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Posted: February 23, 2013 at 5:06 a.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I am going to be 82 years old. I have the right to retire, don’t you think?” Cuban President Raul Castro, who is to be named to a new five-year term, in informal remarks during an appearance Article, this page

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