JLB
October 29th, 2006, 8:21:38 AM
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/10/28/211942.shtml?s=ic
Cuban leader Fidel Castro defiantly dismissed rumors that he was dead Saturday in television images showing him walking, talking on the telephone and reading the day's newspapers.
In the first images of him issued in six weeks, Castro said he was taking part in government decisions, following the news, and making regular phone calls as he recovers from emergency intestinal surgery in late July.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro defiantly dismissed rumors that he was dead Saturday in television images showing him walking, talking on the telephone and reading the day's newspapers.
In the first images of him issued in six weeks, Castro said he was taking part in government decisions, following the news, and making regular phone calls as he recovers from emergency intestinal surgery in late July.