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Cuba protest flags block U.S. message
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| Mar.20 |
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  Japan beats Cuba in baseball final Japan beat Cuba 10-6 in the championship game at the inaugural World Baseball Classic
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| Apr.29 |
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  Leftist trio seals Americas pact
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| May.19 |
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Hemingway papers link Cuba and US
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| Jun.11 |
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First Caribbean storm brought heavy rains
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| Jul.8 |
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Cuban migrant dies in high-speed dash
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| Jul.10 |
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US in $80m 'Cuba democracy' plan
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| Jul.31 |
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 Castro hands power to brother President Fidel Castro was undergoing a surgery and provisionally handed over power to his younger brother Raul
| Cuban television: Fidel Castro's health situation is 'stable' and he is in 'good spirits'
The message from Castro said: 'In the Cuban situation, based on plans of the empire, my health becomes a secret of state that cannot be divulged constantly'
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| Aug.1 |
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 TV: Castro says health 'stable' Cuban television: Fidel Castro's is in 'good spirits'
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| Aug.3 |
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 Bush calls for democracy in Cuba President has pledged support for Cubans who sought to build a transitional government
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| Aug.4 |
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Cuba dismisses US democracy call
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Raul's in charge, Fidel is OK
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| Aug.7 |
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VP expects return of Fidel within weeks
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| Aug.12 |
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Report: Castro walking, talking, working Official Communist Party newspaper made the most optimistic report since intestinal surgery forced him to step aside
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| Aug.13 |
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Castro warns of long recovery On his 80th birthday, Fidel advised Cubans to prepare for 'adverse news,' but urged them to stay optimistic
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| Aug.14 |
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  Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos| Official Communist Party newspaper has published new pictures of ailing President in bed, smiling | |
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Castro makes TV appearance from bed State-run TV broadcasting video of the Cuban leader talking from his bed with Hugo Chavez
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| Sep.1 |
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Latest images show lively Castro State-controlled TV has shown new images of the President, recovering from the gastric surgery
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| Sep.5 |
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Pictures show thinner Castro Castro, 80, said the worst is over and he is recovering well from intestinal surgery one month ago
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| Sep.13 |
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 China seizes chance at summit China hopes to expand its growing clout at the Nonaligned Movement summit, at the cost of the United States
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| Sep.15 |
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 Raul Castro lashes out at U.S. at summit Fidel Castro's brother unleashed a stream of anti-U.S. invective as Cuba assumed leadership of the Nonaligned Movement
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| Sep.16 |
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  Pakistan and India to resume talks Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf and India's Manmohan Singh met on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Summit
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| Oct.9 |
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Brother: Castro 'getting better,' not dying The ailing Fidel Castro is recovering from an illness, his younger brother and acting president said
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| Oct.28 |
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Cuba TV shows pictures of Castro TV has broadcast the first images of President in more than a month, addressing rumours that he had died
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| Nov.28 |
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Castro misses birthday ceremony  Map of Havana Cuba| Frail Cuban leader has stayed away from the opening ceremony of his birthday celebrations in Havana on doctors' orders | |
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| Dec.2 |
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Castro misses birthday parade| Tanks rolled through the streets and jets roared overhead , but ailing leader Fidel Castro did not appear | |
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| Dec.6 |
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Raul Castro frees ailing dissident from jail Cuba freed Hector Palacios on medical parole in the first release of a government opponent under acting President
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| Dec.16 |
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Castro talks to officials on phone Granma report: Ailing President has spoken by telephone to a meeting of Cuban officials
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| Dec.17 |
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Castro not dying, US envoys told Cuban officials say that Fidel Castro does not have cancer or any other terminal illness
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| Dec.26 |
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Castro's ailment 'is not cancer' A leading Spanish surgeon who to examined Cuban leader says he does not have cancer or need further surgery
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| Dec.30 |
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Castro issues New Year's message The ailing President has said he is recovering slowly from his surgery and thanked his people for their courage
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