FILE PHOTO OF CUBAN LEADER CASTRO PRACTICING HIS BATTING

Weeks after a dramatic collapse focused world attention on his health and time left in power, Cuban President Fidel Castro will turn 75 years-old on August 13, 2001 looking well-recovered and as active as ever in his four-decade rule. Castro, who seized power in a 1959 revolution to later become a communist icon and one of the world's longest-serving rulers, traditionally keeps a low profile on his birthday, in line with the discretion he prefers around his personal life. Castro practices his batting with members of the Cuban national baseball team after taking part in a friendly baseball against Venezuela at Barquisimeto's baseball stadium in this October 29, 2000 file photo. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/FILE