Calypso Ship Heads to La Rochelle for Marine Museum
After a globe trotting career with Jacques Cousteau, the damaged Calypso sails on a barge from Marseille to La Rochelle to become a marine museum. Built in 1942 as JB.26 minesweeper, it later served Britain and Malta before Cousteau acquired it in 1954.
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la Rochelle
Singapore
Marseille
Spain
Seattle
Wash
Great Britain
Malta
Cousteau
Hezbollah denies link to 1983 Marine barracks attack
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah says a separate group carried out the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and that he supports it due to U.S. backing for Israel, while noting Hezbollah’s historic suspicions and the wider civil war kidnappings.
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U.S
Lebanon
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah
Israel
Nasrallah
Earthquake relief stalls in Afghanistan as aid delays grow
Hungry villagers in northern Afghanistan receive their first food since a weekend quake that wrecked villages poured landslides and buried wells. U S and UN efforts rely on two Russian helicopters to deliver aid from Central Asia but arrival is delayed. Airport fuel clearance in Tajikistan blocks assistance.
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Afghanistan
U.S
Central Asia
U.N
Rupert Coalville
Dushanbe
Tajikistan
Chinese wary of protests on massacre anniversary
Police warned a former reformer to stay quiet while Tiananmen Square was closely watched on the ninth anniversary of the 1989 crackdown. About two dozen dissidents detained nationwide. Hong Kong held a large commemoration with 40,000 attending Victoria Park as authorities restrained potential protestors and leaflets near the Monument to the People's Heroes.
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Communist Party
China
Tiananmen Square
Bao Tong
Hong Kong
Victoria Park
Tiananmen
Colege
Clinton
Beijing
Congress
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Mao Tse-tung
U S and other powers rebuke India Pakistan nuclear tests
The United States and four Security Council permanent members condemned India and Pakistan's nuclear tests and urged restraint. They offered help to resolve disputes but stopped short of concrete penalties, noting willingness to assist with confidence building while avoiding isolation of the new nuclear states. They urged both nations to refrain from weaponization and missile deployment and to consider mutual safeguards.
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United States
U.N. Security Council
India
Pakistan
South Asia
Madeleine Albright
Russia
China
Britain
France
Albright
U.S
Iraq arms inspectors outline a path to lifting sanctions
UN arms chief Richard Butler presented a detailed map of Iraq’s missing information on chemical and biological programs and missiles. He said cooperation could shorten the crisis, with a possible near end by October if Baghdad follows the outlined steps, though no guarantees are given amid ongoing uncertainties.
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Security Council
Iraq
Baghdad
Richard Butler
U.N. Special Commission
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Butler
Tariq Aziz
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