GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC:Legislators here have passed the historic but controversial recall legislation amidst abstentions from some parliamen-tarians and condemnation from the minority Alliance for Change (AFC).

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP):The dismissed deputy health minister who was credited with revamping South Africa's beleaguered campaign against AIDS expressed fears yesterday that her work would be undone now that she has been forced out.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC):

Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has defended the appointment of his eldest son as this country's ambassador to the United Nations as being simply part of his administrations advancement of youth.

HUNTINGTON, Utah (Reuters):Rescuers have heard no signs of life from six miners trapped for five days in a Utah coal mine after sending down a microphone, but remain hopeful the men are alive, a U.S.