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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1992

Page

7

United Nations reform urged by U S official

John R. Bolton called for sweeping reforms of U N economic and social agencies at the Economic and Social Council meeting saying the U N underperforms in development aid. The ECOSOC body advises the General Assembly.

United Nations U.S U.N John R. Bolton Economic and Social Council General Assembly

France Moves Against Truck Blockades With Helicopters and Tanks

Police and soldiers used helicopters and tanks to dismantle roadblocks across France after a wave of stoppages by truck drivers. About 45 people were arrested as 16 barricades fell, while remaining blocks disrupted access between Paris and regions in the northwest and south.

Paris Lille-Paris Seclin France

Leaders of Bosnia call split treason

Bosnian Muslim leadership denounces the Croatian declaration of Herzeg Bosnia as treason. The Croat enclave covers over 20 percent of the former Yugoslav republic while Sarajevo remains the capital amid ongoing ethnic tensions and UN airlift relief efforts.

Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnia Herzeg-Bosnia U.N Fred Eckhard Europe Mostar Mate Boban

Japan Admits Recruiting Comfort Women for Soldiers

Tokyo said prewar government recruited women from Japan and territories including Korea China Taiwan the Philippines and Indonesia to serve in military brothels. The seven month inquiry found government established operated and controlled comfort stations and issued IDs to the women.

Los Angeles Times Tokyo Japan Korea China Taiwan Philippines Indonesia Kato

Former Soviet republics form peacekeeping force

At a Commonwealth summit in Moscow, leaders agreed to create a peacekeeping force to halt ethnic violence in Moldova. If Moldova’s parliament approves, a 2000 plus strong multinational force could deploy in the Dniester conflict zone by month’s end with readiness by July 15 for final composition.

Los Angeles Times OSCOW Boris Yeltsin Commonwealth of Independent States Moldova Yeltsin Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev

Georgia forces rescue political leader from schoolhouse siege

Georgian troops freed Dzhaba Ioseliani of the Mhedrioni Party after a schoolhouse siege by anti government forces in western Georgia. One dead and scores wounded as clashes continued around the embattled republic amid post collapse turmoil. Nearby fighting in Trans-Dniester left two dead and 12 wounded, while Azerbaijani forces gained control near Mardakert in Nagorno Karabakh.

OSCOW Georgigian Georgia Dzhaba Ioseliani Mhedrioni Party Council Zviad Gamsakhurdia For Trans-Dniester Moldova Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan Mardakert

Commission clears officials over Boipatong killings

The Goldstone panel found no evidence of direct involvement by senior officials in the Boipatong massacre or related violence. It faulted the government for ignoring prior violence-halting proposals while noting the ongoing deadly clashes.

Johannesburg South Africa Boipatong F.W. de Klerk Commission Judicial Commission Richard Goldstone The African National Congress de Klerk

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