"Raul Castro has been unanimously selected to succeed his brother Fidel as leader by Cuba's National Assembly.
Fidel Castro stepped down last week after nearly half a century in charge. Raul has in effect been president since Fidel had major surgery in July 2006.
It is understood that he was the only nominee in a vote seen as a formality.
But the real shock came when he chose 78-year-old Politburo hardliner Machado Ventura as vice-president, says the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana."
Beg pardon? Real "shock"?
To whom, pray tell?
An alien visitor from the Orion Nebulae?
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