Violence and unrest erupt in Zaire refugee camps near Bukavu
UNHCR reports rampant violence as refugees assault alleged spies and aid workers flee rumors of poison. In Mugumba camp a refugee died and others injured amid lynchings. tensions rise across Goma and Bukavu camps. Roughly 320,000 refugees housed in multiple camps face deteriorating security and halted repatriation plans.
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BukAvu
Zaire
Ruth Marshall
U.N. High Commissioner For
Geneva
Mugumba
Rwandan Patriotic Front
Rwanda
Gisenyi
Marshall
U.N
Goma
Kris Janowski
UNHCR
Ray Wilkinson
Bukavu-area
Doctors Without Borders
Wilkinson
AP Proto
Rick Noseworthy
United Nations
Rebels call for protests of elections in Chiapas Mexico
Arm ed rebels led by Subcomandante Marcos called for massive peaceful demonstrations against alleged fraud in last week end presidential and Chiapas gubernatorial polls. They urged civil mobilization in Chiapas and Mexico City, citing vote stuffing and coercion while citing 12 days of January fighting that left 145 dead.
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San Cristobal DE Las Casas
Mexico
Marcos
Zapatista National Liberation Army
EZLN
Ernesto Zedillo
Chiapas
Mexico City
Zedillo
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Eduardo Robledo Rincon
Amado Avendano
Democratic Revolutionary Party
PRD
Avendano
Civic Alliance
Democratic National Convention
Refugees head toward Turanj crossing amid Croat pushback
Thousands of Bosnian refugees push toward the Turanj crossing as Croat forces line the area with water cannons and armor. UN officials fear clashes at the no man’s land between Croat held and Serb controlled Croatia. 25,000 refugees from the northwest face a tense transit while two are wounded by land mines along the road.
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Turanj
Croatia
U.N
Alemka Lisinski
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Bosnia
Lisinski
Velika Kladusa
Fikret Abdic
Abdic
de Velika Kladusa
Bihac
Sarajevo
Britons test heart pump as transplant alternative
London reports surgeons at Papworth Hospital implanted a battery powered left ventricular assist device in a 62 year old patient to assess long term use as an alternative to heart transplants. The device lubricates the left ventricle and is belt powered.
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London
Papworth Hospital
Cambridge
United States
John Wallwork
John Dolling
Dolling
Peer Portner
Oakland
Calif
Novacor
Baxter Healthcare Corp
Deerfield, Ill
China hails new era as Brown visit seen boosting trade
China’s foreign trade ministry welcomed Commerce Secretary Brown’s upcoming eight day trip to Beijing Shanghai Canton and Hong Kong with 24 U S executives calling it a symbol of a new era in trade relations. The visit aims to sign memos of understanding in chemicals banking and energy and to announce deals including a $140 million Westinghouse contract for a power plant in eastern China.
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China
Foreign Trade Ministry
Commerce
Ronald Brown
Shi Jianxin
American Affairs Department
Brown
Clinton
U.S
Beijing
Shanghai
Canton
Hong Kong
Boeing
Wal-Mart
Shi
Randa
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Xinhua
Washington
United States
Tiananmen Square
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