THERE is an apocryphal tale of a verbal joust between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and US president John F Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis of October, 1962.

SOME people suspect that Fianna Fáil are rewriting history to mark their 80th anniversary.

THE recent US space probe reminds me of Yuri Gagarin’s orbit of the earth for one hour and 29 minutes in April 1961.

CUBA’S President Fidel Castro has said on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis that Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev helped create the conflict