Yeltsin marks coup anniversary with vow of economic revival
On the first anniversary of the abortive coup, President Boris Yeltsin acknowledged government stumble yet promised Russians a share in economic revitalization. He urged renewed public support and recalled the junta's collapse, noting the rejection of the self-proclaimed authority by citizens of Russia. He also announced a 10,000-ruble voucher for every Russian to buy shares in privatized enterprises.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin
Russia
Mikhail Gorbachev
Yeltsin
Communist Party
Gorbachev
Germans Challenge Ban on Same-Sex Marriage in 50 Cities
In Berlin and 49 other German cities, homosexual couples sought marriage licenses but were rejected. Organizers say over 250 couples participated, signaling a test case likely to reach Germany's supreme court amid opposition from conservatives and churches.
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Berlin
Germany
Supreme Court
Heiko Ehrig
Thomas Schnur
Hamburg
Hanover
Frankfurt
Leipzig
Andreas Voss
Rupert Lummer
Denmark
Netherlands
United States
Famine drives Somalis to eat animal skins amid aid push
As relief airlift preparations begin, Somalis in the Horn of Africa resort to skin and leaf meals. Doctors Without Borders reports severe malnutrition with up to 20 deaths daily in five towns and eighty percent of under fives severely malnourished. Civil war and drought threaten one fifth of eight million people with imminent starvation.
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Nairobi
Kenya
USS
Somalia
Horn of Africa
Golgadoot
Mogadishu
Sayyid Abdul Azim
Doctors Without Borders
U.N. force too small for Yugoslav accord
In Sarajevo General Satish Nambiar warned the 1500 U.N. peacekeepers may be insufficient to police a plan to move heavy weapons around the city. He cited ongoing shelling and the two day shutdown of the Sarajevo airport as evidence of fragile conditions. Civilians suffer amid attacks on hospitals and refugee hotels as international pressure to end the Bosnian war grows.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Satish Nambiar
Nambiar
Balkan Federation
Europa
Bosnia
Aristide supporter found dead in Port au Prince morgue
In Port au Prince the bodies of Aristide ally Matine Remilien and two others were found in a city morgue a day after their arrest. The killings occurred as an Organization of American States delegation visited for talks on restoring Aristide after the September coup. It was unclear which security force had arrested them.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Organization of American States
Aristide
Mat
Independent Haitian Press Agency
Radio Metropole
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