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Russian President Medvedev meets with Cuban leader Raul Castro
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with Cuban leader Raul Castro in the official residence Zavidovo, 75 miles northwest of Moscow, on January 29, 2009. Medvedev hosted Castro during his first visit to Russia in more than two decades. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)

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Mariela Castro wins gay-rights award
Mariela Castro, the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, won an award in Philadelphia for her gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy work, organizers said.
Cuban president's daughter can't attend Philly gay rights conference
The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro has been denied permission to attend a gay rights conference in Philadelphia, U.S. officials said.
Cuba anxious about post-Chavez Venezuela
Cuba is fervently hoping the death of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will not disturb the status quo in the Caribbean island's lucrative relationship with oil-rich government in Caracas.
Venezuelans wait for hours to view Chavez
Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as Venezuela's interim president Friday in Caracas, three days after his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, died of cancer.
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Cuba: After Raul Castro is a 52-year-old
Cuban leader Raul Castro, who said the five-year term he has just begun will be his last, has a man 29 years his junior poised to succeed him.
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Raul Castro says will step down in 5 years
Raul Castro said the second five-year term as Cuba's president to which he was elected Sunday would be his last.
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When the president of Cuba (Raul Castro) said he was ready to discuss any topic with the U.S. president, he meant he was not afraid of addressing any issue
Castro says Obama misinterpreted remarks
United Press International
We've told the North American government, in private and in public, that we are prepared, wherever they want, to discuss everything -- human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners -- everything, everything, everything that they want to discuss
Castro says Cuba ready to meet with U.S.
United Press International
A president is coming in who has raised a lot of expectations in many parts of the world, hopes that are too high, I think
Raul Castro: Ready to talk to Obama
United Press International
It's one thing to say, `the government makes mistakes' or 'this thing doesn't work,' said Uva de Aragon of Florida International University's Cuban Research Institute.
Cuban rock dissident is fined
United Press International
I have referred to an excess of prohibitions and regulations, and in the next few weeks we'll start lifting the most simple of them
Cuban hotels opened to Cubans
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