World Briefs From Cairo Tehran Bombay Nairobi
Cairo authorities insist on enforcing a female circumcision ban despite a court ruling overturning it. Iran recounts a memoir detailing a three year affair with the shah. In Bombay a slum riot follows a desecrated hero bust. Kenya threatens reforms and elections amid unrest before polls.
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Egypt
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Salaam
al-Akhbar
Supreme Administrative Court
Tehran
Iran
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Shah
Ghaffari
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Bombay
India
Spain remembers kidnapped councilman Miguel Angel Blanco
Spaniards across the country observe five minutes of silence for Miguel Angel Blanco, the 29 year old Ermua councilman abducted by ETA. The group demands jailed comrades moved to Basque prisons, and authorities race to locate Blanco before a 4 p.m. Saturday deadline. Pope John Paul II and leaders appeal for his release.
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Madrid
Spain
Pamplona
John Paul II
Miguel Angel Blanco
ETA
Blanco
Ermua
Jose Maria Aznar
Bilbao
Aznar
East European women applaud Hillary Clinton in Vienna
In Vienna Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed 19 post communist nations conference. She urged inclusive societies to anchor democracy and empower women by giving a voice to the voiceless. Clinton announced an extra 3 million dollars for programs aiding women in business politics and law.
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Hillary Clinton
Vienna
Austria
Hillary Rodham Clinton
U.S
Former Navy specialist sentenced for spying on Korea
Robert Kim a 57 year old former Navy computer specialist was sentenced to nine years in prison and three years probation for conspiracy to commit espionage by passing classified information to a Korean naval official. He apologized tearfully for the mistake.
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Alexandria
South Korea
Robert Kim
U.S
Leonie Brinkema
Kim
Clinton tells Romania door to NATO open
President Clinton in Bucharest praised Romania’s progress and promised the door to NATO will stay open. He said NATO will review aspiring members in 1999, noting Romania as a strong candidate, while the alliance invited Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic to join that year.
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Balkan
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Western Military Alliance
Poland
Hungary
Czech Republic
France
Slovenia
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