Bosnia to test new aid convoy route through Serb stronghold
UN will try an alternate route for northwestern Bosnia aid convoys via Banja Luka as heavy fighting in the Bihac enclave and Serb siege hinder regular deliveries. Muslim government and rebel Serbs agreed to open humanitarian routes, aiming to reach starving residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Bosnia
Bihac
U.N
Banja Luka
Bihar
Dresden marks 50th anniversary of devastating air raids
Germans observe the Dresden firebombing with wreaths at the main cemetery and a cultural palace commemoration. The episode killed an estimated 35,000, drawing moral debate over Allied bombing. Protesters disrupted a cathedral service, while bells and a Dresden Bell Requiem echoed across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Germany
Hiroshima
Vietnam veterans help repatriate remains in Hanoi
American veterans helped repatriate six cases believed to contain remains of missing U.S. servicemen at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi. Twenty one Vietnam Veterans of America members participated in the ceremony, many moved to tears as remains were loaded onto a C-141. The remains head to Honolulu for identification by the Army Central Identification Laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi. Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Noi Bai
Vietnam Veterans of America
Tom Corey
West Palm Beach
Fla
Corey
Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
Paul Sutton
Old Bridge
N.J
Air Force
Randall Garrett
U.S. Mia
China plans broader family program to curb population growth
Beijing says China will slow population growth as it nears 1.2 billion. The State Council approves a 1995 2000 family planning plan emphasizing education and propaganda and tying birth control to economic development. Government figures show fertility fell from six children per woman in 1965 to 1.7 last year. The commission will offer farmers better seeds training and information to persuade smaller families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beying
China
State Council
State
Chechen town pleads to be spared from bombing
In Sernovodsk, chief doctor Ali Satulayev appeals to local and Russian officials to spare the 12,000 residents and 9,000 refugees from arbitrary force. He stresses the town has no armed groups as Russian troops and helicopters patrol nearby and refugees stream in from Grozny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sernovodsk
Russia
Ali Satulayev
Chechnya
Grozny
Vesti
Satulayev
Vladimir Pugachev
Beslan
Nazran
Ingushetia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Jahan Islam
Pakistan
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Islamabad
Nemotullan Khoo
Anti- American Party of Islam
Helmut Kohl
Auschwitz
Sir Arthur Harris
Britain
Bomber Command
United States
Harris
Hitler
Coventry
Augustus Bridge
Elbe River
Church of Our Lady
Vietnam
Samashky
Ozark Craft Festival
Arts & Crafts
Lawrence National Guard Armory
Ty Dood
Iowa
ALL
Mass
Optine
Iowa Lawren