Travel trek aims to pressure Africa regimes and pick UN chief
Christopher arrives in Mali on a five nation tour to press for democratic reform and to isolate Nigeria's military regime under Gen Sani Abacha. The envoy plans sanctions and diplomacy to recruit a new United Nations secretary general while Nigeria provides up to 8 percent of U S oil imports.
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Africa
Warren Christopher
Mali
United Nations
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Igeria
Sani Abacha
Nigeria
U.S
Banks gain control as Eurotunnel plans restructuring
Eurotunnel shareholders learned banks would take nearly half the company and a large share of profits to relieve crushing debts. If shareholders or banks reject the plan, receivership or bank takeover looms, prompting executives to predict the complex restructuring will win approval by spring.
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Channel
Britain
Franke
Activists plant flags on disputed Diaoyu Senkaku islands
A six person protest flotilla, the largest to reach the Diaoyu Senkaku islets, briefly planted Taiwanese and Chinese flags after a clash with the Japanese coast guard. The uninhabited islands sit about 110 miles from Taiwan and Okinawa, amid rich fishing grounds with potential oil and gas beneath the sea.
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East China Sea
Diaoyu
Senkaku
Taiwan
Japan
Okinawa Islands
Saddam better off now but Iraq isn't
Iraqis face deeper hardship despite Saddam Hussein gaining perceived sovereignty after skirmishes with the United States. While regime supporters tout regional calm and reduced Western support, ordinary Iraqis endure rising costs, a crashing currency, and hopes for relief from the May oil deal delayed by renewed conflict and sanctions.
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Clinton
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American missionary Hunzike’s spying arrest shocks Korean tensions
The arrest of Evan Hunzike, a 26 year old American missionary who swam the Yalu from China into North Korea, deepens the Korea crisis as Seoul and Washington deny links. South Korea halts aid to the North and tightens security at airports, subways, ports, and key facilities while Pyongyang weighs its retaliatory mood amid broader regional tensions.
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