Japan panel OKs sending troops abroad
A lower house committee in Tokyo approved a bill allowing up to 2000 Japanese troops to deploy overseas on U N peacekeeping missions marking the first postwar step to send forces abroad. Critics warn it may breach Japan’s pacifist constitution.
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Liberal Democrats
Makoto Tanabe
Socialist Party
Japan
Kuwait
Yoshiro Hayashi
Hayashi
Liberal Democratic Party
Kiichi Miyazawa
Special Committee On International
U.N
Social Democratic Party
Czech Slovak rivals meet to shape federation future
Czech federation finance minister Vaclav Klaus and Slovakia’s Vladimir Meciar met to decide whether federation will hold or split into separate states. They clash over reform pace, Slovakia autonomy, and President Vaclav Havel’s re election.
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Czechoslovakia
Vaclav Klaus
Czech
Vladimir Meciar
Slovakia
Miroslav Macek
Klaus
Civic Democratic Party
CSTK
Meciar
Vaclav Havel
Havel
Baker pushes to seal missile accord before summit
Secretary of State James Baker plans a quick London trip to clinch a new missile reduction deal with Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev ahead of the summit. Talks aim to agree on fewer long range bombers missiles and submarines beyond START.
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James Baker
London
Andrei Kozyrev
State Department
Baker
Kozyrev
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White House
Leftists rally to defend Milosevic amid calls for resignation
Belgrade reports show former communists and other leftists backing Slobodan Milosevic. They warn that his ouster would trigger chaos and civil war while supporters broadcast on Belgrade television. The push comes as U N embargoes press Serbia over Bosnia violence and disintegration worries persist after heavy Sarajevo bombardment.
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Milosevic
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United Nations
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
Sarajevo
Harkin Urges Force To Deliver Aid In Sarajevo Crisis
Senator Tom Harkin urged the United States to threaten and use force if needed to reach 300000 residents of Sarajevo as Serb forces shell the city. He criticized President Bush and said the administration lags in responding, with casualties and displacement rising as talks on using military aid to secure humanitarian relief continue.
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Yugoslavia
Harkin
Frances
Slovenia
United States
Europe
Russia
Sarajevo
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