Samper accused of coverup plot in Colombia corruption charges
Former campaign chief Fernando Botero testifies that President Ernesto Samper and aides sought to block probes into drug corruption in his campaign. Botero, jailed ex defense minister, claims Samper took millions from the Cali cartel and met ministers multiple times after the 1994 election to discuss payoffs.
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Ernesto Samper
Fernando Botero
Congress
el Tiempo
Botero
Samper
Cali
Khmer Rouge claim high body count in Cambodia fighting
Khmer Rouge guerrillas said in a Friday radio broadcast they killed 134 government soldiers, including a battalion commander, in one week of fighting as government forces backed by tanks press an offensive in Battambang province.
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Khmer Rouge
Battambang
Phnom Penh
U.N
Riot clashes as El Salvador bus strike hits capital
Police in riot gear clash with bus operators and gang members on day two of a mass transit strike in San Salvador. About 200 officers used tear gas while operators demand regulatory action on thousands of pirate buses, fuel price cuts, and incentives for newer fleets amid reports of 3,000 to 11,000 illegal transports in the capital.
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el Salvador
Whites Fight to Keep Blacks Out of School in Potgietersrus
In Potgietersrus South Africa small town whites resist integration as black children attend the formerly all white primary school. Afrikaner parents plan a Constitutional Court appeal to protect schools for their own children while region leaders push for integration.
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South Africa
U.S
Potgieterstus
Constitutional Court
Potgietersrus
Northern
Ngoako Ramatlhodi
African National Congress
Mof Erasmus
Erasmus
Yeltsin fires top officials amid pre election purge
Russian President Boris Yeltsin intensified a widening purge ahead of the election by dismissing treasury, postal and regional officials. Facing a strong Communist challenge and a large anti government rally, he warned the cabinet to halt diverting funds from wages and pensions or risk replacement. The crackdown targets include Arkhangelsk and Saratov governors and Russia’s diamond monopoly head, amid accusations of diverting payroll funds into savings or other uses.
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Yeltsin
Russia
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Lier
Arkangelsk
Saratov
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