15 March 1999 In a bid to show he was still active despite his bleeding ulcer, Russian President Boris Yeltsin defied doctors’ orders, flying to Amman on 8 February to attend the funeral of Jordan’s King Hussein. The 68-year-old Yeltsin appeared well on arrival, waving and walking to a waiting limousine with his wife, Naina. But he apparently took a […]
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