Castro survives near fatal illness state defector reports
A former Havana doctor now in Costa Rica, Elizabeth Trujillo Izquierdo, said Fidel Castro faced dangerous hypertension last fall requiring sedation to avoid stroke. She claimed Castro spent over a week in October hospitalized for hypertensive encephalopathy, with two prior hospitalizations, though officials did not confirm.
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Nigerian military ruler to announce transition plan
Nigeria's new ruler Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar will reveal a transition to democracy in a national TV and radio address Monday. The Lagos Guardian cites chief press secretary David Attah saying the plan is in the nation's best interests though few details were provided.
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Germans locate nine shipwrecks from Thirty Years' War
Archaeologists in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, found nine 30 to 50 foot shipwrecks buried in mud in a Baltic Sea inlet. The wrecks, dating to the 17th century, likely belonged to a military fleet sunk during the Thirty Years' War, uncovered after an 1859 note described a violent storm that shifted waters in the Schlei inlet.
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Yeltsin braces Russia for IMF bailout with tax hikes
President Boris Yeltsin ordered a fivefold rise in most land taxes and vetoed two bills to raise revenue, aiming to satisfy IMF conditions for a 22.6 billion dollar rescue. He will issue decrees to cover more than half the revenue shortfall as the Duma blocks key measures.
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Chechen president orders mobilization of reservists
Moscow AP reports Chechnya President Aslan Maskhadov issued a decree to mobilize 5,000 veterans from the 1994-96 war. The mobilized reservists, issued uniforms and weapons, will guard checkpoints and assist operations against crime amid an extended state of emergency.
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