Peru President Pleads Case at Foreign Ministers Meeting
Peru's Alberto Fujimori urged hemispheric foreign ministers to accept an accelerated plan to elect a new congress while defending his one man rule as necessary amid rebel violence and cocaine trafficking. He warned of an economic and social disaster and cited a March speech by Bernard Aronson regarding possible genocide if Shining Path rises. Most ministers remained reserved despite scattered applause.
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Alberto Fujimori
Congress
Peru
Fujimori
U.S
Bernard Aronson
Cambodia
Shining Path
Organization of American States
Lawrence Eagleburger
Ap- Niassau
Bahamas
Haiti Refugees Face Channel of Escape and Arrests
Cuban officials report at least 18 Haitians drowned when their boat sank off eastern Cuba during a return attempt. Haitian radio says about 100 refugees were arrested in Leogane near Port au Prince, amid a first army crackdown since the September coup. The OAS weighs tougher Haiti sanctions as the exodus continues.
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Haiti
Cuba
Leogane
Port au-Prince
Armenian advances threaten Nagorno Karabakh supply route
Armenian troops overran Lachin near Nagorno Karabakh giving Armenia an overland route into the enclave. Azerbaijan denied the victory while fighting to hold defenders isolated in Lachin amid a national political crisis and wartime strain.
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Baku
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Nagorno- Karabakh
Lachin
Nagorno-Karabakh
Azad Isa-Zade
Nazi War Criminal Schwammberger Receives Life Sentence
Josef Schwammberger, 80, former SS commander in Poland, was sentenced to life imprisonment by German judges after being convicted of murdering 25 people and ordering hundreds more deaths. The trial, held despite his frail health, drew witnesses from Canada, Australia, Israel, and the United States.
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Berlin
Josef Schwammberger
Poland
Schwammberger
Germany
U.S
West Germany
Herbert Luippold
Canada
Australia
Israel
United States
Dane Bille August Wins Best Picture At Cannes Fest
At the 45th Cannes Film Festival Dan ish director Bille August wins best picture for The Best Intentions a Bergman inspired romance. Pernilla August is named best actress as The Player by Robert Altman takes best director and Tim Robbins best actor. Altman receives two minute ovation as Tom Cruise presents the Palm. Far and Away debuts outside competition.
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France
Bille August
Ingmar Bergman
U.S
Pelle the Conqueror
Dane
Pernilla
Robert Altman
Altman
Tim Robbins
Griffin Mill
Sweden
Bergman
Tom Cruise
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