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Castro sister recounts role as CIA spy in Cuba

MIAMI, Oct. 26, 2009 (Reuters) — Using the code name Donna, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday. ...  > full story

Madoff friend drowned due to heart attack

MIAMI, Oct. 26, 2009 (Reuters) — Billionaire philanthropist Jeffry Picower accidentally drowned in his Florida swimming pool after suffering a heart attack, police investigating the death of the prominent Bernard Madoff investor said on Monday. ...  > full story

MP says Iran leader opposes direct talks with U.S.

TEHRAN, Oct. 26, 2009 (Reuters) — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opposes holding direct negotiations with the United States, newspapers on Monday quoted a senior lawmaker as saying. ...  > full story

Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2009 (Reuters) — The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Monday. ...  > full story

South Korea shifts course on aid to North Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 26, 2009 (Reuters) — South Korea will make a small grant of humanitarian aid to North Korea, ending its suspension of handouts after a series of conciliatory gestures from its destitute rival, an official said on Monday. ...  > full story

Yankees celebrate return to the World Series

NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2009 (Reuters) — First-timers and grizzled veterans savored victory and champagne in the clubhouse at the new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium on Sunday after the Bronx Bombers booked their first trip to the World Series in six years. ...  > full story

Capmark Financial files for bankruptcy

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2009 (Reuters) — Commercial real estate company Capmark Financial filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday, wiping out the investment of several private equity firms including Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ...  > full story

Madoff friend Picower dies after found in pool

MIAMI, Oct. 25, 2009 (Reuters) — Palm Beach billionaire Jeffry Picower, described as the biggest beneficiary of Bernard Madoff's fraud, died on Sunday after he was found at the bottom of the pool at his mansion home, police said. ...  > full story

U.S. basketball player dies during Portuguese match

LISBON, Oct. 25, 2009 (Reuters) — U.S. basketball player Kevin Widemond died on Sunday in Portugal after collapsing during a break in a game for his Ovarense side, the Portuguese Basketball Federation said. ...  > full story

Israel to review its own Gaza war probe: source

JERUSALEM, Oct. 25, 2009 (Reuters) — Hoping to defuse a U.N. report fiercely critical of its war in Gaza, Israel plans to review the internal inquiries that cleared its armed forces of serious wrongdoing, a political source said Sunday. ...  > full story
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