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While Fidel, 67, remains Cuba's ideologue of yesteryear, Raul, 63, has emerged as today's pragmatist. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 cost Havana its main trading partner, Fidel has only grudgingly opened the door to dollar-toting tourists and foreign investors, begun shrinking the army and bureaucracy, and allowed Cubans a taste of private enterprise. But monthly rations barely provide enough food for two weeks. The Cuban army, in touch with grass-roots sentiment through its conscripts and ties with local militias, started telling Raul of widespread grumbling among the hungry populace...
...about a year after the Soviet breakup, students rushed to Russian language classes, the name was true after the German reunification. Both economics ran into problems and interest waned," Bartlett said. "But the Chinese economy hasn't reversed its growth: that's the universal appeal...
...reportedly detected the plane. Yet, officials did not notify Secret Service agents who guard the mansion. Federal investigators are probing airport records to learn why.A MATHIAS RUST WANNABE? So why'd Frank Corder do it? He appeared to be depressed by the death of his father and the recent breakup of his marriage. What's clear is that he had a history of alcohol and drug abuse, and died with a .045 blood-alcohol content, just a smidgen above the legal limit for pilots. His blood also showed trace amounts of cocaine. Relatives said Corder might have had publicity...
...More than 850 people have come down with cholera in southern Russia, and officials fear the disease could erupt into an epidemic. Cholera outbreaks were rare in that part of the world before the breakup of the Soviet Union, but collapsing health services and worsening sanitary conditions have fostered the disease. Shortages of vaccines, meanwhile, have led to an upsurge in diphtheria in Russia, and health experts have encountered cases of typhoid, hepatitis, anthrax and salmonella in neighboring Ukraine...
...furiously investigating the event, in which the 38-year-old pilot, Frank Eugene Corder, was killed. The Secret Service said this afternoon that Corder, a freight truck driver, had "a prior history of mental illness" and had been distraught over the death of his father and the recent breakup of his marriage. They don't believe he had directed the aircraft at Clinton. The President's reply: "We take this incident seriously because the White House is the people's house, and it's the job of every President who lives here to keep it safe and secure." Corder somehow...