Milosevic holds Serbian edge in vote as Panic cries foul
Official returns show Milosevic with about 55 percent of the vote and Panic contends the election was stolen. The Serbian commission reported 6.9 million registered voters with roughly 55 percent counted. Milosevic aides warned of Western pressure while a surge for radical leader Seselj's party drew concern over potential tensions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic
Milan Panic
Milosevic
Panic
Serbian Election Commission
Vladislav Jovanovic
Radical Party
Vojislav Seselj
Seselj
Bosnia
North Korea confirms POWs sent to China during war
U.S. senator reports North Korea states hundreds of Korean War prisoners were taken to China and not returned. Smith says evidence points to POW camps in Manchuria overseen by Chinese authorities. A State Department official cautions against comment as plans for a U.S. delegation to China proceed.
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China
Concord
N.H
North Korea
U.S
Senate Panel
Smith
Senate
Select Committee On
United States
Los Angeles
State Department
Moscow
Yang Hyong Sop
Supreme People’s Assembly
Kang Sok Ju
Assembly
Foreign Affairs Commission
Manchuria
Korea
U.N. chief calls U.S. to disarm Somalis in Somalia
U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali urged the United States led force to disarm roving gunmen before withdrawal, resisting Washington’s plan for a quick handover to a conventional U.N. peacekeeping force. He warned a premature exit could plunge Somalia back into chaos and famine. American officials and military leaders question the feasibility of a disarmament mission.
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Bush
Somalia
U.N
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Washington
U.S
Eagleburger
Bosnia
Boutros-Ghaili
Boutros- Ghali
Boutros-Ghali
Ethiopia
Security Council
Israelis reject talks with PLO in Israeli cabinet session
Israel's Cabinet rejected direct negotiations with the PLO amid a row over expelling Palestinians to Lebanon. Rabin kept to negotiating only with West Bank and Gaza Palestinians, while Meretz called for tactical openness to the PLO and the talks in Madrid framework proceed toward an interim autonomy ahead of a permanent settlement.
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Israel
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
Mideast
Faisal Husseini
Husseini
Meretz Bloc
Lebanon
Israeli Supreme Court
Beirut
Middle East
Yasser Arafat
Hamas
Islamic Jihad
Yitzhak Rabin
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Rabin
Gad Ben-Ari
Shimon Shetreet
Shetreet
Madrid
Spain
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