Algeria ruling party wins first parliamentary vote since 1992
Algeria’s National Democratic Rally led by Zeroual won 155 of 380 seats, with the National Liberation Front securing 64. Pro-government parties total 219 seats or 57 percent. Opposition parties allege fraud as a fragile step toward pluralism emerges amid the country’s civil war legacy.
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Algeria
Liamine Zeroual
France
National Democratic Rally
Zeroual
National Assembly
The
National Liberation Front
Lenin to face referendum on Lenin’s burial in Russia
President Boris Yeltsin urged a nationwide referendum this fall to decide if Lenin’s body should be buried or remain on public display in Red Square. Yeltsin, visiting St Petersburg, said Lenin must be buried despite Communist resistance in the State Duma.
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Vladimir Lenin
Soviet Union
Boris Yeltsin
Lenin
Red Square
Yeltsin
St. Petersburg
Mafia's No 2 boss arrested in Sicily
Police stormed a seaside farmhouse east of Palermo and arrested Pietro Aglieri known as The Little Gentleman. He was presiding over a summit with other Mafia bosses and came in as a fugitive of eight years. Aglieri, nearly 38, offered no resistance.
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Palermo
Pietro Aglieri
Aglieri
Bagheria
Agneri
Salvatore “Toto” Riina
Irish election fever tests readers as Bruton faces rival party
Voters weigh options as the Rainbow coalition trails Bruton’s Fine Gael Labor and Democratic Left. Fianna Fail leads polls with Noel Whelan as candidate in Dublin Southeast. Citizens like Deirdre OLeary and David Kelly voice opposition to tax cuts and left leaning plans. Ben Briscoe praised as a longtime Fianna Fail lawmaker.
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Dunain
Ireland
Deirdre O'Leary
David Kelly
John Bruton
Fine Gael
Liberal Labor Party
Socialist Democratic
Rainbow
Bruton
Bertie Ahern
Fianna Fail
Progressive Democrats
Mary Harney
Ahern
Dail
Owen Kelly
Dublin
Noel Whelan
U S Pressures Congo on Refugee Rights and Elections
U S ambassador to the United Nations says continued backing of President Laurent Kabila hinges on improved human rights and democratization. He cites massacres of Rwandan refugees, urges investigations and punishment, while noting Kabila’s pledge to hold elections in two years and form a varied government. The U S also welcomes Kabila’s cabinet move to address refugee plights with the United Nations.
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Kinsttasa. Congo
U.S
Laurent Kabila
Congo
Washington
United Nations
Kabila
United States
Mobutu Sese Seko
Bill Richardson
Kinshasa
Richardson
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