| Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says
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| | mass exodus of Cubans, in her words, "is
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| the United States is ready to assist Cuba
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| | not to be expected, nor would it be
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| in a transition to democracy, but is not
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| | condoned."
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| attempting to foment unrest on the island
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| | In the last week, many Cuban exiles in
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| while President Fidel Castro is ill.
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| | the United States have expressed
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| It has been nearly a week since President
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| | excitement and eagerness to return home
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| Castro temporarily handed executive
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| | in a post-Castro era. Asked whether the
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| authority to his brother, Raul, before
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| | United States would allow a
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| undergoing surgery for what government
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| | reverse-exodus of exiles back to Cuba,
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| sources described as gastrointestinal
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| | the secretary of state had this to say.
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| bleeding. Since then, Cuban officials
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| | "Our role will be to help the Cuban
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| have accused the Bush administration of
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| | people, when the time comes, to have a
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| attempting to destabilize the country by
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| | peaceful and stable democratic
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| repeatedly broaching the subject of
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| | transition," she said.
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| political change on the island.
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| | Fidel Castro, who turns 80 next week, has
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| Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press"
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| | ruled Cuba since leading the island's
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| program, Secretary of State Condoleezza
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| | 1959 Communist revolution. Details of his
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| Rice dismissed the allegation, but
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| | health are sketchy at best. Cuban
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| reiterated U.S. support for democracy in
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| | officials say the president is recovering
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| Cuba. "We are not going to do anything to
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| | well after surgery, and is able to sit up
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| stoke a sense of crisis, or a sense of
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| | in bed. But a Brazilian newspaper reports
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| instability in Cuba. This is a
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| | Cuban authorities told their Brazilian
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| transitional period for the Cuban people.
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| | counterparts that Mr. Castro's
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| We are going to stand with them for the
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| | gastrointestinal bleeding was caused by
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| proposition that there should not be the
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| | stomach cancer, a life-threatening
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| end of one dictatorship and the
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| | disease. Cuban officials deny the report.
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| imposition of another dictatorship," she
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| | Those who have wished the Cuban leader a
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| said.
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| | speedy recovery range from U.N. Secretary
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| She said her message to the Cuban people
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| | General Kofi Annan to former Cuban
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| is that they have an opportunity to build
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| | shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez, once
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| a stable and more democratic nation.
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| | the subject of a custody battle between
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| With heightened U.S. Coast Guard patrols
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| | relatives in the United States and Cuba.
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| along the Florida Straits, Rice said a
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