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Latest Headlines Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba's presidentApril 19, 201812:44 PM ET HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro said Thursday that he expected 57-year-old Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez to serve two five-year terms as president and eventually take Castro's place as head of the Communist Party, potentially dominating Cuban politics until 2031. Women take fall in Nobel scandal for man's alleged misdeedsApril 19, 20183:20 PM ET STOCKHOLM (AP) — Thousands of protesters called Thursday for the resignation of the secretive board that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature after a sex-abuse scandal linked to the prestigious Swedish academy forced the ouster of its first-ever woman head and tarnished the reputation of the coveted prize.
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