Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, (L), attends the opening session of the National Assembly of the Peoples Power beside his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, and First Vice-President Ramon Machado Ventura, (R), in Havana Feb 24, 2013. Retired Cuban leader Castro made a rare public appearance on Sunday as he took his long-empty seat beside brother Raul Castro at the opening session of the National Assembly, the official National Information Agency reported. Fidel Castro has graced the assembly chambers just once, in 2010, since taking ill in 2006 and ceding power to his brother.[Photo/Agencies]