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Fidel Castro Resigns

Posted by samzenpus on from the end-of-an-era dept.

Smordnys s'regrepsA writes "Fidel Castro, the leader of the island nation of Cuba has declined the possibility of keeping his seat as President, after the February 24th National Assembly election. "I neither will aspire to nor will I accept — I repeat — I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," Castro wrote almost 19 months after a severe illness caused him to hand power temporarily to his brother Raul."

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  1. I notice this by mdigiac1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I live north of toronto in a country area. We don't get conventional high speed so I must get it through a satellite. Turns out my provider Routcom does this in a positive way. I pay for 512kbps and they throttle it up to 728kbps for the first 10 seconds to make web browsing faster. I pay near 100 a month for my internet service so I figure it is the least they can do. I realize this is high but it is all that is offered in my area. However ISP that throttles down is not rare. it is just another form of not providing reliable internet speeds.

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  2. Re:Thank God by Tailsfan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whatever. Just quit smoking before you get cancer.