Death Penalty Sought In 1983 U S Embassy Bombing
Military prosecutor Assad Diab seeks the death penalty for six Lebanese accused of engineering the 1983 bombing that killed 62 people including 17 Americans. An indictment says a stolen embassy van carried 660 pounds of explosives to Ein Mreisseh Beirut, crashing into the entrance. Arrest warrants were issued for eight others amid Lebanon’s sectarian clashes surrounding the embassy revelations.
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Lebanon
Assad Diab
U.S
Diab
Daib
Zahrann
Ein Mreisseh Boulevard
Hussein Saleh Harb
Sami Mahmoud El-Hijjeh
Mahmoud Mousa Dirani
Mohammed Nayef Jadah
Hassan Mohammed Harb
Ali Mustafa Haidar
Bangkok Driverless Train Crash Kills Six
A driverless six locomotive train left some power on by a mechanic crashed into Hua Lampong station in Bangkok killing six and injuring several. Officials say the lead engine overturned scattering diesel as crowds fled and the six mile path of chaos began from Bang Sue yard.
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Thailand
Putcong Parktham
Hiran Radeesh
State Railway of
Hua Lampong Station
Bang Sue
Hiran
Television Channel 9
Hua Lumpong
Aquino to Visit Japan Amid Coup Rumors and Decree Reforms
President Corazon Aquino plans to visit Japan this week and assured security as Defense Minister Enrile promotes restraint amid alleged coup rumors. Military sources credit Gen. Ramos with thwarting plotters near Enrile, while Aquino repealed Marcos era arrest decrees to safeguard civil rights.
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Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Juan Ponce Enrile
Japan
Armed Forces
Fidel Ramos
Enrile
Aquino
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Manila Chronicle
Business Day
Ramos
Afghan troops launch major offensive in Takhar province
Afghan forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships begin a drive to retake a fort in Fakhar district Takhar near the Soviet border. Jamiat i Islami says troops from the 18th and 20th divisions push to recover a fort captured by guerrillas last August with a garrison of about 300 soldiers killed or captured.
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Pakistan
Afghanistan
Jamiat-i-Islami
Fakhar
Takhar
Jamiat
Kabul
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