Mandela Cancels Overseas Trip Over Health Strain
South Africa President Nelson Mandela, 79, is exhausted with a strained leg and has canceled all appointments until Friday. The decision follows a tiring Kampala visit and a postponement of a February trip to Russia at doctors' request. Spokesman Parks Mankahlana described high temperatures and extensive walking during the Kampala trip.
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Radiation source found outside Argun Chechnya
Russian emergency workers located a radiation source 50 feet off a highway near Argun, contaminating 30 acres and emitting dangerous levels underground. The site is sealed and mapped with residents warned, while the exact source remains undisclosed.
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Philippines recalls 203 overseas diplomats to cut costs
President Fidel Ramos ordered recall of 203 overseas embassy workers on Wednesday as part of a broad 25 percent spending cut to prevent a deficit from the peso depreciation. Remaining staff abroad face up to 20 percent pay cuts, with recalled personnel reassigned to Manila to reduce salary expenditures.
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26 condemned to hang in Gandhi assassination case
Convictions handed to all 26 defendants in the 1991 Rajiv Gandhi assassination probe. The panel, including Sri Lankan Tamils and Indian nationals, faces appeals as India’s court system weighs a rare death penalty in a landmark terrorism trial.
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Balloonists begin global flight from Chateau d’Oex
Breitling Orbiter 2 atop a silver balloon rose above Chateau d’Oex in Switzerland as Bertrand Piccard Wim Verstraeten and Andy Elson pursue the first round the world balloon flight. Despite light wind and a rear hatch leak the crew remained calm as the craft drifted toward Monte Carlo and beyond.
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