Fire Threatens Wildlife in Nagarhole Park India
In southern India, elephants tigers and deer fled a wildfire sweeping 1000 acres of the 250 square mile Rajiv Gandhi National Park at Nagarhole. About 30 forest officials and villagers fought the blaze with sticks and cleared vegetation for a buffer Saturday afternoon. The cause remains unclear, with officials blaming local residents.
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Tamil rebels attack police post and camp in Sri Lanka
Tamil Tiger rebels attacked a police outpost in Polonnaruwa district and a military camp in Halambewewa, killing at least 11 police and soldiers and eight rebels. The clashes left 11 injured police and soldiers, with civilian injuries reported, as troops retaliated with mortar fire. The long civil war has cost over 40,000 lives since 1983.
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Chechen rebel leader vows to keep fighting for independence
Dzhokhar Dudayev, head of Chechnya's breakaway government, pledges to continue the struggle for independence and rejects any talks with Yeltsin. He hopes Yeltsin loses the June election and says negotiations with Moscow are pointless despite Russian attacks and civilian toll in Chechnya.
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Britain opposes a united European currency push
London reports that the Conservative government plans to block a European currency union. Foreign Secretary Rifkind urged a Europe of independent nation states and warned against a monolithic federal Europe. Britain retains an opt out from joining a single currency, with a referendum possible in 1999, long after a 1997 election.
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