Reward Offered by U S in Karachi Killings Probe
The United States advertised a 2 million dollar reward in Pakistani papers for information on the ambush of four Union Texas Petroleum workers and their Pakistani driver in Karachi last November. The ad promised confidentiality and possible relocation for informants. The 1997 shooting is connected to past CIA headquarters violence.
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Lriday
Union Texas Petroleum
Pakistan
Karachi
Mir Aumnal Kasi
CIA
Virginia
Forest fires threaten southern Mexico and U S environment
U S officials warn of a major environmental disaster in the Chimalapas reserve as forest fires emit choking haze into the United States endangering hundreds of plant species. Brian Atwood cites the fires as potentially the most serious global case outside Indonesia.
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Mexico
U.S
United States
Chimalapas Biological Reserve
Americas
Brian Atwood
Agency For International Development
Indonesia
Atwood
U.S. Agriculture
Dan Glickman
Faulty wheel blamed for train crash in Germany
Investigators say a broken wheel likely caused the InterCity Express 684 disaster near Escarepr Germany as the death toll rose to 98. A 93rd victim was recovered from debris while rescue teams pressed to clear four tracks and identify victims amid ongoing probe.
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Escarepr
Germany
Wolf-Ruediger Schliebener
Eschede
India objects to nuclear condemnation by permanent UN members
New Delhi blasted five permanent Security Council nations Britain China France Russia and the United States for not policing the 1968 Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty. New Delhi cites alleged China to Pakistan transfers and notes India conducted underground nuclear tests on May 11 and 13. The Foreign Ministry says the transfers violate treaty obligations, though India and Pakistan have not signed the NPT.
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New Delai
India
U.N. Security Council
South Asia
Foreign Ministry
China
Pakistan
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Permanent Security Council
Britain
France
Russia
United States
NPT
Ex-South African Leader Botha Defies Court Over Amnesty Probe
Former president Pieter Botha, 82, defied a subpoena to appear before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission amid trial proceedings in a small town near his home. Desmond Tutu urged Botha to apologize for apartheid’s harms as the trial examined the policies of his government and the commission’s role in truth telling and amnesty.
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Botha
Cape Town
Truth Commission
Desmond Tutu
Tutu
Victor Lugaju
South Africa
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