Suu Kyi freed after six years calls for peace talks
Aung San Suu Kyi, freed by Burma's junta after six years in detention, urged negotiations with the military to end the country’s crisis while dissidents said rebel groups must press for the release of political prisoners. The World Bank approved further loans to Vietnam totaling $740 million for electricity and irrigation upgrades.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Burma
All Burma Students’ Democratic Front
Naing Aung
World Bank
Vietnam
Bombing in Sri Lanka Kills 13 Babies at Navaly Church
Thirteen babies among 65 civilians killed when a military warplane hit a Roman Catholic church and attached school in Navaly near Jaffna. The Red Cross cites 250 wounded as Colombo orders an investigation though a government source confirms the attack occurred as civilians sheltered inside. Police seize five tons of cocaine at a processing plant in southern Colombia as authorities arrest a suspect and seize equipment.
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Navaly
Jaffna
Sri Lanka
Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
Chandrika Kumatatuinga
Colombia
Tomachipan
Bogota
Cali
Serbs Capture U.N. Enclave Srebrenica
Bosnian Serb army overran Srebrenica despite NATO airstrikes as Dutch peacekeepers abandoned their post. U.N. spokesman confirmed the town's fall and evacuees surged toward Potocari while Doctors Without Borders reported mass flight and hospital evacuation.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Srebrenica
Potocari
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Stephen Oberreit
Doctors Without Borders
NATO
United Nations
Pfc
Ravio van Rensen
Zvomik
van Rensen
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