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Castro Steps Down

By The Daily Dish
Feb 19 2008, 10:21 AM ET

by hilzoy

From the NYT:

"Fidel Castro stepped down Tuesday morning as the president of Cuba after a long illness, according to Granma, the official publication of the Cuban Communist Party. His resignation ends one of the longest tenures as one of the most all-powerful communist heads of state in the world.

In late July 2006, Mr. Castro, who is 81, handed over power temporarily to his brother, Ra

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