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RUSSIA'S YARD SALE Psst! Wanna buy a MiG jet fighter? How about 200 lbs. of uncut emeralds or a little nuclear-reactor fuel? In once secret military-industrial cities, all this and more is for sale. But beware: the mafia, the KGB, old party officials and new Moscow bureaucrats may want a piece of the action...
...Cuba, the number of rafters rose to 3,656 -- the highest since the 1980 Mariel boatlift. Often the rafts are empty: by some estimates, 1 in 4 balseros die -- and the rescuers themselves are not without risk. Three Brothers have crashed; all lived, though one is paralyzed. Cuban MiG jets sometimes buzz them. "You have to be a bit adventurous and nutty to do it," says pilot Carlos Costa, "but there's nothing like saving a life...
...wants to work at Varadero: hotel maids earn more in tips than peso-poor engineers; teachers and Angola veterans drive cabs; and psychologists make plane reservations. The expertise of the Cubans who work for Eamonn Donnelly, the Irish manager of two German-owned hotels, runs from agronomy to piloting MiG fighters...
...Iraqis mopped up after an allied bombing raid, Washington and Baghdad exchanged fresh threats about whether Iraq was or was not complying with U.N. requirements. Instead of retreating Iraq challenged U.S. planes over the weekend in the northern no-fly zone. After the U.S. shot down a threatening MiG-29 Washington hinted at stronger retaliation. Coming just days before Bush was to vacate the Oval Office, it was impossible to ignore the raw personal edge that drove both leaders' actions. But together they have bequeathed to Bill Clinton his own tough question: What happens next...
...ultimatum from Bush on Friday, the Iraqis promised to allow weapons inspectors to fly to Baghdad, but would not guarantee their safety. The crisis escalated through the weekend when Iraqi radar threatened U.S. jets over the northern no-fly zone and an American F-16 shot down an Iraqi MiG-29. Baghdad seemed intent on contesting control of its skies. Washington said that Saddam would receive no further warning before the U.S. retaliated in force. (See related story on page...