Albanians back Communists; Iraq terms set

Communists triumphed at the polls in Albania and then went on aweeklong skid. For Iraq's Saddam Hussein, the going will be uphillall the way if he entertains any notions of rebuilding a militarydecimated by the war to liberate Kuwait.

Medicine and the environment also were losers. Data gathered bythe National Aeronautics and Space Administration showed that theprotective ozone in Earth's atmosphere is being depleted much fasterthan was thought. That could mean 200,000 more U.S. skin cancerdeaths over the next 50 years than previously expected.

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