Iraqi families struggle as oil for food aid nears end
In Baghdad the George family and others face hunger as the U.N. oil for food program, begun in 1996 to ease sanctions, runs toward mid May. They rely on rationed staples, pay a few cents per member, and fear prices would rise without continued aid while oil shipments continue to fund food and medicine.
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Iraq
Ceceel George
U.N
Baghdad
Kuwait
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Jenan
U.S
George Somerwill
Britain
Tikrit
Saddam Hussein
Somerwill
United Nations
Georges
Jedida
Israeli recruit dies as army faces blame game
The Israeli army blamed the squad commander for a recruit’s death by friendly fire less than 18 hours after the shooting. Parents and soldiers questioned deeper failures, saying morale eroded after 16 years in Lebanon and that concerns about a flawed system were ignored.
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Jerusalem
Lebanon
Chad Zaci
Naomi
Effi Eilam
Eftam
Efraim Nisim
Guy
Assaf Lapid
Nisim
Lapid
Channel Two
South
Israel
Angola agrees to aid U.N. inquiry into air crash
Luanda says it will cooperate with U.N. access to the site of the downed plane that carried eight U.N. observers and 14 people total. The U.N. Security Council urged action and condemned inaction by both Angola and UNITA, while fighting in the crash area resumed after a pause.
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Luanda
Angola
U.N
U.N. Security Council
Amadou Toure
UNITA
Council
Brazil
Russia's economy sinks as inflation soars and ruble plunges
Russia faces its steepest economic decline since the Soviet era with inflation at 84.4 percent in 1998 and the ruble halved in value. GDP fell 5 percent and industry dropped 5.5 percent while foreign trade shrank and imports tumbled. Prime Minister Primakov warned salaries would rise only with gains for the poorest citizens.
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U.S
Russia
Interfax
Soviet Union
State Customs Committee
Sergei Kiriyenko
Yevgeny Primakov
Primakov
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