Rescue saves over 200 fishermen in Black Sea estuary
Rescue teams plucked more than 200 fishermen stranded on floating ice in a southern Ukraine Black Sea estuary near Ovidiopol Tuesday. The region relies on the fishing industry for food and income across Ukraine and the former Soviet Union.
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Bin Laden blamed in bomb plot in India
Indian papers report suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden planned attacks on the U S Embassy and consulates in Madras and Calcutta before a national holiday. Nasir, a Bangladeshi national, allegedly led the plot and was arrested in New Delhi. Police say explosives were seized. six associates were captured, with others at large. Pakistani denials and cross border tensions add to the case.
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China’s first cyberdissident jailed for online politics
Lin Hai a 30 year old software entrepreneur labeled China’s first cyberdissident was sentenced to two years in prison in Shanghai for finding the overthrow of state powers by supplying 30 000 e mail addresses to a pro democracy U S based magazine The court also fined him 1200 and ordered the return of his computers and modem The case ties to a broader crackdown on dissidents who organized opposition groups and set up an exile backed China Democracy Party with more than two dozen arrests or detentions in recent months
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Iraqi opposition rejects US aid to topple Saddam Hussein
A prominent Iraqi opposition group rejected Clinton's offer of US support under the Iraq Liberation Act to oust Saddam Hussein. The move cited harm to its reputation inside Iraq. Other groups welcomed the aid, including the Iraqi National Congress and Iraqi National Accord, along with Kurdish factions and the Movement for a Constitutional Monarchy.
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Pinochet torture orders cited in Lords case
Lawyers for Britain and Spain argued before the House of Lords that torture is a universal crime under international law, not an internal matter, as they defend Pinochet’s arrest. The 83-year-old former Chilean dictator was detained in London on a Spanish warrant accusing him of murders, kidnapping and torture.
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