Niger leadership on hold after assassination
Niger's military leadership met with civilian politicians to choose a new head of state one day after President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara was shot by the Presidential Guard. Observers said the killing had military backing. a postponement of the announcement was possible until Bare's burial.
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Mir crew plans spacewalk to patch holes and test tools
Two cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev and Jean-Pierre Heignere will space walk from Mir to install repair gear for Spektr module leaks and test radiation levels. Sergei Avdeyev will stay inside to monitor. They will retrieve a French meteorite trap and gear outside the ship. The mission faces potential end if funding fails.
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