Italy detains 1300 in new anti Mafia sweep
Italy rounded up 1300 suspected mobsters in a dawn sweep across Sicily Calabria Campania and Puglia under a cabinet adopted decree inspired by Falcone. Many were held under house arrest or parole terms with checks to identify parole violations and possible re arrest.
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Giovanni Falcone
ANSA
Interior Ministry
Luigi Rossi
Rossi
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Calabria
Campania
Puglia
Milan
Italy
Ndrangheta
Camorra
Naples
Sacred Crown
Police arrest Inkatha officials in ANC activist murder
South African police arrest two Inkatha Freedom Party officials Phikelela Ndlovu and Abdul Awetha and a KwaZulu force member in the February killing of ANC activist S'khumbuzo Mbatha Ngwenya after a dinner for visiting Kellogg Fellows in Natal province. The suspects face murder charges. the minor is unnamed.
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South Africa
Inkatha Freedom Party
KwaZulu
African National Congress
Natal
Inkatha
Phikelela Ndlovu
Abdul Awetha
Imbali
Pietermaritzburg
Mangosuthu Buthelezi
ANC
S’khumbuzo Mbatha Ngwenya
Kellogg National
Demjanjuk judges probe Sobibor allegations in okay appeal
In Jerusalem attorneys on both sides argued over whether Demjanjuk, convicted as Treblinka guard Ivan the Terrible, also served at Sobibor. Judges pressed the defense on relevance while the prosecutor warned Sobibor evidence could sustain genocide charges. The court did not indicate when ruling would come.
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Jerusalem
John Demjanjuk
Treblinka
Ivan the Terrible
Sobibor
Supreme Court
Demjanjuk
Yoram Sheftel
U.S
Cleveland Auto
Libyan Official Newspaper Attacks Gadhafi
Libyan official Jamahiriya criticizes Muammar Gadhafi for antagonizing the West without aiding Libya. Jamahiriya reports new leadership at JANA, fired director Mohammed al Amari, amid claims of exposing deception. The dispatch cites Gadhafi contacting Maghreb leaders and U N sanctions over Pan Am 103 suspects.
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Libya
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Jamahiriya
Revolutionary Committees
JANA
Mohammed al-Amari
New
Gadhafi
Arab Maghreb Union
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Mauritania
U.N
Saudi Arabia
Gaddafi
United States
Britain
U.N. Security Council
Rivalry in Czechoslovakia Delays Federation Deal
In Prague two rival leaders failed to bridge gaps on reform pace and unity. Vaclav Klaus and Vladimir Meciar clashed over a new constitution and a possible year referendum while Vaclav Havel warned the crisis is serious and a caretaker federal government may precede a July parliament vote.
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Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Klaus
Vladimir Meciar
Slovakia
Klaus
CSTK
Meciar
Havel
Egypt writer Fouda slain by extremist in Cairo drive-by
A gunman on a stolen motorcycle killed Ahram Center writer Fouda and wounded his son and a friend as they left his suburban office. Police say the attacker, Abdel-Shafi Ahmed, is a member of the Jihad extremist group linked to Sadat’s 1982 murder.
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Cairo
Egypt
Hala Mustafa
The
Ahram Center For Strategic Studies
Fouda
Ahmed
Muslim Brotherhood
Vatican cracks down on spread of erroneous ideas
The Vatican via the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith rebuked media and books for spreading erroneous ideas damaging the Catholic faith. Bishops are urged to censor when needed and sanction abuses, while journalists are called to uphold truth amid tensions over papal power and contraception debates.
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