Embargo on Haiti Violated by Dozens of Nations
U S documents show at least a dozen countries in Europe, South America and Africa routinely ignored the Haiti embargo, supplying steel, beer, cosmetics, chemicals, tires, and nearly a million barrels of petroleum. GAO records claim the leaks undermine efforts to pressure the military junta ruling since October.
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Europe
South America
Africa
Haiti
U.S
Belgium
Germany
France
Agentina
Brazil
Dominican Republic
Barbados
Netherlands Antilles
Venezuela
Great Britain
Congress
General Accounting Office
State and Treasury Departments
Port-au-Prince
Colombia
Portugal
Senegal
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennnedy
Organization of American States
Jean- Bertrand Aristide
GAO
OAS
Bush
Ramos Claims Presidency in Philippines Vote Amid Slow Count
Former Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos declared victory as Congress prepared to proclaim the winner though only a minority of votes had been tallied. Aquino endorsed Ramos while rivals accused the claim of bad taste amid fraud allegations and a slow, manually collected tally from 10 of 72 provinces.
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Manila
Philippines
Fidel Ramos
Congress
Ferdinand Marcos
Ramos
Corazon Aquino
Snow
Remos
Gabriel Villareal
Marcos
Eduardo ‘Danding
Cojuangco
Aquino
Miriam Defensor Santiago
Bacolod
Santiago
Unemployment wave hits Russia as reforms deepen
Four months into Russia's reforms prices rise and production falls, driving layoffs from the Foreign Ministry to tour offices. Officials predict 2.5 to 3.6 million unemployed by year end, with hidden layoffs spreading across factories and regional centers as a fragile private sector slowly absorbs job losses.
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Moscow
Russia
Europe
United States
Anatoly
Russian Foreign Ministry
Yevgeny S. Likhenko
Likhenko
Fyodor Prokopov
Committee On Employment
Prokopov
40 Bangladeshis die while trying to reach Pakistan
AP reports forty Bangladeshis, likely Mohajirs from the former East Pakistan, fled into India then tried to reach Pakistan. Pakistani troops denied entry, leaving migrants to perish in the Rann of Kutch desert after heat, thirst, and starvation. Indian troops found bodies amid ongoing border hardships.
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Pakistan
New Delhi
India
Bangladesh
Rann of Kutch
East Pakistan
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