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Fidel Castro leads first mass rally in four years

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro completed a return to public life, leading his first mass rally since an illness forced him from the presidency four years ago.

Cuban former President Fidel Castro (R) talks with a student before giving a speech at Havana's University.

Castro, 84, wearing his trademark olive green uniform -- but without any military insignias -- addressed thousands of students and others at the University of Havana, where he warned about the threat of nuclear war should the United States or Israel attack Iran.

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