Rebel prisoners surrender after police raid cellblock
Police breached the wall of Canto Grande prison in Lima to free rebels after a daylong battle that involved gunfire explosions and dynamite. About 300 officers participated as inmates surrendered, with earlier clashes leaving casualties feared and factions accusing each other amid Peru’s long conflict with the Shining Path.
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Peru
Canto Grandy
Canto Grande
Interior Ministry
Shining Path
Campaign ends in violence as Philippines vote nears
On the final day of campaigning for the Philippine national election, three people were killed and 56 injured in two explosions. Voters will choose a successor to President Corazon Aquino with seven presidential candidates including Imelda Marcos. The race is wide open with Fidel Ramos favored by Aquino, and no runoff. Officials warn it may take days to determine the winner amid ongoing violence and fraud-tainted history.
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Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Imelda Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos
Congress
Aquino
Fidel Ramos
Commission On Elections
General Santos City
Ramos Party
Cotabato
Quezon City
Marcos
Ramos
Ramon Mitra
Miriam Defensor Santiago
Eduardo
Cojusagco
Jovito Salonga
Salvador Laurel
Victory Day in Moscow Unites Allies and Foes
Flags and bands from the United States Italy and Germany joined Russian crowds in Red Square for Victory Day celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender. Boris Yeltsin praised enduring Victory Day as crowds welcomed veterans and wreaths were laid at the Kremlin tomb.
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U.S
Red Square
Russia
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Yeltsin
Gorky Park
Radical candidates win big as Rafsanjani heads Iran parliament
Iran elected many newcomers to parliament with pro Rafsanjani candidates taking most seats in 87-seat tally. Only nine incumbents won re election, Tehran races leaned pro Rafsanjani as new assembly eyed May 28 convening. Hague tribunal ordered Washington to compensate Iran for seized property, a move seen as easing anti American tensions.
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Iran
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Islamic Republic
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Rafsanjani
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Washington
Jamhuri Islami Daily
Death toll rises in insurrection in Punjab bombing
In Amritsar Sikh separatists detonated a remote controlled car bomb killing seven people as a convoy carrying Public Health Minister Maninderjit Singh Bitta passed. He survived with leg injuries while a paramilitary officer and six bystanders died. Separate attacks in the state left ten dead and four militants were killed by security forces.
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India
Punjab
Maninderjit Singh Bitta
Arpit Shukla
United News of India
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