Castro recovering, giving orders: Chavez
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is   now able to write notes and give orders as he recovers from   surgery and is eager to return to work, Venezuelan President   Hugo Chavez said on Sunday.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro spoke by phone to cheering Communist Party officials, state-run media say.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is recovering after falling at a rally and possibly fracturing a knee and an arm.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he is recovering well and that the worst of his health crisis is behind him.
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Fidel Castro's niece said Sunday he was recovering well from surgery and would likely be "very active" again in Cuba's government.
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The Cuban President this week, according to wire reports, stood unassisted for several minutes at a time while greeting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who paid a visit to the island earlier this week.
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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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Cuban leader Fidel Castro, looking notably better than he did when last seen almost three weeks ago, happily greeted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a brief visit aired on state television Friday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that his ailing ally, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, is recovering slowly from intestinal surgery but told him recently that he was prepared to die.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro has almost fully recovered from intestinal surgery that put his life at risk last year, a senior Cuban official told CNN on Friday.
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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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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Cuban President Fidel   Castro says he has started putting on weight again, in his   first interview since the 80-year-old communist leader fell ill   and adding to growing evidence he is recovering from   life-threatening surgery.
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CUBAN President Fidel Castro is back on his feet two months after a fall shattered his left kneecap and broke his right arm. During a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this week, Mr Castro was shown
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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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Cuba's Fidel Castro is recovering well from stomach illness and could return to lead his country, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said on Friday.
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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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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is lucid and healthy enough to resume a political role in Cuba, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday.