Peace Corps suspends Uganda operations over safety concerns
The United States halted Peace Corps work in Uganda citing volunteer security risks. Ambassador Nancy Powell expressed regret in a May 11 letter, with 43 volunteers already leaving and some possibly reassigned abroad. Volunteers had worked on conservation and teacher training after a February raid in which over 30 tourists were kidnapped and eight killed.
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Peace Corps
Uganda
U.S
Nancy Powell
Britain
Rwanda
Laurent Kabila
Congo
American Doctor Expelled From East Timor Over Visa Violations
An American doctor from Alton Ohio was expelled from East Timor for visa overstay and unauthorized volunteer work. Daniel Murphy, 54, left Dili for Singapore after months at the Mathel Clinic run by the Roman Catholic Church. He had criticized pro independence militiamen and Indonesian forces.
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East Timor
Daniel Murphy
Alton
Ohio
Dili
Singapore
Gatot Suharyono
Murphy
Mathel Clinic
Tokyo banker found hanged in company dormitory room
An executive of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan was found hanged in his dormitory, the second such self-inflicted death among bank officials in two weeks amid probes into bad loans. The bank, nationalized last year, faced systemic crisis and scandal among top officials.
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Credit Bank of Japan Ltd
Japan
Guatemalans reject Indian rights ballot measure
Indian groups faced poverty and weak organization after 36 years of civil war as they lost a referendum on constitutional reforms to recognize 24 indigenous groups. Voters also rejected civilian police control limits and judiciary strengthening with only 18.5 percent turnout, amid tensions over potential ethnic privileges and costs.
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Guatemala
Leopoldo Mendez
Mendez
AP Petro
Electoral Tribune
Guatemala City
Mexico PRI to hold nationwide primary for next president
Mexico City The Institutional Revolutionary Party announces a nationwide primary to choose its 2000 presidential candidate. The plan, approved by the PRI executive committee, lets any Mexican with a federal voting card vote in 300 regional districts on November 7 with results tallied by the party. The move ends decades of allowing the outgoing president to select a successor as the PRI seeks internal democratization.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Jose Antonio Gonzalez Fernandez
Party
Queen appoints Scotland's first minister in 300 years
Queen Elizabeth II formally appoints Donald Dewar Scotland's first minister designate after a private audience at Holyroodhouse. Dewar swears allegiance before 11 judges at the Court of Session as Scotland prepares to take control of domestic matters from July 1 while remaining part of the UK. An $80 million Parliament building on the Royal Mile is due to open in fall 2001.
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Donald Dewar
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United Kingdom
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