Tutu to lead South Africa truth commission
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize winner, was named Wednesday as chairman of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. President Nelson Mandela appointed Tutu and 16 others to investigate past political crimes and human rights abuses by both sides in the apartheid conflict.
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Ukraine warns to keep Chernobyl plant open over funding row
Ukraine warned that it will upgrade aging reactors at the Chernobyl site on the eve of talks on closing it down. Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk said Kyiv would be forced to operate the plant if the Group of Seven fails to agree on financing the costly shutdown.
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Fugitive Legend Killed in Puerto Rico Shootout
Puerto Rico’s most wanted fugitive Francisco Antonio Garcia Lopez was killed in a ranch shootout in Lares after a 14 year crime spree of robbery rape kidnapping and murder. Police said the legendary robberies terrorized the island as authorities pursued him from San Juan to the Lares region.
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Bethlehem to gain control as Israeli watchtower is removed
Mayor Elias Freij watched as Israeli troops dismantled a watchtower in Bethlehem and said Christmas would be under Palestinian authority with no Israeli soldiers. Yasser Arafat is set to attend a mass in Manger Square, drawing about 30,000 people, signaling a broader pullout and Palestinian police to move in by December 18.
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Tibet selects two Panchen Lamas in political move
China names Gyamncain Nurbu Panchen Lama while Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, chosen by monks with Dalai Lama’s blessing, remains at center of Tibet’s religious political crisis. Dalai Lama denounces the split choice as political control and asserts his own reincarnation cannot be altered.
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