Czech voters head to polls in 42 party race
Czechs and Slovaks began elections to decide unity or breakup as 42 parties compete for 200 Czech regional seats 150 Slovak regional seats and 300 federal seats. Early voting in Prague and Bratislava showed anxious citizens as results awaited late today and final Wednesday.
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NATO Warsaw Pact sign arms pact as partners in Europe
NATO and former Warsaw Pact members signed the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe treaty to cut non nuclear weapon stockpiles. Delegates from 29 countries met at a horseshoe table as Russia and seven other former Soviet republics joined in the landmark accord.
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Bush policy on Haitians sustained
A New York judge upheld the Bush administration policy of intercepting Haitian refugees at sea and returning them to Haiti without a hearing. Sterling Johnson Jr criticized the policy as hypocritical and said international law did not apply in international waters, calling the UN protocol a cruel hoax unless Congress makes it binding.
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Polish farmer named prime minister promises reforms
Waldemar Pawlak, 33, leader of the Polish Peasants Party, was elected prime minister by Parliament 261 to 149 after President Lech Walesa submitted the nomination. He inherits a 5 month faltering government and must form a coalition to resume constitutional and economic reforms amid investor jitters.
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Thatcher headed for House of Lords
Margaret Thatcher returns to government as a life peer in the ceremonial House of Lords after being named among 21 new peerages by Prime Minister John Major. Her title will not pass to her son Mark, and she may style herself as baroness of Grantham or Finchley.
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