premise: It will be only the second time in its 30-year history that Fidel will miss a session of the ANPP.
  With a more conservative, quieter style, Raul Castro will preside over the second of the two annual ANPP sessions. In December 2002, his absence was attributed to complications from a mosquito bite.
  In the days ahead of the meeting, there has been no indication that he will break from the normal routine. The deputies will review, for instance, the state housing construction program and the "revolutionary" program to protect the environment, themes already discussed Monday and Tuesday by ANPP committees.
   Why did Fidel miss the December 2002 session of the ANPP?
hypothesis: complications from a mosquito bite