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...mountains. Yeltsin has been ill, and his popularity rating is low. The political medicine he needs is an image of strong leadership, so he unleashed furious force on Pervomaiskoye. Last week's operation, says General Boris Gromov, who commanded Soviet forces in Afghanistan and is now a member of parliament, was intended "to destroy militants rather than release hostages." That was not the method of the Turkish government, which negotiated with the Chechens who hijacked a ferry at the port of Trabzon. All hostages were released unharmed...
...British treasury last year. Priced at the equivalent of a major theme park, the Disney-Windsor deal could be worth several billion to the government, which also would get a royalty on the royal revenues. The Windsors would be doing something to earn their keep, besides opening Parliament and holding egg rolls on the lawn...
...conducted by the communists, showed that they are actually gaining in popularity. The economy is working in Poland. Kwansniewski will probably take advantage of that and use the resignation as an opportunity to call for early elections, which he expects the communists to win, gaining control of parliament." Kwansniewski's Democratic Left Alliance, a party comprised of former communists, defeated incumbent president Lech Walesa in a run-off on November...
...sooner had the new Prime Minister been installed in office than Ichiro Ozawa, the leader of the opposition New Frontier Party, denounced the ruling coalition as an "illicit cohabitation" and demanded an election for a new Diet, Japan's parliament. The motion was denied, but elections will have to be held by the summer of 1997, although some analysts expect them as soon as this April. How much and how fast Japan transforms itself will be determined by the victor. But regardless of who wins, the campaign will be unlike any Japan has ever seen...
...risk from communists and nationalists, that statement provides a good indication that Yeltsin will be a candidate. The strongest challenge to the reformers comes from a restructured Communist Party that rose from oblivion to win the most votes in the Dec. 17 elections for the Duma, the national parliament. Although its 22% showing was not enough to control the Duma, it gave the party and its leader, Gennadi Zyuganov, a strong starting point in the race for the presidency--which is the real center of power in post-Soviet Russia...