World headlines briefed on reform talks and protests
De Klerk urges urgent talks with Mandela to halt violence while accusing the ANC of letting Communists derail reform. In Chile, students clash with police as they protest Pinochet era abuses near military sites. Bahrain notes Iraqi air defenses remain passive. Greece faces a 48 hour general strike over austerity. British beer fans oppose Anheuser Busch stake in Budweiser Budvar.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
F.W. de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
de Klerk
Mandela
African National Congress
Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Army
Pinochet
Valparaiso
Manama
Bahrain
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
U.S. Department of Defense
Athens
Greece
London
Anheuser-Busch
Ceske Budovice
Associated Press
Bosnian Forces Accused of Act of War on UN convoy
In Sarajevo U N troops commander accuses Bosnian government forces of attacking a UN convoy in what officials call an act of war. The attack killed two French soldiers and wounded five as France demands protection and punishment. U N says airlift to Sarajevo unlikely before next week amid continued bombardment and a closed airport.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Bosnia
Roland Dumas
Hussein Aly Abdulrazek
Brazil president seeks delay of impeachment vote
Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello asked the Supreme Court for a 20 day restraining order to delay a Senate impeachment vote. Rep Ibsen Pinheiro ordered an open vote before month end and gave Collor Sept 15 to explain to the legislature. Collor calls the move a coup attempt and denies illicit slush fund charges.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Fernando Collor de Mello
Supreme Court
Ibsen Pinheiro
Congress
Collor
U N plans food airdrops to remote Somali villages
The United Nations will begin food airdrops Friday to rural areas in Somalia to keep starved villagers from fleeing to cities. First targets are Tigreglo and El-Garas in the southwest, with nearly 18 tons of grain per village dispatched by Hercules aircraft.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
United Nations
International Committee of the Red Cross
Tigreglo
El-Garas
Tom Lecato
U.N. World Food Program
United States
Locato
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