March 4, 2003 - 22:20 AMT
HEYDAR ALIYEV OPERATED AGAIN
The other day Azeri president Heydar Aliyev was operated on groin hernia. As reported by ITAR-TASS agency, the operation was performed in a medical center of Cleveland US city (Ohio), where president Aliyev had been being examined since February 28. As reported by the president's press service, the operation was successful and president Aliyev feels normal. It is already the third operation 79-year-old Aliyev has had in the Cleveland clinic since 1999.