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The SWP were wise to Sheridan but used his break with McCombes opportunistically for their own factional ends. This is the same SWP that went on to split with George Galloway’s Respect party in 2007, before splitting itself last year. Tommy Sheridan,...
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As Cuba thaws and papal visit nears, Cuba's highest prelate walks fine line and gains stature
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro attends a meeting with writers invited to the XXI International Havana Book Fair in this picture released by Cuban website Cubadebate in Havana February 10, 2012. Picture taken February 10, 2012. View Photo »
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Fidel Castro posted a blog entry this week titled The Best President. Castro thinks a robot would do a better job than President Obama. And if Mitt Romney wins, that could happen.
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It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
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He returned to Cuba and was ordained in 1964. At the time, many priests were expelled from the country or became marked men. Communist party members were banned from worship and churches were left to decay. Catholic hospitals and schools, including the...
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It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
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In this photo released by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, speaks during a meeting with intellectuals and writers at the International Book Fair in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. View Photo »
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I might have been Fidel Castro
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As Cuba thaws and papal visit nears, Cuba's highest prelate walks fine line and gains stature
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Before 1959, by comparison, there were 700 priests for a population of 6 million. For many years, Ortega rarely spoke out against the government or opined on policy. He has confided privately to diplomats and others about his tumultuous relationship...
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It had excised the last references to atheism from its laws and regulations, and removed prohibitions on worship by party members. Following Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 tour, which Ortega helped organize, Fidel Castro declared Christmas a...
About Fidel Castro
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president, premier until his resignation from the office in February 2008. Full Article
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Cuban academic Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart (R), son of former President Fidel Castro and Franco-Spanish journalist and writer Ignacio Ramonet (L) participate in the XXI Havana Book Fair, on February 9, 2012 in Havana.
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro stands with unidentified people at the presentation of his biography "Guerrillero del tiempo" or "Time Warrior" in this picture released by Cuban website Cubadebate in Havana February 3, 2012. Picture taken February 3, 2012.
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The son of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, center, attends the opening ceremony of the 21st annual International Book Fair in Havana, Cuba, Thursday Feb. 9, 2012. He is framed by Cuba's Vice President Esteban Lazo, left, and Cultural Minister Abel Prieto.
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A student walks past El Orbe or The Orb bicycle shop that has a poster bearing the image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro taped to its store window in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. The United States economic embargo on Communist-run Cuba turned 50 on Tuesday.
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FILE - This two file photo combo shows, above: Cuban leader Fidel Castro delivering a speech regarding his conversation with U.N. Secretary General Maha Thray Sithu U Thant in Cuba, Oct. 23, 1962, and below, President John F. Kennedy calls on a reporter at a news conference in...
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In this photo released on Feb. 4, 2012 by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro listens during the presentation of his book 'Guerrillero del Tiempo,' or 'Time Warrior' in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.
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In this photo released on Feb. 4, 2012 by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro speaks on a mobile phone during the presentation of his book 'Guerrillero del Tiempo,' or 'Time Warrior' in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.
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In this photo released on Feb. 4, 2012 by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro holds two copies of his book 'Guerrillero del Tiempo,' or 'Time Warrior' during its presentation in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.
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A flag of Cuba and of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro hangs by a flag of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) as it marks its 100th anniversary in Bloemfontein on January 5, 2012. The African National Congress expects 46 heads of state at its 100th anniversary bash...
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A man stands inside his house near a photograph of Cuban former president Fidel Castro and rebel revolutionary commander Camilo Cienfuegos in Havana January 28, 2012. The Cuban Communist Party could on Saturday introduce limits on the time that government officials can stay in their...
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A Cuban flag adorns a building of the Foreign Ministry between pictures of Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara and Cuba's former president Fidel Castro in Havana January 27, 2012. The Cuban Communist Party could on Saturday introduce limits on the time that government officials...
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Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) and Danielle Mitterrand (L), the wife of the late French President Francois Mitterrand, are seen together at the headquarters of France-Liberte association in Paris in this March 15, 1995 file photo. Danielle Mitterrand died at the age of 87 in Paris,...
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Cuban schoolchildren head for the Malecon seafront to throw flowers into the sea on October 28, 2011 in Havana during the commemoration of the 52nd anniversary of the death of Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos, who disappeared at sea while flying on a small plane on a mission for Fidel...
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Cuban baseball team doctor and son of Fidel Castro, Antonio Castro, gestures during the match againts United States, in the XVI Panamerican Games in Lagos de Moreno, State of Jalisco, Mexico on October 24, 2011.
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People look at photos and documents at the exhibition devoted to Cuba-Russia diplomatic relations at the Russian Foreign Minstry, on October 17, 2011, during the presentation of the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's two-volume memoirs. The new book, 'The Strategic Victory,' includes...
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Copies of the Russian edition of the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's two-volume memoirs are displayed during the book presentation in Moscow, on October 17, 2011. The new book, 'The Strategic Victory,' includes and autobiographical section and the story of a major military victory...
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Cuban Ambassador to Russia Juan Valdes Figueroa (2nd R) speaks as he presents the Russian edition of the former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's memoirs in Moscow, on October 17, 2011, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (R) attending. The new book, 'The Strategic Victory,' includes...
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In this photo released by the state media website Cubadebate, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, speaks during a meeting with intellectuals and writers at the International Book Fair in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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