Oil release details and political shakeups across regions
Harvey Bennett and Bob Hicks were freed after five days, while Yemen Hunt Oil Co. says authorities opposed concessions to kidnappers. Clinton adds Gergen to his White House team as reform efforts continue. Neo-Nazis march in Pretoria, Walesa dissolves Poland's parliament, Turks killed in Solingen arson, and Cambodia election watchers report early leads.
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Miss Besieged Sarajevo wins amid siege bells and gunfire
In Sarajevo a 17 year old Imela Nogic won the Miss Besieged Sarajevo contest staged by local designers and the Bosnian army to lift morale under daily shelling and sniper fire. Judges included a Bosnian army officer in fatigues with an AK-47 as residents endure 14 months of siege and destruction.
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Fighting Rages At Gorazde In Bosnia War
AP reports heavy fighting around Gorazde, the government enclave in eastern Bosnia, as Bosnian Serb tank units press assaults and Bosnian radio cites clashes at other Muslim enclaves. A Ham radio operator in Gorazde called it the decisive battle and most difficult since the war began. The reports could not be independently confirmed.
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Father of slain student blasts U S gun culture in interview
Masaichi Hattori, father of Yoshihiro Hattori, said the United States is an abnormal gun society after attending the Baton Rouge trial of Rodney Peairs. He arrived in Nagoya vowing to fund Japanese study for U.S. students and push for stricter U.S. gun controls.
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Royals face mixed views as Elizabeth II praised
A Guardian ICM poll shows Britons split on royal costs with half wanting reductions while 15 percent favor no public funding. Despite costs concerns, most back Elizabeth II’s 40 years on the throne. In other news, Dan Lauria praises peers in a Southern Connecticut State University commencement speech, and Tony Bennett cancels a Duluth concert due to a chest cold.
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