Kisangani Pulls See Demilitarized City Plan Unfold
Hundreds of Rwandan and Ugandan troops with tanks and artillery withdrew from Kisangani airport under U.N. supervision. This marks the initial step toward a demilitarized Kisangani as Rwanda and Uganda, both backing rebel factions, disengage in a 1% year Congo war. Each side keeps 216 soldiers until UN observers deploy a remiss battalion.
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Inda
Uganda
Kisangani
U.N
Congo
Laurent Kabila
United Nations
Israel allows lesbian to be registered as second parent
Israel's Supreme Court ruled 2-1 that a lesbian spouse may be registered as the mother of her partner's biological son. Nicole Bern er Kadish, American-born, must be recognized as Matan Berner Kadish's parent despite Israeli constraints. The decision addresses consular and legal limits on two-mother parenting.
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Israel
Supreme Court
Interior Ministry
Nicole Berner-Kadish
Matan Berner- Kadish
Ruti Berner-Kadish
Ruti Berner- Kadish
Matan
United States
Fiji military seizes control as martial law declared
Fiji’s army commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama moved to end the 10 day hostage crisis by declaring martial law and taking executive authority. President Mara resigns, parliament access blocked, Speight and insurgents aim to topple Chaudhry amid a tense crisis in Suva.
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Suva
Fu Ar
Fiji
Frank Bainimarama
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
Bainimarama
Mahendra Chaudhry
George Speight
Chaudhry
Mara
Speight
Peace talks hit setback as Addis bombs Asmara
Ethiopian airstrike on Asmara near the airport and military airstrip injures two civilians and racks up a bold warning ahead of Algiers talks. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin said attacks could continue until all Eritrea is expelled from captured territory. Eritrea urged the U N Security Council to lift the arms embargo to defend itself.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Seyoum Mesfin
Algiers
Algeria
Seyoum
Yemene Gebremeskel
Gebremeskel
Isaac Abraham
Tsadkan Gebre-Tensae
Addis Ababa
U.N. Security Council
Gebremeske
West African leaders back 3000 troops for Sierra Leone
In Abuja West African leaders endorsed sending 3,000 soldiers mainly Nigerian to bolster the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone, with the force to be placed under regional command and given a mandate shift toward peace enforcement. The move follows the release of the last of 500 U.N. personnel held by the RUF rebels.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
U.N
Abuja
United Nations
Revolutionary United Front
RUF
Ecomog
Kofi Annan
Vijay Kumar Jetley
Jetley
Suharto placed under house arrest ahead of trial
Indonesian prosecutors move to confine former president Suharto at home to ensure questioning and a trial within two months for alleged embezzlement. The decision follows protests and comes as Wahid hints at a possible pardon if he is found guilty and repays stolen funds.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
Yushar Yahya
Yahya
Marzuki Darusman
Ahmed Sukarno
Juan Felix Tampabolon
Abdurrahman Wahid
Dede Getomo
Wahid
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Vincentas Sladkevicius
Vatican
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John Paul II
Sladkevicius
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Emadeddin Baqi
Evin
Fatemeh Kamali
Baqi
Masoud Haeri
Neshat Daily
Ali Fallahian
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Tedros Tessamichael
Sukarno
Indonesian Communist Party
ADT
America
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