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epa01822308 A photo dated 01 May 2006 showing Cuban leader Fidel Castro posing for photographers in Havana, Cuba. Castro celebrates his 83rd birthday on 13 August 2009. Although Castro no longer leads Cuba, which he ruled for 47 years after heading the 1959 Cuban Revolution, he continues to engage frequently in political debate through regular opinion pieces he writes for state media and often receives visiting foreign dignitaries. (KEYSTONE/EPA/ALEJANDRO ERNESTO)