If he stayed a few more months it would have been 10. Fidel Castro had already seen 9 US presidents and if he waited a little more, Bush would have joined the list.

Finally, the famous dictator released his much anticipated get away from power, with another of his speechs:

“Dear compatriots, […]
I held the honorable position of President for many years…I always exercised the necessary prerrogatives to carry our revolutionary work with the support of the vast majority of the people. Knowing about my critical state of health, many people overseas though that my provisional resignation from the post of President of the council of state on 31 July 2006, leaving it in the hands of Vice-Presiden, Raul Castro, was definitive. […]
‘Be as prudent in success as you stand firm in adversity’ is a principle that must be not be forgotten. The adversary we must defeat is strong, but we have kept him at bay for half a century.”

Some random news:

US blocking spanish operator ‘cuban’ domains

Scientist finally find the G spot!

I know some friends will be happy with this. Italian researchers, who used ultrasound scans to explore inside the vaginas of 20 women, say they have found a thickened area of tissue in those who said they had experienced vaginal orgasms – but not in those who had not. “For the first time it is possible to determine by a simple, rapid and inexpensive method if a woman has a G spot or not“