World briefs from Belgrade to Mauritania and beyond
Artillery raids in Croatia kill at least six as UN peacekeepers loom. Serbia protests Milosevic opposition plans for Monday rally. China culture minister resigns amid power struggle. Mauritania's military ruler wins first direct vote majority. Two coal miners die in West Virginia accidents. Benedict Arnold journal recovered as museum theft case advances. California judge approves castration for sex offender with ACLU comment.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Croatia
U.N
Slobodan Milosevic
Nouakchott
Mauritania
Republican Democratic Party of
Maaouiya Ould
Sid'Ahmed Taya
Taya
Hanover
W.va
West Virginia
James Stacy
Fred Stinson
James Thomas
Northfork
Chicago
Benedict Arnold
Maine
John Conley
Maine Historical Society Museum
Portland
FBI
Navy ready to intercept North Korea bound freighter
The U S Navy is prepared to intercept a North Korean freighter suspected of carrying advanced Scud C missiles possibly bound for Iran or Syria. Bush and Israeli officials voiced deep concern about missile proliferation and regional destabilization while noting no decisions have been made.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
Iran
Syria
Bush
Middle East
Africa
U.S
Bandar Abbas
National Security
Brent Scowcroft
Yeltsin lifts price ceilings on bread and staples in Russia
President Boris Yeltsin issued a decree authorizing local authorities to remove government imposed price ceilings on bread and several staples, allowing prices to move toward market levels. The move follows a January decontrol and comes amid rising costs for essentials, with bread playing a central role in the Russian diet and history.
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Los Angeles Times
Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
St. Petersburg
Russia
Tass
V.I. Lenin
Bolsheviks
Pentagon pushes for US dominance in postwar order
The Pentagon aims to keep the United States as the world’s sole superpower and deter competitors including Japan and the EC. A 46 page post–Cold War policy, reportedly to be released by Defense Secretary Dick Cheney, emphasizes benevolent American domination over collective internationalism.
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New York
Pentagon
United States
Japan
Dick Cheney
New York Times
United Nations
NATO
Militant Jewish leader Irv Rubin jailed in murder plot case
Irv Rubin, 46, chairman of the Jewish Defense League, was jailed in Los Angeles on alleged murder for hire charges. Police sought a second suspect as details remained sealed. Rubin denied involvement through his attorney, while noting the case may stem from broader tensions within the movement.
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Los Angeles
Jewish Defense League
Irv Rubin
Rubin
Mike Schwehr
Schwehr
San Pedro
Monrovia
Steven Goldberg
Goldberg
Meir Kahane
League
Jewish Defense Organization
Kahane
New York
el Sayyid Nosair
Louis Farrakhan
Mordechai Levy
Levy
New York City
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Beijing
Democracy
He Jingzhe
Deng Xiaoping
Arnold Journal Recovered
Houston
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Ira Glasser
ACLU
Mike McSpadden
Steven Allen Butler
Pensacola, Fla
North Korea
State Department
Bob Farrell
Eugenia Shorrock
Shorrock
Portsmouth
N.H
U.S. and World News Daily
Christopher J. Hickson
Bruce D. Fenchel
Fenchel
Dr. Hickson
Hickson
42Nd St. NE
Catherine
American Express
MasterCard
John Meyers
Lindale Square
Younkers
Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Earl Krugel
Blairs Ferry
Goldfather's Pizza
Town & Country
6Th St
Blairs Ferry Rd
C.R. Public Libray Aid
Duane Arnold
Gazette
Cyd
Kirkwood College
Cityline
Khar
Eadie Fawcett
St. Luke's
Abbe Center
Capri
Iowa City
Waterloo
Dubuane
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