Fidel Castro's health stable after surgery

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

HAVANA -- Fidel Castro said Tuesday that he was stable and in good spirits after surgery, according to a statement read on state television, as the communist government tried to impose a sense of normalcy on the island's first day in 47 years without the bearded leader in charge.

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