France to withdraw from Provide Comfort air mission
France will end its participation in the five year old allied air operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq at year end. Paris cites the shift from humanitarian flights to air surveillance under a UN aid framework as the reason for pulling out while remaining part of the southern no fly zone.
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Russia, China agree to pull border troops back
Russia and China formalized a plan to remove border troops and to build a joint nuclear plant in China. President Yeltsin and Premier Li Peng scheduled a Moscow summit in April to seal troop cuts with three neighboring republics. talks in Beijing confirmed the accord. Yeltsin appeared healthy amid a political comeback after heart problems.
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Lebed forms political party in Russia rallying for future
Alexander Lebed, once security adviser to Boris Yeltsin, founded the Russian Popular Republican Party, calling it a centrist force to unite disillusioned voters. He declared Yeltsin too ill to rule and pledged a long, difficult journey to win the presidency, drawing supporters to Golitsino outside Moscow amid heavy security. Lebed is portrayed as a leading political figure after ending the Chechen war.
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Yeltsin faces calls to resign over health as power clash grows
Yeltsin convened with top officials this week to reassert his authority and address Russia’s economic woes while meeting China’s Li Peng. General Lebed reiterated that Yeltsin is too ill to govern, urging his resignation in a quote to Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
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