World in Brief

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Castro alive and will be back, Cuba tells US politicians FIDEL CASTRO is not dying, does not have cancer, and will return to public life, Cuban officials told US Congress members on a visit to the communist country. The delegation, the largest to go to Cuba since Castro's 1959 revolution, was aimed at improving ties between Havana and Washington.

The Congress members had asked to meet acting president Raul Castro, who took over the government temporarily on 31 July after his brother had emergency intestinal surgery. Castro, 80, has not been seen in public since then and his absence has fuelled speculation that he is dying.

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Three quakes shake Indonesia THREE earthquakes struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra today, killing four people and triggering a series of af...

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