U S to Supply Bosnia Heavy Howitzers in Train and Equip Program
The United States will send 116 155 mm howitzers plus 51 locally manufactured guns to the Muslim-Croat federation as part of a $100 million train and equip effort. Officials say the move boosts the federation’s firepower to deter Serb forces, despite European concern and peace-accord critics.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
United States
Bosnia
Washington
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U.S
Federation
Pardew
Republika Srpska
Joseph Allred
Justice reviews GOP donations linked to Florida firm
The Justice Department began a review of questionable donations to Republican committees tied to Young Brothers Development USA, a Florida firm with limited U.S. assets. Democrats cited the issue while a House panel invited White House counsel Charles Ruff to explain document refusals in a related campaign finance probe.
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Young Brothers Development- USA
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White House
Charles Ruff
House Government Reform and Oversight Committee
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Pauline Kanchanalak
Yah Lin
Charlie” Trie
Riady
Indonesia
Webster Hubbell
Marilyn Manson roadie dies in fall during venue prep
Sean McGann, 30, a lighting crew member for Marilyn Manson, fell 90 feet from a catwalk at Stadium Armory Complex in Washington. Police called it an apparent accident with alcohol involved. the death occurred hours before the band planned to perform. McGann worked for Up staging Inc. and was remembered by the band in a statement.
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Sean McGann
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Swiss diplomat rules out negotiations for restitution
Swiss Ambassador Thomas Borer told the American Jewish Committee that Switzerland will not reopen talks on restitution for $400 million in Nazi looted gold. He said reparations would follow a thorough government review. Senator Alfonso D Amato urged resuming the 1946 Washington accords negotiations.
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Switzerland
Thomas Borer
Germany
Alfonso D’amato
R-N.y
Senate Banking Committee
Italian police storm Venice bell tower to end siege
In Venice a band of eight separatists occupied St Mark's Bell Tower with an armored vehicle and a banner seeking an independent Venice. Carabinieri stormed the tower after dawn, arresting six inside and two elsewhere, recovering a submachine gun. The group had prepared for a long siege, with food and sleeping gear found in the tower.
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