Here we go again

Just days after Havana released footage of Fidel Castro alive but not all that well, the rumours of his impending death are back.

Media outlets in the US are reporting this morning that the health of the 80 year old dictator is "deteriorating" and that he is "unlikely to live through 2007".

This time, the reports are coming from unnamed US administration officials, who have apparently examined recent video and photographs and concluded that Castro has terminal cancer of the stomach. Or the colon. Or perhaps the pancreas.

Read all about it here but as usual, treat with caution.