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...before our heroes have mercilessly tweaked, mocked, scorned and generally reduced Don Rafael to largely impotent rage. And just when he was on the brink of stealing all the gold in the state and setting himself up as ruler of an independent empire. Director Martin Campbell doesn't quite know when to stop. At some point the number of hairbreadth assaults and escapes approaches the tiresome. But they're all well choreographed, and since the good-natured conviction of all concerned with Zorro never flags, we are carried blithely along on their journey...
Nigeria's military ruler has laid his cards on the table: He'll hand over the reins of power to an elected civilian government next May. Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar announced Monday night that an elected government would take over on May 29, 1999, replacing the discredited political and electoral machinery established by his predecessor, General Sani Abacha. "The handover to civilian rule has been the key demand of the opposition," says TIME reporter Clive Mutiso. "Indications had been that the military planned to indefinitely postpone the transition, and opposition groups weren't going to stand for that." If they believe...
...Mandela's remarrying would confirm a curious trend among his country's recent rulers: Octogenarian former president P.W. Botha recently remarried, while the country's last white ruler, F.W. De Klerk, 61, plans to marry his new love once his divorce comes through. Needless to add, South Africa was among the first countries to approve Viagra...
...subscribing to PEOPLE magazine? To put Frank Sinatra and then Carrey on consecutive covers at a time when India explodes its first nuclear bomb, Indonesia's ruler of 32 years steps down and the Department of Justice sues Microsoft is unconscionable. JEFF NIELSEN Corvallis...
SUHARTO Indonesia's longtime ruler outlasts his popularity. Should've taken a tip from Seinfeld...