Fire on Greek ferry Rodos prompts mass evacuation
A fire broke out in the engine room of the Greek ferry Rodos offshore Cape Sounion. All 641 passengers were evacuated by lifeboats and rescued by seven passing ships. the 99 crew were unharmed. The vessel was en route from Piraeus to Rhodes.
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Rough start for new parliament in Albania
Albania's first multiparty parliament session ended after 30 minutes as the main opposition Democratic Party boycotted the Communist dominated People's Assembly. The DP demands government identify those responsible for four party members killed April 2 in Shkodra, 40 miles north of Tirana. The Communists, winners of the elections, touted the session as a sign of democratic opening after decades of Marxist rule.
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Albania
Democratic Party
People’s Assembly
Shkodra
Europe
Soviets Rally for Miners Strike in Ukraine Coal Region
Thousands rallied in Ukraine’s coal heartland in support of a seven week miners strike for better pay and leadership change. President Gorbachev, en route to Japan, said he did not share the miners’ stance but understood their discontent.
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Ukraine
Kremlin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Khabarovsk
Japan
Aquino Declares Positive Thinking Week in Philippines
President Corazon Aquino announced Proclamation 712 designating this week as positive thinking week. She said positive thinking brings one closer to the ideals of truth beauty and happiness.
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Manila
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Corazon Aquino
EC calls for Nuremberg style trial for Saddam Hussein
European Community foreign ministers urged the United Nations to open a formal war crimes investigation into Saddam Hussein for genocide of the Kurds. They tasked Luxembourg's Jacques Poos to press de Cuellar in Strasbourg. The move marks a shift from rhetoric to action.
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Luxembourg
Strasbourg
Perez de Cuellar
Iraq
Americans sought in Bermudez death in Nicaragua
Two U.S. citizens are suspected in the killing of former Contra leader Enrique Bermudez. Nicaragua asked the FBI for help, citing hotel security footage and conflicting coroner reports. Bermudez was shot in the Hotel Intercontinental parking lot on February 16.
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U.S
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United States
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Bush
Washington
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Rust testifies in Hamburg stabbing case over Moscow flight jab
Mathias Rust, the Moscow landing pilot, testified that the alleged stabbing victim mocked his 1987 flight. He described a blackout during the November 1989 hospital incident and said he planned to ask her out before she pushed him and mocked the Moscow flight.
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Germany
Mathias Rust
Moscow
Red Square
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Stephanie Walura
Walura
Rebels claim ambush slaying halts peace talks
The Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front says the April 11 killing of top commander Antonio Cardenal, alias Jesus Rojas, was an assassination to derail peace talks in Mexico City. In Chalatenango an army ambush killed Cardenal and twelve guerrillas plus one civilian.
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Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Antonio Cardenal
Mexico City
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