The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe has overruled an electoral law amendment passed by President Mugabe in December. This decision opens the way for opposition to challenge some of the results of the general elections held there last year. The court stated that the law, preventing legal challenge to the June election results, was against their constitution. As a reminder of the health problems that haunted him during his Russian presidency, Boris Yeltsin has been admitted to the hospital with a high fever.
Doctors suspect a viral infection.
According to his aide, Valentin Shevchenko, the former president who will be turning 70 on Thursday, will be undergoing an intensive course of treatment over the next few days. Yeltsin recently underwent quintuple bypass surgery in November of 1996 which was shortly after his victory of another presidential term. International disaster aid from around the world is pouring into India following the devastating earthquake that rocked the north-west part of the country last week. Traditional Indian rivals Pakistan and Kashmir are even joining in the relief effort after the quake whose death toll, according to officials in the state of Gujarat, could reach 20,000. Encouraged by the discovery of several more survivors, rescue teams have re-doubled their efforts, but much effort is being turned to clearing the rubble and caring for the injured.