The Guatemalan Supreme Court has nullified the candidacy of former dictator Efrain Rios Mont. The court's ruling has reversed a controversial verdict by the constitutional court allowing Mr Rios Mont to take part in the elections despite a constitutional ban on former dictators running for president.
Radio Netherlands 21 July 2003Idi Amin, the former Ugandan president, is in a �vegetative state� after falling into a coma on Saturday night, a day after being admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, sources at the hospital told Arab News yesterday.
�He is expected to die any moment,� a hospital official said.
Mohammed Alkhereiji � Arab News � 21, July, 2003
