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HAVANA (Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday 49 years after taking power in an armed revolution, closing the book on a Cold War career that made him an icon to leftists and a tyrant to his foes.
Britney Spears still cannot visit sonsmore similar news »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop star Britney Spears on Tuesday failed to regain the right to see her two young sons after a closed-door court hearing in the lengthy and bitter custody dispute with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.
Pakistan's Musharraf could face end, analysts saymore similar news »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The rout of his allies in Pakistan's parliamentary election could herald the end for President Pervez Musharraf, one of Washington's most important Muslim allies in its fight against al Qaeda, analysts say.
U.S. could shoot down satellite overnight Wednesdaymore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy may make its first attempt to shoot down an errant spy satellite loaded with toxic fuel overnight on Wednesday in an area of the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii, according to U.S. officials and government documents.
Border violence mars Kosovo's new startmore similar news »
PRISTINA (Reuters) - U.N. police pulled out of a Kosovan border post that was destroyed on Tuesday by Serbs who vow never to submit to the authority of Kosovo's Albanian government and its Western backers.
Musharraf allies face major defeat in Pakistan votemore similar news »
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party that backs Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was headed for a major defeat on Tuesday after voters rallied to the opposition, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999.
Banks "quietly" borrow $50 billion from Fed: reportmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banks in the United States have been quietly borrowing "massive amounts" from the U.S. Federal Reserve in recent weeks, using a new measure the Fed introduced two months ago to help ease the credit crunch, according to a report on the web site of The Financial Times.
