Developing nations push for bigger slice at Cairo G-15 summit
Delegates from 17 nations in Africa Asia and Latin America gather in Cairo for a two day G 15 summit to seek debt relief increased aid and freer trade. A draft resolution urges dialogue with industrialized nations stronger intra group coordination and establishment of a preferred nation system to boost regional trade. The group accounts for a third of world population and $2 trillion in goods with 361.4 billion in exports and 357.2 billion in imports last year.
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Peru
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Zimbabwe
Iran
Colombia
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World Trade Organization
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Haiti's top election official flees amid contested vote
Haiti's election chief Leon Manus fled the country fearing for his life after refusing to approve last month's disputed legislative and local results. Aristide allies were expected to gain most Senate seats, with a second round set for June 25. International bodies questioned the vote tally, while violence rose and aid remained frozen.
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Leon Manus
Dominican Republic
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Dent Jean-Bertrande Aristide
United Nations
Organization of American States
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Senate
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Takeshita Dies at 76
Noboru Takeshita, who led Japan from 1987 to 1989 and later remained a powerful faction leader, died in Tokyo after a long illness at age 76. He retired last month after a year in hospital, having been forced from office in 1989 over illicit donations linked to Recruit Co.
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Ethiopia Eritrea sign cease hostilities accord in Algiers
Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a 15 point accord to halt hostilities immediately, allow a buffer zone patrol by an international peacekeeping mission, and pursue a definitive peace. Ethiopian troops to redeploy inside Eritrea as U N peacekeepers monitor the frontier in a bid to end two years of war. The agreement, brokered under the O A U and praised by U S officials, stops short of a full cease fire and retains self defense rights amid ongoing low level clashes.
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Eritrea
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Rino Seri
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