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POPE JOHN PAUL II'S temperature was almost back to normal Thursday, but the Vatican said he needed several days of rest to recover from a fever. "His health is good and so are his spirits," said papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro. . . . A CARPENTER convicted of fatally shooting a rival drug dealer was hanged Wednesday in the first execution in the Bahamas in 12 years. . . . RUSSIA'S PARATROOPERS are underfunded and so desperate for men that they have accepted wanted criminals into their ranks, their commander says. This year alone, four paratroopers deserted with their weapons and two of them were later found to be on police wanted lists, Col. Gen. Yevgeny Podkolzin said.

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