Rebels deny UN access to downed plane crash site
Angolan rebels of UNITA refused government troops access to escort UN investigators to a downed United Nations aircraft. They demanded details on route and escorts, complicating the probe as the suspected crash site lies near Huambo, 300 miles southeast of Luanda, in a region where another UN plane crashed on December 26 with 14 aboard.
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Suday
U.N
United States
UNITA
Huambo
Luanda
Philippines Increases Patrols After Grenade Attacks
The military and police have intensified patrols in the southern Philippines after a series of grenade attacks killed at least 12 people this month and injured nearly 100 in three provinces. Officials suspect Abu Sayyaf is retaliating for the death of its chieftain in Basilan. In Bukidnon, rebels threw grenades at two passenger buses, killing two and injuring 22.
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Philippines
Horacio Lapinid
Abu Sayyaf
Basilan
Mindanao
Bukidnon
Fire at Dachuan department store kills nine in Sichuan
A department store fire in Dachuan city Sichuan province killed nine people and injured 100, with 500 firefighters battling the blaze for over three hours. The cause was not immediately known and state media reported the casualties and damages.
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China
Dachuan
Sichuan
Xinhua
UN official eyes tribunal for Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia
A UN official expressed hope that a tribunal for surviving Khmer Rouge leaders will be held in Cambodia to show justice for the genocide that killed up to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979. UN legal experts will advise next month on where and how such a trial could take place.
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U.N
Cambodia
Thomas Hammarberg
Hun Sen
Khmer Rouge
Nuon Chea
Khieu Samphan
Journalists shot in Sierra Leone during civil war tragedy
AP television producer Myles Tierney was killed and bureau chief Ian Stewart wounded when their four car convoy was fired upon in downtown Freetown escorted by ECOMOG troops. AP photographer David Guttenfelder escaped with cuts. The incident underscored risks reporters face covering armed conflict in Sierra Leone.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Associated Press
Myles Tierney
Associated Press Television News
Ian Stewart
Ivory Coast
Ecomog
Tierney
New York City
Stewart
David Guttenfelder
Waukee
Iowa
Conakry
Guinea
Guttenfelder
Myles
Jan
Thomas Kent
Nigel Baker
International Television
Revolutionary United Front
AD Pinne
Canadian mine executive swapped for kidnapped employee freed in Colombia
Norbert Reinhart a 49 year old Terra mundo Drilling Inc executive freed by leftist rebels in Colombia said he was not mistreated and spent time studying Spanish and exercising. He recounted reconnecting with his drill foreman Ed Leonard after reaching Bucaramanga and hinted he may reveal more details of his release. The two men had swapped places Oct. 6, with Leonard abducted June 24 and ransom demands fluctuating from 2 million to 500 thousand dollars.
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Bocora
Coromata
Toronto
Norbert Reinhart
Bucaramanga
Colombia
Bogota
Reinhart
Ed Leonard
Creston
British Columbia
Canada
Leonard
Lloyd Axworthy
FARC
Terramundo Drilling Inc
California
Sterilization drug ban sparks debate in India
In Calcutta and across India the government ban on quinacrine used for non surgical female sterilization sparks a heated debate. Proponents say the drug offers access to the poor while opponents warn of cancer risk and potential misuse in the Third World. Rights activists and doctors weigh the impact on rural women who value autonomy and continued work, amid a broader family planning crisis.
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Calcutta
India
World Health Organization
United States
Mohan Rao
New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
C.M. Pramanik
Bengal
J.K. Jain
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