Article: Video shows Castro meeting with Chavez: Cuban leader says recovery from illness is far from being a lost battle

HAVANA - A stronger-looking Fidel Castro said his recovery from an intestinal ailment was "far from a lost battle" as state television showed a video of him meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

The 10-minute video - aired Tuesday, almost six months to the day after he temporarily gave up power - showed Castro standing and appearing alert. State TV said the clip was shot on Monday, during Chavez's previously unannounced visit to Havana.

The newest images - the first in three months - appeared aimed at deflating the latest round of rumors about Castro's health as his absence from power reached the half-year mark. The communist-run government has kept Castro's condition and exact ...

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