ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro appeared in public for the first time in almost a year on Wednesday when he attended an art gallery opening in Havana.<br/> <br />Fidel Castro was last seen in public nine months ago at a school inauguration. At Wednesday's event, he walked with assistance.<br/> <br />Fidel Castro, 87, was operated on in 2006 for intestinal bleeding and he handed over power to his brother, who is five years younger, in 2008.
