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October 4, 1996
Web posted at: 4:20 p.m. EDT (2020 GMT)Pope to enter hospital Sunday for appendix removal
VATICAN CITY (CNN) -- Pope John Paul II, who has been suffering from a series of health problems, will enter the hospital Sunday to have his appendix removed, the Vatican said. A one-line statement Friday said the 76-year-old Polish pope would have the operation at Rome's Gemelli hospital but it not say when the surgery would take place. Sources said it would most likely be Tuesday.
Thursday night the Vatican denied an Italian news agency report that the pope might be suffering from a new tumor. The Pope had a colon tumor removed in a 1992 operation.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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War crimes trial of Croat general set for January
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNN) -- The trial of the highest- ranking suspect in custody of the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal will start January 8, the court announced Friday.
Croat Gen. Tihomir Blaskic is charged with crimes against humanity. His indictment alleges he commanded Bosnian Croat troops who went on a rampage through central Bosnia in 1992 and 1993 killing hundreds of people, mainly Muslims.
Blaskic defiantly turned himself over to the U.N. court April 1, declaring he would prove his innocence. The U.N. tribunal has indicted 74 suspects but has just seven in custody.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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