Italy to deploy 7000 troops to Sicily amid Mafia crackdown
Rome announces 7000 soldiers dispatched to Sicily to curb Mafia activity after the assassination of Italy’s top anti-Mafia figure. In Jakarta a 71 passenger airliner crashed into a hill in fog with no survivors. A Worldwatch study labels the rich as driving environmental harm through overconsumption. Tokyo preps for a lower central bank rate to aid Miyazawa as upper house elections approach.
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Sicily
Jakarta
Indonesia
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Bank of Japan
Kiichi Miyazawa
Liberal Democratic Party
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Iraq to reply to U.N. today on inspections impasse
U.N. official Ekeus said Iraq likely destroyed weapons related documents in a building barred to inspectors. He urged Baghdad to respond today as Bush and aides weigh how to confront Saddam Hussein’s defiance of cease fire inspection terms.
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Abdul Amir al-Anbari
United Nations
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U.N. Commission
Ekens
al-Anbari
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Agricultural Ministry
Saddam Hussein
White House
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National Security Establishment
Saic
Marlin Fitzwater
Baker backs Aug 10 resumption of Arab Israeli talks
Secretary of State James Baker pressed for talks to resume in Washington on August 10. Arabs and Israelis had met in Washington recently and different locations were debated. Damascus said Rabin’s tone changes but commitment to peace must be proven at the next round, with Arab states and the PLO still attending. Baker also discussed limited post bases access for U.S. forces in the Philippines after base closures.
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Gazette Wire Services
James Baker
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Philippines
Washington
Israel
Middle East
Rome
U.S
U N relief convoy returns to Sarajevo amid siege
A mine scarred U.N. relief convoy limped back to Sarajevo after braving land mines and small arms fire. Serb forces warned relief pilots not to fly over areas they control as Gorazde’s 70 000 besieged residents faced worsening hunger and shortages. Fabrizio Hochschild, head of UNHCR relief, declared the mission failed and ordered the withdrawal.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Gorazde
Fabrizio Hochschild
U.N. High Commissioner
Congressmen urge tougher Colombia policy after Escobar jail break
Lawmakers led by Rep Robert Torricelli call for a broad shift in U S drug policy toward Colombia following Pablo Escobar’s jailbreak. They seek stronger U S action and demand Colombian efforts to recapture the Medellin cartel leader, with support from Rep Charles Schumer and Bush administration officials.
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USS
Pablo Escobar
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