Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) shakes hands with a Venezuelan student during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 30 months ago

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) shakes hands with a Venezuelan student during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.

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