Yahoo! NewsAP/Yahoo! News wrote:HAVANA — Nearly 50 years of rule by Fidel Castro ended in Cuba on Sunday as parliament chose his brother Raul to replace him — a transition that leaves the island's communist system unshaken.
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The new president proposed consulting with the ailing 81-year-old Fidel on all major decisions of state, and parliament approved the proposal.
The vote came five days after Fidel said he was retiring, capping a career in which he frustrated efforts by 10 U.S. presidents to oust him.
The transition was not likely to bring a major shift in policies of the communist government that have put it at odds with the United States. But many Cubans were hoping it would open the door to modest economic reforms and improvement in their daily lives.
Raul Castro Confirmed as President of Cuba
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Raul Castro Confirmed as President of Cuba
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Patrick Degan
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Looks like its time for the Cuban assembly to follow the post-Brezhnev pattern —installing one fossil after another until they finally die off and they've got no other choice but somebody who's not in his 60s at youngest.
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Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
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People pray so that God won't crush them like bugs.
—Dr. Gregory House
Oil an emergency?! It's about time, Brigadier, that the leaders of this planet of yours realised that to remain dependent upon a mineral slime simply doesn't make sense.
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WAS there a vote?Elfdart wrote:Was it a close vote?
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Make ready the pre-bungled assassination attempts!
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— Field Marshal William Slim 1956