Taxpayers fund tattoo removal for Taiwan veterans
Taiwan will subsidize tattoo removal for veterans who bear anti communist slogans. Officials cited cases of veterans from China arrested abroad due to tattoos and noted slogans like Drive out the communist bandits. The policy aims to ease travel and stigma for Nationalist refugees after 1949.
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U S and Turkish Warplanes Strike Iraqi Air Defenses
U S warplanes and Turkish aircraft bombed Iraqi air defense sites in the northern no fly zone near Mosul. B 52s fired missiles at a radar site east of Mosul while F 153s dropped laser guided bombs east and southeast of the city. All aircraft left safely as damage assessments proceed amid ongoing patrols since 1991. The U N and allied planes have faced renewed challenge from Iraqi anti aircraft fire.
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Poland Senate OKs Auschwitz Cross Retains Main Monument
The Senate amended a law on Nazi death camps to let the 26 foot cross at Auschwitz remain while removing about 200 smaller crosses added in the past year. The vote was 58 to 7 with 26 abstentions and moves to the lower house. The cross commemorates 152 Poles executed in 1941 and was used in a 1979 Mass by Pope John Paul II.
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Protests Ease as Jamaica Reopens Amid Tax Hunger Riots
Protests faded after government signaled tax hikes would be rolled back in Kingston. Roadblocks cleared and schools and businesses reopened. Riots killed six people, injured dozens, and more than 150 arrested as mobs blocked traffic and disrupted tourism. Cruise ships canceled and the island faced travel disruption.
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Israeli court questions permit requirements in east Jerusalem
The Supreme Court ordered the Israeli government to explain why hundreds of east Jerusalem Palestinians have had residency permits revoked. Since 1996, human rights groups say 2,083 identity cards were confiscated, leaving many unable to access health care and education. The case, brought for 15 residents, argues residency rules aim to widen a Jewish majority. UN does not recognize annexation. east Jerusalem houses about 180,000 Palestinians and 170,000 Jews.
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Caste Militia Massacre Kills 12 in Sindani Village
In Sindani, Eastern India, Ranbir Sena militants killed 12 people including a woman and a 9 year old girl. Police say the assault was retaliation for earlier killings in Bihar and targeted Dalits amid ongoing caste violence. Over 300 officers searched the area for suspects as villagers mourned.
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Lenin Birthday Draws Celebrants and Protesters
Lenin followers laid wreaths outside the embalmed founder's mausoleum on Red Square while critics exploded a 10 foot statue in Berezovsky. The 129th birthday recalls Lenin's 1917 Bolshevik rise and 1924 death, with current debate over his burial site amid polling showing preference for burial near his mother in St. Petersburg.
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Nabokov Honored In Russia On 100th Birthday Celebration
Russian museum marks Vladimir Nabokov's centennial with a ceremony at his boyhood home now a museum. Surviving Nabokov relatives blow out candles as Russians embrace him as a national treasure. Nabokov fled St. Petersburg in 1919, died in 1977, and his works were banned in the Soviet era before renewed popularity.
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Gandhi seeks coalition as India faces fresh election
In New Delhi Sonia Gandhi's Congress rejects socialist demands for power sharing. Mulayam Singh Yadav's 37 seats may block formation of a cabinet, risking a third election in as many years. Jayalalithaa pledges 18 lawmakers backing Gandhi. leaders vow to secure a slender majority by tomorrow.
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