Iranian asks for freedom and Swiss diplomats face limits
An Iranian detainee seeking freedom argues embassy immunity and protest the arrest. Swiss diplomats face new restrictions inside Tehran as Tehran reports a Swiss diplomat was barred from leaving Iran, prompting a sharp reaction. In China a vast Three Gorges Dam project threatens to displace over 1 million people as towns like Fengdu await submersion under a vast reservoir.
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China
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Bomb explosion targets Baghdad hotel parking lot injuring staff
An Iraqi News Agency report says a car blast in the Ishtar Sheraton Hotel parking lot in Baghdad injured a hotel employee and damaged 10 cars. A UN vehicle nearby is not believed to be the target, according to UN spokesman Fred Eckhard.
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U.N
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Rebels claim civil war in Georgia battles grip Tbilisi
Georgian opposition declares civil war as fighting centers on Rustaveli Prospect in Tbilisi. Health Ministry reports about 60 dead and 300 wounded after a week of clashes, with Gamsakhurdia defending against an opposition coalition surrounding the Parliament.
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Georgi Chanturia
South Carolina
Commonwealth of Independent States
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Commonwealth forms unified nuclear command in CIS accord
Leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States agreed to a permanent unified command over nuclear weapons while allowing member states to maintain own armies. Yeltsin called the accord a survival test and Nazarbayev announced Yevgeny Shaposhnikov as commonwealth military commander, with potential future decisions on a conventional force.
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Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
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Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
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Russian shoppers grow violent over limited goods
Russian shoppers become combative as lines form for subsidized foods across the federation. Two deaths in Kemervo amid bread line unrest highlight rising tensions while elderly veterans face front-line attitudes in Moscow. President Yeltsin orders removal of price ceilings except for basics.
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Mother Teresa hospitalized with pneumonia in California
The 81 year old nun winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize is in serious condition at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla after bacterial pneumonia and a brief heart failure episode. Doctors found coronary blockages via angiogram and performed balloon angioplasty to restore blood flow.
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Mother Teresa
Calcutta
India
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Fighting intensifies as air strikes hit Croatia front
Air strikes and heavy artillery batter central Croatia near Pakrac Novska and Nova Gradiska as the Yugoslav civil war escalates. In the clash between Croatian forces and Serb paramilitary units, 1 Croatian soldier is killed and 10 injured while Serb forces retreat through Psunj and Papuk gaps. More than 20,000 ethnic Serb civilians flee the fighting amid Serb federal army advances. The Serb-dominated federation appeals to the EC over internal borders as Lord Carrington and Cyrus Vance hold talks in Lisbon.
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