Cuba weighs pope call to free prisoners this week
Havana officials say Cuba is seriously considering Pope John Paul II’s appeal to release some prisoners. Speaker Ricardo Alarcon indicated sentence reductions or early releases could occur on humanitarian grounds for prisoners aged or ill or convicted of common crimes. Vatican aides pressed clemency for several hundred inmates during the pope’s Cuba visit.
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Mir Astronaut Criticized For Poor Russian Skills
SPACE CENTER Houston AP An American astronaut Andrew Thomas arrives at Mir for a four month stay amid Russian complaints about his weak Russian. Cosmonauts Talgat Musabayev and another Russian will join him this weekend and rely on limited English. Thomas says he wishes his Russian were better as space shuttle Endeavour nears Mir.
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26 Found Guilty in Gandhi Killing Convictions
A Mumbai conspiracy trial concluded with all 26 defendants found guilty for the 1991 assassination of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Each convict was sentenced to hanging. prosecutors praised the verdict as vindication and said appeals would go to the Supreme Court.
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