Beleaguered President Cancels Visit to U.S.
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Lithuanian President Rolandas Paksas, facing likely impeachment over allegations of links to Russian mobsters, bowed to pressure not to embarrass a key ally by canceling a visit to Washington. Paksas had been due to meet President Bush on Monday.
The accusations have rattled Lithuania just months before it joins the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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