French Troops Engage Rebels in First Combat as Refugees Evacuated
French paratroopers clashed with RPF forces near Gisenyi during a rescue of 270 civilians in southwestern Rwanda. The skirmish lasted under a minute with no confirmed French or refugee casualties, while reports said a deserter was killed. French efforts included evacuating 700 orphans and abandoning a field hospital plan as rebels advance toward Kigali.
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Gisenyi
Rwanda
Didier Thibault
Rwandan Patriotic Front
RPF
Thibault
Jean-Francis Petresse
Butare
Petresse
Kigali
France
United Nations
Alain Juppe
Zaire
Juppe
Belgium
Jean-Claude Lafourcade
U.N
Jean-Guy Plant
Refugee boat hijack fears rise in Haiti surge
Refugee pirates threaten Haiti boat people prompting maritime crews to boost security and hide sails in port. A ferry carrying over 1000 was nearly hijacked and another stolen craft reportedly left many dead off Haiti. U.S. Coast Guard sends 15 vessels as hundreds of Haitians are processed in regional facilities amid policy shifts and military repression claims.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Jean Claude Fignole
Jeremie
Fignole
U.S
U.S. Coast Guard
Clinton
Gerard Jean-Juste
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Juste
Jamaica
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Washington
Coup leaders forced from power in Cambodia and regional unrest
In Phnom Penh the government suppressed an attempted coup arresting one leader and forcing Sihanouk’s son Norodom Chakrapong onto a Malaysia Airlines flight. Vietnam promised more cooperation on MIAs after talks in Hanoi and Da Nang. In Baku a plastic explosive blast in a subway car killed seven and wounded 77, with no claim of responsibility.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
Sin Song
Sihanouk
Norodom Chakrapong
Malaysian Airlines
U.N
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
Washington
da Nang
Baku
Azerbaijan
Fugitive author Nasrin believed sheltered in Western embassy
Dhaka officials heighten security at embassies after reports fugitive author Taslima Nasrin seeks refuge inside a Western diplomatic mission. Nasrin fled on June 4 when a court ordered her arrest for blasphemy, a charge she denies while backing women’s rights. Muslim hardliners call for her execution. The New Nation cited an unnamed Western ambassador allegedly harboring Nasrin and defying local law.
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Dhaka
Bangladesh
Taslima Nasrin
Nasrin
the New Nation
Grubac Finds Permanent Asylum and New Start in Iowa
An asylum grant changes Grubac from a moneyless resident to a permanent refugee in the United States. He lives with the Shavers in Sigourney as a groomsman and student at the University of Northern Iowa, pursuing engineering while his family back home faces ongoing war and uncertainty.
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Macapagal Labarre
Petit Goave
Labarre
United States
Coast Guard
America
Grubac
Sigourney
Phil
Madonna Shaver
Shaver
Dustin
Madonna
Sen
Tom Harkin
D-Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Canada
FBI to Battle Russian Mob and Secure U S
FBI Director Louis Freeh announced opening of the bureau's first field office in Russia to fight organized crime and curb theft of nuclear materials. The office will share information with Russian authorities and will conduct joint investigations when invited.
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Moscow
FBI
Russia
Louis Freeh
Freeh
NBC
United
U.S
East Europe
United States
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