U S knowledge of Bosnian death camps emerges
Washington confirmed reports that Serb forces set up detention camps in Bosnia where non-Serbs face torture and death. The State Department backed ICRC access but ruled out immediate military action, while Newsday detailed sealed boxcar transports and killings. Croatia's Tudjman won the presidential election with 57 percent.
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Gazette
Bosnia
Bush
Washington
Nazi Germany
State Department
Richard Boucher
U.S
International Committee of the Red Cross
United Nations
Newsday
Split
Croatia
Germany
Franjo Tudjman
Yugoslavia
Tudjman
Croatian Democratic Union
Siege of Gorazde Deepens as Serbs Press Toward Town
An Associated Press report details three months of siege around Gorazde as Serb forces tighten their grip and bombard the town from hilltop positions and deserted Muslim areas. Civilians shelter in cellars while a UN relief convoy was halted by a land mine.
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Drina
Gorazde
Sarajevo
Associated Press
Orazde
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Novica Todorovic
Dragan
Bosnia
U.N
Europe
Drought Ravages East Africa as Starvation Rises
Severe drought kills hundreds daily in Somalia with relief leaders urging massive food shipments from Britain and donors. In Ethiopia, Soma li and other famine zones report escalating deaths as aid convoys struggle due to ethnic clashes and insecurity. U S and international aid officials warn the crisis rivals the worst in decades and call for urgent scaling up of deliveries.
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Associated Press
Ethiopia
Somalia
Kenya
Sudan
Mike Aaronson
Save the Children
Nairobi
East Africa
Aaronson
Britain
Andrew Timpson
London
Kunder
U.S
Horn of Africa
Red Cross
Hasan Abdullah
State Run Radio
Abdullah
Atrocities Reported by Bosanski Samac Survivor
A former prisoner known as Survivor describes brutal treatment by Serbian guards at five Bosanski Samac camps. He recalls beatings, starvation, vile abuses, and a night when a Special Forces squad killed 15 inmates in Crkvini, leaving a room soaked in blood.
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Bosanski Samac
Newsday
Serbia
Zagreb
Farmers’ Cooperative
Crkvini
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