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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1996

Page

4

Nine hostages rescued as rebels killed in Timika raid

Indonesian military said 7 separatist rebels hacked two hostages to death during an army raid that freed nine captives. The rescue followed tracking the rebels to a location in Timika.

Timika Indonesia

World War II site eyed for university in Frankfurt

Frankfurt Germany government plans to convert the former I G Farben complex once used as Nazi labor camps and Eisenhower s wartime U S headquarters into a university. The site later housed U S military commands in Frankfurt. A separate report notes Yeltsin seeking a broad anti Communist alliance or risk civil war in Moscow.

Frankfurt Germany USS Dwight Eisenhower Frankfurt University I.G. Farben Chemical Company Eisenhower U.S Boris Yeltsin Moscow

Slovenian deputies oust foreign minister before pope visit

Parliament votes 48 26 to remove Zoran Thaler 32 over alleged inaction on Croatia Italy ties triggering a political crisis. In Liberia heavy fighting extends into Monrovia suburbs as five of seven rebel groups clash around Schefflin barracks amid six weeks of civil war.

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Israel tightens Gaza border closure ahead of elections

Israel tightened travel and trade restrictions on Palestinian areas at the Erez crossing, barring Palestinian workers and allowing only officials and trucks to pass. Trucker Hader Abu Jazar described Gaza as a jail as trucks queued under Israeli escort for staples to the blockaded strip amid fears of death by own action bombings. The move follows a February 25 closure linked to a spike in suicide bombings and comes ahead of Israel's May 29 elections.

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