Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for Buenos Aires embassy bombing
An Islamic Jihad claim followed the fatal Israeli Embassy blast in Buenos Aires that killed at least 20 people and injured over 250. The car bomb destroyed the embassy near the business district, with 11 Israelis among the dead and a rising death toll feared. Rescue crews shifted to heavy equipment as survivors dwindled.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Jose Luis Manzano
Beirut
Islamic Jihad
Lebanon
Yeltsin Says Kravchuk to Turn Over Ukraine Nukes
President Boris Yeltsin said Leonid Kravchuk reversed course and will send all tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine to Russia for dismantling by July. Kiev leaders and CIS talks on military issues loom Friday, with implications for unity and control of ships planes and troops of the former Soviet Union. Baker previously secured assurances that short range nuclear weapons would be centralized and tightly controlled.
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Boris Yeltsin
Leonid Kravchuk
Ukraine
Russia
Kiev
Commonwealth of Independent States
Kravchuk
Commonwealth
James Baker
Kidnapped American rescued in Philippines
Police attacked a fort with guns and grenades and freed American businessman Michael Barnes, vice president of Philippine Geothermal Inc., seized January 17 outside his Manila office. Sharpshooters killed at least 12 captors as three officers and two suspected hostage takers were wounded. Negotiations continued for two other captives, two American women and an Australian mother and daughter, held by Muslim separatists.
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Manila
Philippines
Michael Barnes
Philippine Geothermal Inc
Barnes
Long Beach
Calif
Financial
Guerrillas claim capture of major Afghan base
Guerrillas said they seized Afghanistan’s largest military base in a battle that would strain U N peacemaking. Kabul Radio acknowledged key districts around Mazar e Sharif fell while denying Najibullah loyalists lost the city.
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Pakistan
Afghanistan
U.N
Kabul Radio
Mazar-e-Sharif
Najibullah
Balkh
Kabul
Soviet Union
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