Yeltsin Cancels

The famously uncooperative presidential patient has reluctantly bowed to medical advice and cleared his appointments this week, including a summit with former Soviet republics, to avoid complicating a respiratory infection. The 67-year-old Russian leader will stick to his treatment at the Gorky-9 state residence outside Moscow where he's been since Friday. But Yeltsin did get one bit of work done: He sent a letter to Yugoslav tyrant Milosevic outlining Moscow's vision for resolving the Kosovo crisis.

The famously uncooperative presidential patient has reluctantly bowed to medical advice and cleared his appointments this week, including a summit with former Soviet republics, to avoid complicating a respiratory infection. The 67-year-old Russian leader will stick to his treatment at the Gorky-9 state residence outside Moscow where he's been since Friday. But Yeltsin did get one bit of work done: He sent a letter to Yugoslav tyrant Milosevic outlining Moscow's vision for resolving the Kosovo crisis.