(13 Aug 2007) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Zoom in of people watching fireworks at midnight by Havana's Malecon
2. Various of fireworks in the sky
3. Zoom out from fireworks to wide of people watching
4. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Rosa Maria Suarez, Vox Pop:
"Today we celebrate one more anniversary of the birth of our commander and chief Fidel Castro Ruiz who turned 81 and who will continue celebrating much more birthdays, for Cuba and for the world."
5. Tilt up from people watching to fireworks
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Irane Neskaye, Vox Pop:
"I know this party will keep on going for many years, because he has much more years to come, and I wish he can celebrate much more (years), and I feel good and i'm going to celebrate it just like he is. He's celebrating with his family at home, but it's like he was here with us."
7. Mid of people watching fireworks
STORYLINE
Hundreds of people gathered on Sunday night in Havana's Malecon for celebrations on the eve of Fidel Castro's 81st Birthday.
Fireworks were on display as it was the last day of carnival in the Cuban capital but they also marked Castro's birthday.
"Today we celebrate one more anniversary of the birth of our commander and chief Fidel Castro Ruiz who turned 81 and who will continue celebrating much more birthdays, for Cuba and for the world " said Rosa Maria Suarez.
Another student present at the celebrations said that she felt like Fidel was celebrating along them.
"I know this party will keep on going for many years, because he has much more years to come, and I wish he can celebrate much more (years), and I feel good and i'm going to celebrate it just like he is. He's celebrating with his family at home, but it's like he was here with us," said Irane Neskaye.
Castro, who turned 81 on Monday, has not been seen in public since he underwent emergency intestinal surgery and withdrew from day-to-day government on July 31, 2006.
But Cuba's communist leadership has defied predictions it would weaken without the man who had led it since 1959, functioning smoothly under his brother Raul, the defence minister.
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