Colombia mulls cartel surrender offer amid cease-fire move
A Colombian judicial official said the government may allow drug traffickers to surrender in a fortified compound under army protection, with guarantees of personal security and due process. The Medellin cartel pledged a cease-fire as elections approach and the fate of kidnapped journalists remains unresolved.
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Colombia
Carlos Mejia
Mejia
Criminal Court
Pablo Escobar
Medellin Cartel
Escobar
Cesar Gaviria
United States
Cartel
Medellin
Justice
Jaime Giraldo
Criminal Court Division
Roald Dahl, British Author, Dies at 74
Roald Dahl died Friday at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford at age 74 after being admitted Nov. 12 with an undisclosed infection. The author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory wrote 19 children’s books, nine short-story collections, and screenplays for film and television.
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Oxford
England
Roald Dahl
Dahl
John Radcliffe Hospital
Murray Pollinger
Britain
Ian
Israel to Repair Roof of Church of the Nativity
Israel will fix a leaky roof at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to avert sectarian dispute over upkeep. Work begins soon and should finish by Christmas, amid a long standing rivalry among Greek Orthodox Armenian and Roman Catholic churches over custodial rights.
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Church of the Nativity
Jerusalem
Jesus
West Bank
Bethlehem
Shmuel Hamburger
Belgians Swiss scrap Gladio anti communist units
Belgium and Switzerland disbanded their Gladio guerrilla networks as East West ties improved and Cold War fears waned. The Belgian unit coordinated European groups and hundreds of weapon stockpiles were cited. officials noted secrecy and CIA links. NATO and neutral nations have varied responses.
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Belgium
Switzerland
Wilfried Martens
Europe
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Warsaw Pact
France
Germany
Italy
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CIA
NATO Alliance
U.S
Washington
European Community
El Salvador reports rebel offensive ends amid denials
The government said rebels agreed to halt the offensive after appeals by Costa Rica and the U.N. secretary-general, but a rebel official denied a concrete cease-fire plan. Fighting persisted near Santa Elena with reports of an A-37 crash and a crew bailout.
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Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
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U.N
Salvador Samayoa
Salpress
Mexico City
Samayoa
Javier Perez de Cuellar
United Nations
Alfredo Cristiani
Santa Elena
San Salvador
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Herteen & Stocker
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