Kidnapping Claim Ties To Tokyo Cult Leader Son
Intruders believed to be followers abducted the 7 year old son of Shoko Asahara former guru of Aum Shinrikyo the doomsday cult behind the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. Police say intruders broke into a cult facility at Asahimura and assaulted fleeing members. Satoshi Nagayama 37 a former cult member was later arrested nearby and charged with breaking in.
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Donkeys Deliver UN Aid Through Afghan Snowbound Passes
The United Nations used 1500 donkeys to move blankets and food to 2000 families in Dar-e-Souf, Samangan province, through snow clogged passes amid Taliban and northern rebel clashes. The operation ran from November to February, with 6000 trips over 24 miles in subzero temperatures, aided by a November ceasefire agreement.
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Swiss court sides with Auschwitz survivor in damages ruling
Switzerland's supreme court rejected a claim of government complicity in handing Joseph Spring to Nazis but awarded him 63000 dollars for costs and ethical reasons. Spring, then 16, was turned over in 1943 after attempting to enter neutral Switzerland from Nazioccupied France. The ruling found authorities did nothing illegal. In Sierra Leone, over 400 child soldiers have been released this week by former rebels and junta forces under a peace deal, with 300 freed in Kabala and handed to Caritas.
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Caritas
Basque bombs end Madrid cease-fire with deadly attack
Two car bombs in a Madrid neighborhood kill an army officer and end a 19 month lull in ETA violence. Police blame ETA for the blasts as Prime Minister Aznar vows no concession. Thousands protest in Madrid and Basque cities, demanding peace and justice.
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Euskal Herritarrok
Josefa Espinoza
Juan Cotino
Pedro Antonio Blanco Garcia
Army
Eduardo Serra
France
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Kohl refuses to reveal secret donors in slush fund scandal
German Chancellor Helmut Kohl defends non disclosure of donor names amid a Christian Democrat money scandal. Hesse officials allege 2.1 million dollars vanished from a Swiss account as auditors probe off books funds from the 1980s and 1990s. Party leaders threaten civil action to compel cooperation.
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Helmut Kohl
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Bremen
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Hesse
Roland Koch
Kohl
Christian Democrat
Wolfgang Schaeuble
Wildlife oil spill devastates Brazilian ecological preserve
Rio de Janeiro biologist Mario Moscatelli mourns as 300000 gallons of crude spill from Petrobras Reduc refinery darkens Guanabara Bay. Oil extends 16 square miles into Guapimirim mangrove swamp, threatening endangered elbow-throated alligators and pink-backed herons. Cleanup crews work amid tarred beaches and oil-coated wildlife. Petrobras admits responsibility with a public ad.
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