Two former RAF members convicted in Haig assassination attempt
Stuttgart court sentenced Sigrid Sternebeck Friedrich to eight years for aiding a hostage-taking and attempted murder in the 1979 Haig attack. Her husband Ralf Friedrich received sixty years for taking part in the Haig plot. The trial also touched on the 1977 Schleyer abduction and murder.
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Shells Hit Sarajevo Killing Dozens in Fresh Assault
Mortars pounded the besieged city killing at least 21 and wounding 135 as relief access via the airport remained blocked. Shells struck near a cartoon exhibit, the national bank, and a water line while residents sought shelter and food in a city under heavy siege. In Belgrade, Cosic weighed early premier choices, including Milan Panic.
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Refugees Report Serbian Atrocities in Dobrinja
About 100 refugees from the besieged Dobrinja suburb of Sarajevo told AP that Serb irregulars systematically tortured and killed civilians during a six day siege. Women and children crossed the Miljacka river seeking safety in the city center as gunfire echoed overhead.
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Russian Forces Battle in Moldova Amid Civil War
Russian army admits units fight alongside ethnic Russians in Moldova's conflict as casualties climb to about 380 dead and 500 wounded. Romania grants military assistance, raising outside involvement fears as Moldovan forces target separatist enclaves along the Dniester River.
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Election campaign ends in Tel Aviv as Israelis vote
Labor leader Yitzhak Rabin and Likud figure Benjamin Begin closed the campaign in Tel Aviv's Hatikva area amid Sephardic voters. Polls showed Labor ahead but not decisively. Voters choose parties for Parliament with coalitions likely. exit polls awaited late Tuesday. About 3.4 million eligible, 18 plus. turnout awaited. Immigrant vote, 300,000 newcomers, could swing results amid 40 percent unemployment among them.
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Tutu threatens Olympic ban over SA crisis and Boipatong mass
Arch bishop Desmond Tutu warned he would push to expel South Africa from the Olympics unless the government acts on the Boipatong massacre. President de Klerk cut Spain trip to handle the crisis as the ANC suspends talks, weighing resumption or intensified protests. Police arrests five hostel workers amid allegations of police involvement.
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Iraq oil exports may resume after tentative agreement
United Nations officials said in Vienna that a tentative agreement with Iraq on conditions for resuming oil exports has been reached. The proposal will be presented to the U.N. Security Council and Iraq's government for approval.
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