Murayama Survives No-Confidence Vote Before Halifax Summit
Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama barely survived a 290-189 vote on a no-confidence motion amid a weakened three party coalition. The ruling win comes as Tokyo heads to the Halifax G seven summit to face US auto tariffs and currency challenges.
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Tokyo
Tomiichi Murayama
Murayama
Halifax
Canada
United States
U.S
Japan
New Frontier Party
Serb Leaders Pledge To Release Freedom Plans
In Sarajevo Bosnian Serb leaders pledged to unveil plans to free all remaining UN hostages after NATO air strikes hit Serb depots. Mladjo Krajisnik announced a plan to release those still held by UNPROFOR with Jovica Stanisic traveling to Pale.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
NATO
Unprofor
Momeilo Krajisnik
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Milosevic
Jovica Stanisic
Pale
Stanisic
Milosevic signals more hostages to be freed soon
Milosevic told French President Chirac that remaining U.N. hostages would be released soon. France hoped all hostages would be freed by Thursday. Western powers expanded military readiness with a rapid reaction force of up to 10,000 troops to back up peacekeepers. About 200 French infantry were due in Spit, Croatia. Serbs blocked aid to Sarajevo and other enclaves, but U.N. officials expect no force to deliver aid unless the Security Council directs otherwise.
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Jacques Chirac
Chirac
Catherine Colonna
France
U.N
Spit
Sarajevo
Beleagured
U.N. Security Council
North Korea and United States reach provisional nuclear accord
United States and North Korea provisionally approve a framework to replace reactors and curb nuclear programs. South Korea agrees to fund most costs while design and build duties shift to a Korean firm. Officials warn final text still needs review and further talks are planned.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
United States
North Korea
South Korea eyes central role in nuclear project talks
South Korea's Yoon said the consortium and North Korea will discuss about 1 billion in add ons linked to the nuclear deal. The agreement aims to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula after North Korea threatened to restart its nuclear facilities frozen since October. North Korea has threatened to reprocess 8,000 spent fuel rods, which experts say could yield plutonium for several bombs.
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Kim Gye Gwan
Tom Carmichael
Washington
United States
North Korea
South Korea
Clinton
Kim Young-sam
Seoul
Yoon Yeo-jun
Kim
U.S
Korea Peninsula Energy Development Organization
Songo
Yoon
Foreign Ministry
Korean Peninsula
North
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