Colombian candidate faults U S backed drug war at height of campaign
Horacio Serpa, a leading Colombian presidential hopeful, says the U S backed aerial coca and heroin crop spraying has failed as cultivation expands. He calls for urgent evaluation and renegotiation of aid while continuing large scale spraying with environmental checks. A rebel refinery near Puerto Asis was seized, killing six FARC fighters and revealing drug linked violence amid Putumayo’s coca trade.
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Colombia
Horacio Serpa
May
Cambio News
Serpa
Liberal Party
U.S
Clinton
State Department
White House
Pentagon
Andres Pastrana
Colin Powell
Washington
United States
Puerto Asis
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FARC
Putumayo
Ecuador
Six die as hot air balloon hits line near Albertville
A hot air balloon exploded after striking a 20,000 volt power line above Verrens-Arvey, killing all six onboard, including two families from the area. The pilot Roger Fugier, 64, and one passenger died onboard. others leaped or fell as the craft ignited. The wreckage landed behind a church in Cléry, three miles from Albertville. The pilot's wife, on the ground, called emergency services.
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France
Gilbert Lafaille
Albertville
Moiron
Lafaille
Daniel Burgat
LCI
Clery
Roger Fugier
Fugier
Straits of Gibraltar
Pyrenees
Albertville Hospital
King Abdullah II visits Moscow to press broader Russia mediation role
Jordan's King Abdullah II arrives in Moscow to discuss trade and the Middle East crisis with Putin and other leaders. He seeks a stronger Russian role in peacemaking, possible arms deals, and closer cooperation in political, cultural, and economic areas. He will tour Tula to view weaponry and visit an airborne division.
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Jordan
Abdullah II
Vnukovo
Middle East
Russia
King of
Startass
Abdullah
Vladimir Putin
St. Petersburg
Putin
Star-Tass
Tula
King Hussein
Mideast
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
NATO to collect 3300 rebel weapons in Macedonia
NATO announced Operation Essential Harvest to collect about 3,300 weapons from ethnic Albanian militants in Macedonia within 30 days. The plan aims to avert further bloodshed as tensions with the government flare, with drop-off sites set up across the country amid disputes over weapon counts and ongoing security incidents around Skopje and Tetovo.
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Macedonia
Kopje
S- NATO
Ljubco Georgievski
Marjan Gjurovski
Macedonian Defense
Alliance
Skopje
Celopek
Tetovo
Georgievski
Kumanovo
Kosovo
Gunnar Lange
Associated Press
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16Th
Air Assault Brigade
Pathfinder Platoon
Erebino
Zelino
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