Multan Floods Drive Pakistan Toll to 2000
Soldiers and volunteers battled the Indus using bulldozers shovels and sandbags as Pakistan’s worst flooding killed about 2000 people and damaged 1.5 billion in property. Two million acres of farmland were submerged and half a million residents evacuated around Multan and Muzaffargarh.
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Yugoslavia Drops Bid to Retain U.N. Seat
Yugoslavia will be barred from voting in the U.N. system after Russia agreed not to veto a censure resolution. Prime Minister Milan Panic announced the government would drop its bid to keep the Yugoslav U.N. seat, while still permitting a UN mission for consultations. The move follows defections on the Security Council as Russia and China cautioned against further sanctions amid the Bosnian war.
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Mitterrand Reveals Prostate Cancer Amid Unity Referendum
President Francois Mitterrand disclosed prostate cancer after a biopsy during surgery. Doctors said malignant lesions were found but he plans a brief convalescence and will vote in the Sunday referendum on European Community unity, continuing his political campaign.
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