11.   But the ailing president on Friday sounded like a man getting ready to face the voters.

12.   Clearly bitter, Korzhakov has since turned on Yeltsin and accused Chubais of secretly siphoning power from the ailing Russian president.

13.   It was a classic performance from the ailing president, who rarely seems so energized as when he is firing someone.

14.   It began overnight when three top generals told the ailing president that they could not defend the capital from advancing rebels.

15.   It was a classic performance from the ailing Russian president, who rarely seems so energized as when he is firing someone.

16.   Kabila has called Tshisekedi a sellout for serving under the ailing president.

17.   Laurent Kabila has called Tshisekedi a sellout for serving under the ailing president.

18.   Kinshasans are consumed by fear of what will come after the death of their ailing president.

19.   Mobutu is denounced as a dictator in a free-wheeling press that excoriates the ailing president.

20.   Rebel leader Laurent Kabila announced Friday he would not attend peace talks with the ailing Zairian president until officials could guarantee his security.