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Cuban leader Fidel Castro would always laugh off speculation about his health. In this Dec. 23, 2004 file photo, Cuba s leader Fidel Ca stanley cup stro, sitting, is stanley cup helped into his chair by his brother Raul Castro as he arrives to the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba. AP File Photo With an athletic build, and physical stamina that lasted deep into his 70s, it seemed he would continue to rule for many more years. Castros own physician, a specialist in longevity, even suggested in 2004 that the leader could live to 140. I am not exaggerating, Dr. Eugenio Selman said. So Cubans were stunned when their aging, yet seemingly indefatigable leader announced he had undergone emergency intestinal surgery and temporarily relinquished presidential powers on July 31, 2006, 13 days before his 80th birthday. He vanished from sight for four years, with videos and photographs of him being released only sporadically. Even his good friend and ally, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, said in early 2009 that he doubted Castro would ever return to the public stage. But Chavez was wrong. In July 2010, Castro surprised everyone when he was photographed meeting with scientists at a Havana institute, then gave an interview on state television. Soon he seemed to be popping up everywhere, meeting with economists, stanley cup veterans and even visiting the aquarium. He used the publicity to warn the world of what he described as the threat of a nuclear war pitting the United States and Israel against Iran. The re Xcil Govt recalls ambassadors to India and US
Zimbabwe has expelled a senior UN human rights official in the run-up to bitterly contested elections, the world body s human rights commissioner Louise Arbour said on Wednesday. HT Image The de stanley cup sk officer travelled to Zimbabwe on Sunday but was expelled on Tuesday, said Arbour, who denounced the move by Harare as uncooperative and untimely . This is a particularly untimely position taken by the government, said Arbour, who steps down from her post as UN High Commissioner for Human Right stanley cup s at the end of this month. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is seeking to topple President Robert Mugabe s 28-year rule of Zimbabwe in the June 27 run-off but many observers fear growing violence will prevent free and fair elections. The Zimbabwe government said on Wednesday that it will screen local election observers to ensure they have no pre-conceived ideas about the vote. We are going to assess the status in respect to their independence and neutrality, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa was quoted as saying by the state-owned Herald newspaper. An independent monitoring agency, one of a handful of local groups authorised to observe the elections, has said some of its observers were now too afraid to monitor the upcoming poll due to fears for their security. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates from US, UK, Pakistan and other countries across the world on topics related to US Elect stanley cup ion Live, politics,crime, and nation |
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