Swiss reopen embassy in Tehran after diplomatic row
The Swiss reopen their Tehran embassy a week after shutting it amid a diplomatic dispute. Walter Haffner says Iranian police are allowing free access to the building following the earlier seizure of Swiss diplomat Christa Felder’s passport on December 29.
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Iraq rejects U.N. oil sale resolutions amid sovereignty claim
Iraq rejects Security Council resolutions 706 and 712 allowing oil sales worth 1.6 billion dollars to fund food and medicines, saying the actions undermine sovereignty. In Israel, tens of thousands of hospital workers strike across 44 public hospitals and 1,200 clinics to oppose health care privatization plans.
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Hopes Rise for Lasting Peace in Yugoslavia
United Nations envoy says up to 10,000 peacekeepers could be sent if a firm cease-fire holds in Croatia. Croatian commander Gen Imra Ago tic and Col Mile Glumac express optimism as talks resume near Hungary. Refugees exceed 600,000 since Croatia's independence. Ghali to brief Security Council on Yugoslavia.
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Ukraine begins sign up of troops
Kiev ignores Moscow warnings as 500 volunteers from a Soviet Interior Ministry rapid deployment unit pledge to defend Ukraine. Maj. Gen. Volodymyr Kukharets leads the National Guard oath ceremony at Florivsky Monastery amid tensions over forming a national army from former Soviet forces. No one is being forced to take the oath.
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Gamsakhurdia calls for vote on leadership
Rebels pounded Zviad Gamsakhurdia's stronghold as he urged a U N supervised referendum on resigning. He warned opposition forces would persist in the uprising, which has left at least 73 dead in two weeks of fighting.
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Israel vows to expel 12 Palestinians amid peace talks strain
Israel rejects U S criticism of a deportation order to expel 12 Palestinian activists in retaliation for settlers deaths. The move disrupts Middle East talks as Syria Lebanon Jordan and the Palestinians suspend travel to Washington, while Israeli leaders defend the measure as necessary to curb violence.
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