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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1996
Page
5
Liberian militia leader Charles Taylor urged peace talks as foreign troops moved through Monrovia to disarm fighters. He signaled willingness to negotiate with Roosevelt Johnson and others, while backing elections by year end under the August 1995 truce.
French troops escorted mutinous Central African soldiers back to barracks in Bangui ending the latest uprising. Most rebels went quietly, with some firing into the air before obeying and boarding trucks for return to base underlining Paris influence.
The uprising began May 18 and about 200 mutineers retreated after President Ange-Felix Patassé pledged they would not face prosecution. France maintains about 1,300 soldiers in the Central African Republic, boosted recently by several hundred. Dozens were killed in the mutiny, with totals hard to confirm.
In the Greek Cypriot parliamentary election final results show the center-right coalition led by President Glafcos Clerides retaining a slim majority. Clerides' Democratic Rally keeps 20 seats in the 56 member parliament while the main opposition Communist Party rises to 19 seats. A three-month jail term was handed to Maj. Tony Seward for improper conduct in Somalia. In Paris, Barney Wilen, influential French free jazz saxophonist, died of cancer at 59.
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