IRA convict Doherty freed under Northern Ireland peace plan
An IRA convict who spent years fighting extradition was paroled under the Northern Ireland peace accord. Joe Doherty, sentenced in absentia to life for killing a British Army officer in 1980, escaped Crumlin Road Jail in 1981 and later prompted U.S. court battles before returning to the United States. He drew strong Irish-American support, including a street named for him and a St. Patrick’s Day parade role. The story also notes Lebanon’s Roger Tamraz facing charges for violating an Arab boycott by dealing with Israel and embezzlement allegations linked to the Al Mashreq Bank during civil conflict.
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IRA
Irish Republican Army
United States
Northern Ireland
Joe Doherty
Maze
U.S. Supreme Court
Doherty
Belfast
Crumlin Road
FBI
Manhattan
Israel
Riad Talieh
Roger Tamraz
Lebanon
Tamraz
Paris
David Kimche
al Mashreq Bank
Refugees in Rwanda to get short term aid only
The United Nations said it will provide only short term aid for 650000 displaced Rwandans to avoid financing a long term settlement. Hutu rebels, tied to the 1994 genocide, prompted current displacement as Tutsi led forces fight a four year insurgency. Most refugees live in makeshift shelters, with scarce food water and sanitation amid the rainy season. Turkey also imposed new navigation rules for the Bosporus to curb tanker traffic bound for Caspian oil, aiming to build a separate pipeline to bypass the strait.
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United Nations
U.N
Rwanda
Turkey
Bosporus Strait
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Caspian
Bosporus
Relief slow in coming to Central America
Survivors in Nicaragua and Honduras pleaded for help as relief lagged. Doctors rationed scarce medicines for refugees while damaged roads and limited airlift kept aid bottlenecked. Crowds lined for water and fuel as governments faced accusations of slow response amid a major hurricane recovery effort.
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Central America
PosoLreca
Nicaragua
Justa Pastora Povera Guillen
Posoltega
Rigoberto Sampson
Violence erupts in Kosovo as five die in shootout
In the worst violence since a peace accord, five ethnic Albanian guerrillas died Friday in a clash with Serb police in Kosovo. The casualty count rises to seven since Thursday. U S envoy Christopher Hill met KLA leaders in Dragobilje amid efforts toward self rule. The KLA rejects deals short of independence and threatens its own civilian governance in areas it controls.
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Pristina
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
United States
Slobodan Milosevic
Kosovo Liberation Army
U.S
Christopher Hill
KLA
Dragobilje
Hill
Serbia
Jakup Krasniqi
Ibrahim Rugova
Rugova
Iraq Bashs U.S. Threats Amid UN Deadlock
An Iraqi Baath Party run newspaper ridicules U.S. threat language as UN Security Council demands Iraq resume cooperation with weapons inspectors. The vote splits on authorizing force if Baghdad fails to comply, while Clinton and Cohen pledge allied support if military action arises.
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Baghdad
TRAQ
Clinton
Al-Thawra
Saddam Hussein
Baath Party
U.N. Security Council
Iraq
U.N
United Nations
Kuwait
Council
Saddam
United States
William Cohen
Turkey
Cohen
Ankara
Paris
Russia Reels But Secures IMF Backed Aid Deals
Russia wins an $800 million Japanese loan as part of a $22.6 billion IMF package and an American food aid pact totaling $625 million to cover 3.1 million tons of supplies. U.S. and Russia sign loan terms for half the food, with rest purchased by Moscow.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
U.S
Angus
Boris Yeltsin
International Monetary Fund
IMF
Keizo Obuchi
Obuchi
Yevgeny Primakov
United States
Europan Union
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Posohtega
Bernard Dematet
Hillary
al Gore
Tipper
Zuri Vazquez
Figee Equcigalpa
Isorura
Vazquez
Buroja
Jashanica
Niehoff Htg. & Air, Inc
Lawrnce
Yeats
Bullene
PNT
R Wright
Carrousel Trading Company
Quali Crest Place
Eudora
Elm Street
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