Germany Underscores Limits on Troop Pullout in Bosnia
Chancellor Kohl said Germany would not send ground troops if the U.N. mission in Bosnia left, but could offer logistical support and air defense. No pullout decision yet as 24,000 troops from several nations remain. Nations meet in The Hague next week with NATO to discuss French plans to reduce coercion risks. Kohl signaled willingness to deploy German pilots if NATO requests, marking a new if cautious postwar step.
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U.N
Germany
Bosnia-Herzegovina
France
Britain
Hague
NATO
Four Presidents Launch Mercosur Trade Bloc in Brazil
Four presidents in Ouro Preto sign a pact uniting Brazil Argentina Paraguay and Uruguay along South America’s eastern coast. Mercosur, with 200 million people and $750 billion in output, cuts tariffs on 9000 products from Jan 1, with 85 percent to zero immediately and telecom tariffs phased over five to 11 years. Trade this year reached $12 billion, up from $2.7 billion in 1987, and expansion to other South American nations is planned.
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Ouro Preto
Brazil
South America
Amazon
Mercosur
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
Two men convicted in rural leader’s 1991 murder in Brazil
Jose Serafim Sales and Francisco de Assis Ferreira were found guilty Saturday in the 1991 murder of Expedito Ribeiro de Souza, an Amazon union leader who fought inequitable land ownership. Sales received 24 years, Ferreira 20 years for contracting and pulling the trigger. Both appealed, alleging police torture to obtain confessions.
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Jose Serafim Sales
Francisco de Assis Ferreira
Expedito Ribeiro de Souza
Brazil
Sales
Ferreira
Mandela defends new ANC government in first post‑power conference
Nelson Mandela, addressing the ANC in Bloemfontein, defended initial government steps and urged steady work to meet the poor's expectations. The first black South African president warned against rushed, reckless moves that could hurt the economy while stressing unity and tangible progress beginning next year.
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African National Congress
Bloemfontein
South Africa
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Summit urges peaceful Islam while divisions persist
At the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit in Casablanca fifty two nations urged a tolerant, extremism free Islam but intra Islamic rifts linger. Morocco Saudi Arabia and Iran backed a final declaration condemning state terrorism while Iran and the hosts faced compromises. Tehran will host the next summit in three years.
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Asia
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Les Cahiers d’Orient
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Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Iran
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Algeria
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Jordan
Oman
Mecca
Hassan II
Omar al-Bachir
Ali Akbar Velayati
Tehran
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