U S boosts staff at Port au Prince Haiti consulate
U S authorities rush reinforcements to the Haiti consulate as 734 returnees face processing delays under the Bush administration. Red Cross pays for bus fare, refugees lack food on Coast Guard cutters, dockside asylum applications begin, while Coast Guard detains over 1,000 Haitians and crews construct more boats for Florida journeys.
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Haiti
U.S
Bush
Red Cross
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Coast Guard
Florida
Afghan president arrives at airport as rocket hits runway
Interim President Sibghatullah Mojaddidi and 69 others were on a plane that landed safely after a rocket struck the Kabul airport runway. The co-pilot was wounded by shrapnel. two other rockets missed. No group claimed responsibility. suspicion pointed to Hezb e Islami fighters led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
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Afghanistan
Sibghatullah Mojaddidi
Pakistan
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Zahibullah
Hezb-e-Islami
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Japanese director Itami attacked after challenging gangsters
Juzo Itami, famed for Tampopo and A Taxing Woman, was slashed at his Tokyo home by three men after releasing Mimbo no Onna in which gangsters are thwarted by a sharp lawyer. Police seek suspects and a getaway car. Itami is in stable condition. Government officials condemned the attack as a challenge to society.
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Juzo Itami
Itami
Atsushi Mizoguchi
Underworld
Japan
Akira Kurosawa
Koichi Kato
Asahi
Nobuko Miyamoto
Tadao Sato
Sarajevo under heavy bombardment amid unrest in Yugoslavia
Blood stains Sarajevo streets after fierce Serb led bombardment amid Western city clashes. A TV broadcast claims an army commander ordered strikes on Parliament and presidency buildings. Dubrovnik shelled. UN Security Council debates sanctions. Serbia faces rising internal criticism ahead of elections in Serbia and Montenegro.
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Yugoslavia
Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Tanjug
Croatia
Dubrovnik
U.N. Security Council
Serbia
Montenegro
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