Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro has spoken by telephone to a meeting of Cuban officials, the ruling Communist Party newspaper Granma said on Saturday in the first official word on the 80-year-old leader in 11 days. Castro has not been seen in public since an undisclosed illness forced him to relinquish power to his brother in July. The last glimpse Cubans had of him was a video clip released on October 28 that showed a frail and shuffling old man. Full Story