That's how many months it was - before Friday - since Fidel Castro had worn his military uniform in public. The dictator next door had hung up his trademark leader of the revolution garb in 2006 when illness forced him to turned over Cuba's presidency to his brother, Raul. Castro's sartorial statement came as he spoke about the dangers of nuclear war to students at the University of Havana on Friday.

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