India and Pakistan clash in Kashmir border fighting
India and Pakistan traded gunfire and exchanged blame after an attack along the Line of Control in Kashmir left up to 10 dead. Maj. Gen. Bindra said seven Pakistani soldiers and two Indian soldiers plus a civilian were killed, while Pakistan reported missing and wounded soldiers. Villagers fled in fear as mortars and gunfire rattled border towns Pallanwala and Iftikharabad near Jammu. Both sides accused the other of initiating the clash and vowed protests to the UN.
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India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Pps
Bindra
Himalayan
Associated Press
Udhampur
Islamabad
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Tariq Altaf
Army
Rashid Quereshi
Altaf
United Nations
Pallanwala
Iftikharabad
Hiranagar
Grandmothers of Elian head to Washington for Reno meeting
Elian Gonzalez's paternal and maternal grandmothers flew from Cuba to New York then to Washington to seek a meeting with Attorney General Janet Reno and INS Commissioner Doris Meissner. They urge returning the child to Cuba, while U S officials reiterate that he should stay with his father in Cuba.
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Elian Gonzalez
Washington
Janet Reno
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Immigration and Naturalization Service
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Miami
Clinton
INS
Elian
Mariela Quintana
Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Lazaro Gonzalez
Jorge Mas Santos
Cuban American National Foundation
Mas
U.S
Havana
National Council of Churches
United States
Fort Lauderdale
Ecuador's vice president assumes power amid crisis
Vice President Gustavo Noboa becomes Ecuador's president as military chief dissolves a three-man junta that toppled Mahuad. The move ends a brief power grab sparked by Indian protesters and junior officers amid a deep economic crisis. Noboa faces a fragile political scene and uphold Mahuad's dollarization plan resisted by many.
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Ecuador
Gustavo Noboa
U.S
Noboa
Jamil Mahuad
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Parliament of the People
Mahuad
Latin America
Leon Febres Cordero
Simon Pachano
Carlos Mendoza
Mendoza
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Antonio Vargas
Carlos Solorzano
Supreme Court
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