Amritsar Hijacker Surrenders On Jetliner Drama
A Hindu 37 year old Hari Singh seized an Airbus A300 from New Delhi protesters and demanded landing in Pakistan He released 192 passengers and 13 crew after an eight hour standoff in Amritsar The hijacker received autograph seekers as he surrendered and was taken into custody by police.
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Pepperdine University
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Calif
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Navy crewmen declared dead after Bosnia relief flight crash
The E 2C Hawkeye crashed near Crotone Italy while returning to USS Theodore Roosevelt after monitoring C 130 nightly relief drops into besieged eastern Bosnia. Five officers died and Washington will determine if deaths count as U S military casualties. Names include Jon A Rystrom William R Dyer Robert A Forwalder Patrick J Ardaiz and John A Messier.
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Italy
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Cmdr
Stephen Honda
Atlantic Fleet Air Force
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U.S
Washington
United States
Roosevelt
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6Th Fleet
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Stromsburg
Neb
William R. Dyer
Cookeville
Tenn
Robert A. Forwalder
Uniontown
Ohio
Patrick J. Ardaiz
Baltimore
John A. Messier
Bellevue
Wash
Arab Meet To Decide On Resume Of Middle East Talks
Arab foreign ministers from Syria Jordan Lebanon and the Palestine Liberation Organization meet in Damascus to decide whether to resume talks with Israel next month or reject Washingtons invitation risking the peace process. Haidar Abdul Shafi offered a compromise while Palestinians demanded no further expulsions and a timeline for repatriation of deportees.
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Lebanon
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Abdul-Shafi
Associated Press
No-Man’s Land
Communists Name Party Boss To Top China Posts
Beijing Chinese legislators elected Communist Party chief Jiang Zemin as president, making him the first since 1960s to lead the party state and military simultaneously. The move aims to stabilize politics by consolidating key posts.
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China
Beijing
Communist Party
Jiang Zemin
World Briefs report on Greece Macedonia mediation push
Constantine Mitso takis was fired as premier to pursue United Nations mediation in the Macedonia dispute. Hard liners and the main opposition argue that using the name Macedonia signals territorial aims on a Greek province. BELFAST mourners recall killings of four Catholic workers by pro British gunmen as peace pressure grows. In Dublin Albert Reynolds vows readiness to meet any to seek a political settlement to 24 years of troubles. DHAKA rescuers pull 32 bodies from a southern Bangladesh river after a boat capsized in a storm.
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United Nations
Macedonia
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Dublin
Albert Reynolds
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Bombay Cites Pakistan Link to Massive Bombings
Bombay's chief minister Sharad Pawar said evidence ties Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence to coordinated blasts that killed over 300 and injured about 1,100. The claim comes amid political maneuvering in Maharashtra and national security concerns.
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India
Bombay
Pakistan
Secret Service Agency
Sharad Pawar
Maharashtra
Congress Party
Inter Services Intelligence
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