But Anthony Carr of Toronto, who also predicted the 1990 falls of British leader Margaret Thatcher and boxer Mike Tyson, also says a "miracle" will temporarily avert an all-out war.

"For the time being there will be peace - but I hope that's not just wishful thinking on my part," Carr said.

[Several paragraphs about the Mideast, then:]

In the past, Carr predicted the deaths of Pope John Paul I and Princess Grace of Monaco, the Falkland Islands war, the eruption of Mount St. Helens and the bombing of the Capitol Building in Washington - as well as the rise of Saddam Hussein.

For 1991, Carr predicts:

• President Bush, Saddam and Pope John Paul II will be shot or suffer strokes. Indian leader Chandra Shekhar will suffer a serious or fatal injury and a high ranking Soviet will be assassinated.
• Britain's Prince Charles will die and Prince Andrew will eventually reign as King of England.
• The next pope will allow women into the priesthood.
• The New York Yankees will win the World Series.
• The North American recession sliding into a depression rivalling that of the 1930's.
• A cure for AIDS or at least a vaccine to halt its spread.
• The deaths of Britain's Queen Mother, cowboy crooner Roy Rogers, actress Katharine Hepburn, mime Marcel Marceau, and one of the three remaining Beatles.
• Quebec's drive for independence from Canada erupting into bloodshed.
• The Soviet Union's friendly overtures mask unfriendly intentions. The nation will be behind the assassination of a top Israeli official.
• Actor/muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger will suffer a debilitating nerve disorder; Mick Jagger will be injured in a motorcycle mishap; major surgery is pending for director Woody Allen and Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner; actress Raquel Welch will contract a blood disease; Nancy Reagan, Nelson Mandela and Johnny Carson will become seriously ill.
• The emergence of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as a Western ally.
• China will invade another country.
• Two world prominent figures will have and old fashioned duel.
• Earthquakes will rock New York City, Boston and Rome, and the latter may be near the site of an erupting volcano.
• Information will be discovered in the right paw of the Sphinx that will detail mankind's relationship with our extraterrestrial forefathers.
• The leaning tower of Pisa will topple.