Castro turns 75
WAX2001081305 - 13 AUGUST 2001 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: Cuban President Fidel Castro, shown in this file photograph, turned 75 on August 13, 2001. This photograph was taken on December 14, 1995 in Vancouver, Canada. .mk/mk/H. Ruckemann UPI
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