Missionaries Face New Dangers Amid Philippine Kidnapping
The Burnhams, Kansas missionaries held by Abu Sayyaf May 27 in the Philippines, highlight perils for faith workers as New Tribes Mission reassesses safety. Fellow workers cite past kidnappings in Colombia Indonesia and Panama and note policy against ransom. Local converts like Pido once a Kalangaya animal worshipper now serve as village leaders on Luzon as outreach continues.
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Jan Bagley
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Nandakan
National People’s Army
Cagayan
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Palawan Island
Martin Burnham
Paul and
Oreta Burnham
Rose Hill
Kan
Nation of Islands
United States
Francis Ganzon
Philippine Air Force Base
Manila
UN chief urges Mideast peace push amid Gaza clashes
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan urged Israelis and Palestinians to seize the moment and bargain for peace after meeting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Ramallah and planning talks with Israeli leaders. Amid a fragile cease fire a 12 year old Palestinian boy was killed near Rafah as gunmen fired at an army base. Israel warned any political progress depends on an end to terror and violence while Palestinians complained of travel restrictions and closures. Israel noted some road openings and border crossings resumed for Palestinians and fishermen returned to Gaza. Security chiefs discussed a tentative plan to lift the blockade, with Palestinian authorities urged to arrest militants.
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Palestine
Texans Tied to Pardon Plot in Clinton Case
Four Texans told federal authorities they paid 230000 dollars to an Arkansas group promising that Roger Clinton would persuade then President Clinton to grant them a pardon and diplomatic passports. The four, including three family members and a friend, testified to a New York grand jury as FBI and congressional probes examine possible quid pro quo linked to Clinton clemency actions.
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Berlin elects first openly gay mayor in historic vote
Klaus Wowereit of the Social Democrats will lead Berlin on an interim basis after the ruling coalition collapsed amid a bank scandal and debts. The shift ends Christian Democrat leadership and sets a Social Democrat Green coalition mirroring national government under Chancellor Schröder, with potential for East German communists to enter city government.
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Klaus Wowereit
Christian Democrats
Eberhard Diepgen
Social Democrats
Greens
Gerhard Schroeder
Two men arrested in U S Embassy bomb plot in India
Sudanese national Abdil Rauf Hawas and Indian associate Shamim Sarwar were detained in New Delhi on Friday as police recovered 13 pounds of explosives and improvised devices. Interrogation indicated a plan to blow up the U S Embassy in July.
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Shamim Sarwar
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