British explorers complete unsupported North Pole trek
Stephen Martin aged 41 and David Mitchell aged 34 have achieved the first unaided British journey to the North Pole. After 90 days and 1200 miles from Siberia, they reached the Pole and will be picked up by airplane at Resolute Bay, Canada. Their 1994 attempt inspired a Channel 4 documentary.
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Mass grave in Croatia yields 20 bodies uncovered
U.N. war crimes investigators recovered 20 bodies from a mass grave in Lovas eastern Croatia near the Serbia border. They expect up to 60 total. the victims are believed to be Croat civilians executed in 1991 amid Serb rebel action during Croatia’s independence war. The six month conflict left over 10,000 dead and most of eastern Croatia later retaken.
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Beijing sentences two labor activists for subversion
Two Chinese labor activists Li Wenming and Guo Baosheng were sentenced to 31/2 years in prison for attempting to form an independent union and distribute an unofficial journal. They had been detained since May 1994 and held until the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court released the sentence information last week. Human Rights groups say the verdict violates international standards and that the men were jailed for educating migrant workers about rights to organize and bargain.
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Algiers Prepares for Parliamentary Vote Amid Bomb Threats
Bombs and fear shadow Algiers as authorities ready Thursday's parliamentary election seen as likely to renew the military backed regime of President Zeroual. More than 60 000 deaths in five years of Islamist insurgency. Police and troops guard streets while voters face a sparse campaign mood and warnings to report suspicious activity.
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U S Marines Evacuate 1200 From Torn Sierra Leone
U S Marines with armored vehicles and 25 mm cannons evacuated about 1,200 foreigners by helicopter to the USS Kearsarge off Freetown as violence and a May coup shake Sierra Leone. Nigerian troops reinforced rebels and an AU meeting debated intervention while streets remained empty.
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