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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1997
Page
5
Alexander Lebed announced he would run for president, saying he is ready for a quick election. He boasted a 250 million dollar campaign war chest while Boris Yeltsin, hospitalized with pneumonia, remained in stable condition and increasingly active.
In Seoul thousands of striking workers protest a new labor law while government talks with outlawed groups hint at revisions. In Sofia, 100,000 protesters demand early elections as ex-Communists hold talks with opposition. Tensions rise across the region amid calls for political change.
Arnoldo Alemán, 51, the newly elected conservative president of Nicaragua, is urged by former Sandinista ruler Daniel Ortega to meet in person. The reports say Ortega plans to pursue direct talks with Alemán after the election.
Guerrillas fired mortars and rockets at an Israeli backed militiaman outpost in southern Lebanon near Rashaya. Israeli artillery returned fire. Officials reported no casualties.
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