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...major South Korean newspaper, claimed in Wednesday editions to have obtained the full text of a speech delivered by Kim in Pyongyang last December 7. The paper reported that Kim told party leaders that food shortages could set off widespread rioting in North Korea, despite the government's strong grip on power, and that even military personnel were hungry. Kim is quoted as saying: "If the U.S. imperialists knew that our military doesn't have food, they would launch an invasion." The validity of the report has not been confirmed, and the South Korean press has a long history...
That would be President Sali Berisha, a hard-line conservative who has used the past six weeks of demonstrations as an excuse to tighten his personal grip on power. With protests over the collapse of fraudulent investment schemes convulsing Albania, Berisha dismissed the government and shook up the armed forces. Last week he declared a state of emergency and then had his rubber-stamp Parliament re-elect him President. Protesters reacted by switching their targets from the Ponzi schemes to the one-man rule of Berisha. Simmering economic differences between the poorer north and the south boiled over, and several...
DIED. CHEDDI JAGAN, 78, President of Guyana; in Washington, where he had been hospitalized after a heart attack. An avowed Marxist, Jagan was elected premier in 1953, and again in '57 and '61, while Guyana was still a British colony, but his grip on power was repeatedly sabotaged by British and U.S. machinations. Jagan later adopted free-market principles, and after nearly three decades in opposition, made a comeback in 1992 in what was hailed as the country's first free election in 28 years...
...llegal, and, anyway, we really need to reform the campaign finance system, President Bill Clinton turned to broadcasters for a way out, arguing that candidates would not face such financial pressures if they had free TV airtime. "Free time for candidates can help free our democracy from the grip of big money," Clinton told reporters at the National Press Club. Although it's an idea that has been floating around for years, the President hopes to use the proposal to spur debate on financ e reform, while also taking some of the heat off the White House. "We have...
LeAnn Rimes, the country singing sensation, has a surprisingly firm handshake for a 14-year-old girl. We're not talking a G.I. Joe kung fu grip, but her handclasp, by way of greeting, is strong, confident and direct. When she has hold of your hand, you know...