fidel Castro: In the winter of his life, and with his political future unclear, Fidel Castro's personal musings on subjects from the Cuban Missile Crisis to his successor are now accessible to Americans in a new English version of more than 100 hours of transcripts from interviews he gave before falling ill in mid 2006.
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Real Madrid coach Jose Antonio Camacho has resigned after the club&#39;s poor start to the season, according to reports in Spain. Cadena Ser radio said Camacho had told Real chairman Florentino Perez he was quitting