Canadian troops reach Sarajevo airport to aid relief flights
Canadian infantrymen reached Sarajevo's airport after a tense passage through a Serb roadblock to bolster defenses for the international airlift. The mission accompanies ongoing U N and European Community relief efforts as 400,000 residents remain under siege and aid planes begin deliveries across three days of arrivals.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Milan Panic
Yugoslavia
Serbia
Bosnia
United States
Air Force
Europe
U.N. Delivers Aid as Sarajevo Relief Efforts Continue
A French plane brings food and 45 tons of medical supplies are expected in two days. U.N. says 15 tons can feed 30,000 for a day. Serb snipers hampered Wednesday distribution to refugees at Dzevad Haveric school while Lt Col Jones reports roadblock passage without Serb permission and no gunfire. Eight daily relief flights planned as airport tension eases.
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U.N
Bosnia
Dzevad Haveric School
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Sarajevo
Michel Jones
Lewis MacKenzie
De Klerk Warns of Crackdown Over ANC Confrontation
President F W de Klerk accuses the ANC of seeking power through mass mobilization and threatens steps to prevent anarchy as talks on ending apartheid stall after the Boipatong massacre. Law and Order Minister Kriel rules out a state of emergency for now. The government seeks an urgent meeting with Nelson Mandela.
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South Africa
F.W. de Kierk
African National Congress
ANC
Boipatong
de Klerk
Law and Order
Herms Kriel
Nelson Mandela
Algerian council selects successor to slain Bou Diaf
The military dominated High State Committee named Ali Kafi head four days after Mohamed Bou Diaf was assassinated. Kafi, veteran organization leader, replaces the slain leader while real power likely remains with Defense Minister Gen. Khaled Nezzar. Reda Malek to take Kafi’s former post on the committee.
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Algiers
Algeria
Mohamed Boudiaf
Ali Kafi
Boudiaf
Kafi
National Organization of Moujahidine
France
Khaled Nezzar
Chadli Bendjedid
Reda Malek
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