CUBAN PRESIDENT CASTRO ADDRESSES NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

HAV01:CUBA-CASTRO:HAVANA,CUBA,21JUL98 - Cuban President Fidel Castro attends the inauguration of a mid-year session of the country's National Assembly July 21, with Vilma Espin, president of the Cuban Women's Federation sitting behind. Castro, who attacked the foreign media in comments to the assembly, was the subject of a weekend report in the Miami Herald newspaper alleging he had been treated for a potentially fatal brain disease. Cuban officials dismissed that report as "lies." ac/Photo by Rafael Perez REUTERS