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HAVANA – Russia’s president met with ailing revolutionary icon Fidel Castro on Friday, winding up a visit aimed at freshening relations with his country’s old Cold War ally and raising Moscow’s profile across the rest of the Latin America. Dmitry Medvedev spent hours talking and sightseeing with President Raul Castro …

HONG KONG – Global stock markets rebounded strongly on Monday after last week’s historic sell-off as governments from Europe to Australia and the U.S. intensified efforts to ease a financial crisis that threatened to the throw the world into recession. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, which tumbled more than 7 …

PITTSBURGH – A second alleged accomplice of a suburban Pittsburgh teenager accused of trying to kill family members with homemade chemical bottle bombs has surrendered to police. Fifteen-year-old Eric Evans, of Upper St. Clair, is charged with criminal conspiracy and attempted homicide. He surrendered Tuesday after being released from a …