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Castro passes 100,000 Twitter followers

HAVANA (AP) -- Cuba's Maximum Leader is also on top in cyberspace. A Twitter account that tweets excerpts from former President Fidel Castro's frequent musings on world affairs has passed 100,000 followers - which the government says makes it the first official Cuban-themed Twitter account to break that threshold.

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