Rebels offer to negotiate truce in Congo
Rebels led by Bizima Karaha in Goma announced a willingness to negotiate a cease-fire with President Laurent Kabila. The shift follows regional backing for Kabila from four southern African nations and Zimbabwe’s plan to send troops, while Kinshasa rejects talks with Rwandan and Ugandan instruments.
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Congo
Goma. Congo
Laurent Kabila
Kabila
Bizima Karaha
Goma
Karaha
Didier Mumengi
Uganda
Rwanda
Mumengi
Kinshasa
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Organization of African Unity
Polish Polish pathologists aid in returning Holocaust victims to Israel
Zvi Kamionka, a Polish Israeli, seeks to repatriate bones of relatives buried in Kalushin Poland. Polish pathologists agreed to help identify remains, a move described as a humanitarian turning point by Dr. Yehuda Hiss of Israel's Institute of Forensic Medicine. Kamionka fears relatives will be forgotten and hopes for dignified burial in Israel.
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Israel
Poland
Zvi Kamionka
Kamionka
Tel Aviv
Zamionka
Kalushin
Yehuda Hiss
Institute of Forensic Medicine
Forensic Medicine
Warsaw
Aleksander Dobrzynski
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Israeli Institute of Forensic Medicine
Russia
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Ozone destroying chemical shows smaller increase
German researchers report that CFC-12 in the upper atmosphere is rising more slowly after 1990, indicating Montreal Protocol effects. CFC-12, once common in refrigerators and AC systems, harms the ozone layer protecting against UV radiation, with Antarctic ozone depletion heightening concerns.
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Washington
Geophysical Research Letters
Antarctic
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