IRA raid nets components at isolated Irish farmhouse
Anti-terrorist police in Ireland seized timing devices, rocket components, and explosives during a raid on an isolated farmhouse near Clonaslee, 65 miles west of Dublin. Officials say the IRA obtained hundreds of assault rifles and over a ton of explosives from Libya in the 1980s and that much of the arsenal is hidden across the country amid Sinn Fein’s bar from peace talks.
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Communists celebrate 75th anniversary in China
The Chinese Communist Party marked its 75th anniversary at the Great Hall of the People with Jiang Zemin urging cadres to return to revolutionary roots and push reform. The ceremony was held early as Jiang prepares for a multi country trip.
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Pope II Visits Paderborn Amid German Church Tensions
Pope John Paul II arrives in Paderborn greeted by 10,000 as Germany debates Catholic Protestant ties. President Herzog notes coexistence across faiths while the pontiff plans three days of meetings with 102 bishops, Mass for 28 million Catholics, and a Lutheran-Protestant prayer service.
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Grimy war crimes testimony at The Hague trial
Former inmate Suljeman Besic testified in the Dusan Tadic case describing atrocities at Trnopolje camp in 1992. He recounted a cinema used as a dormitory where teenage girls were raped and elderly men slain, including a mother and child forced to witness killings.
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