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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1995

Page

5

Greenpeace Seizes Brent Spar Platform To Halt Dumping

Greenpeace climbers scaled the Brent Spar in the North Sea to stop it from being dumped at sea under Britain's permit. The protest aims to force dismantling of the platform and its removal.

London Greenpeace North Sea Brent Spar Shetland Islands Britain

Yeltsin Signs Law Extending Military Draft

President Boris Yeltsin signed a bill extending the draft from 18 months to two years and requiring most graduates to serve after graduation. He paired the measure with a decree granting exemptions this year to more than 209,000 postgraduate students and college graduates.

Moscow Boris Yeltsin

Funerals held for S. Korea blast victims

In Taegu hundreds of students in navy blazers bid farewell at Yon Nam Middle School for 42 students among 100 killed in a gas explosion. Seven people face arrest for drilling a line against safety rules as anger at lax standards grows nationwide.

Taegu South Korea Yon Nam

Vietnamese celebrate anniversary of end of war in Vietnam

More than 10 000 parade down the broad boulevard in Ho Chi Minh City to mark the war ending on April 30 1975 with no reprisals against the United States. Officials praise patriotism while residents look to renewed diplomacy and trade with the West.

HO Chi Minh City Vietnam United States Truong Tan Sang North Vietnam Jeff Fredrick Tallahassee, Fla

Bosnian truce dies as government rejects renewal

The Bosnian government refused to extend the four month truce and pledged to restrain its army unless Serbs end attacks or block food aid. U N envoy Akashi failed to avert full scale war as talks resumed with Serb leader Karadzic seeking relief from sanctions and airport talks.

Sarajevo Bosnia-Herzegovina U.N Yasushi Akashi Haris Silajdzic Akashi Pale Radovan Karadzic Yugoslavia

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