European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May stars and stripes Mideast edition Page is Castro 1 am getting better by Anita Snow the associated press Havana Fidel castros re covery from intestinal surgery 10 months ago was delayed because the first of several operations he had went the communist Leader said in a statement that gave the most detailed account of his health since said in the wednes Day statement that he is now eat ing solid food and improving after Many months of intravenous it was the most information released about castros Condi Tion since his 13 when he asked cubans to be optimistic but not Rule out possible Adverse it was not just one but Castro wrote in the statement that the government sent to International Media by initially it was not successful and that had a bearing on my prolonged expected to be published in state newspapers and read on radio and television broadcasts on the statement did not say when Castro might appear in Public again or resume Cubas today i receive orally every thing my recuperation the convalescing Leader Castro stunned Cuba and the world on july 31 when he was announced he had undergone intestinal surgery for intestinal bleed ing and was temporarily ceding Power to his 75yearold brother the defense he has not been seen in Public since and his condition and exact ailment have been state though top officials have insisted he is recuperating he is widely believed to suffer from diverticula a condition that forms sacs in the intestine that can become inflamed and a january Story in the Spanish newspaper Al pais described Cas Tro As being in very grave Condi Fidel Castro reads a newspaper in this 2006 Castro says Hes eating solid foods now after months of being fed Tion after at least three failed operations for diverticula the cuban government denied that i Tell everyone simply that i am getting better and maintain a stable weight of about 176 Castro said wednes adding that the greatest risks to him now Are age and the effects of not taking proper care of his health Over the life on the Island has changed Little since Castro stepped and Many cubans no longer worry that their maximum Leader is at deaths s with the financin6 t w v of or Jav a dlr ii Volvo even choose your favorite two a Hauf for outstanding financing i military Refl spam Welcome Volvo Fumm fut Italy Rai or  Welcome Taymour Volvo sales offer 13 Only Vaud april i e 38 miners killed in russian explosion Moscow a methane explosion Tore through a Coal mine in Southern killing 38 min ers and injuring seven emergency officials said thurs soon after the 179 miners were safely brought to the sur including seven with injun said Natalia a spokeswoman for the emergency situations somali police kill 2 after grenade incident Somalia so Mali police shot and killed two civilians after attackers hurled a hand grenade at a police witnesses no officers were the grenade attack was in Northern where there is support for a Radical islamic group that ruled for six quiet months in 2006 before being driven from Power by somali troops and their ethiopian police opened fire with assault rifles and two civilians who were sitting in front of my pharmacy were one was hit in the Chest and the other in the said a Durus a Korea jamming foreign radio signals South Korea communist North Korea has resumed jamming Short wave radio Broad casts from outside the country after a break of several an International Media watchdog group the reclusive country has been trying to Block such broadcasts by groups such As the voice of America and radio free Asia for nearly half a but the jamming had been in substantial decline since last reporters without Borders said in a state ment released the Pyongyang regime is try ing to Stop North koreans from getting news other than that served up by the said the Paris based which champions the cause of free human rights activists and groups critical of North Korea totalitarian regime have tried for decades to influence Public Opin Ion in the isolated country by bom Barding it with propaganda and news Poland hosts for missile defense talks Poland polish and officials met thursday on a request to place a mis Sile defense base in Poland a Day after russian president Vladimir Putin warned anew that the system could spark a new arms Putin said wednesday that he remains firmly opposed to a plan to place parts of a missile de sense shield in Poland and the czech two former soviet satellite countries in Eastern Washington insists that the sys tem is not aimed at but would protect most of Europe from missiles launched from which the says is pursuing nuclear the associated press