Former Congo leader indicted for genocide and crimes
The Republic of Congo High Court indicted former president Pascal Lissouba, former prime minister Bernard Kolelas, former finance minister Ngila Moungounga, and about 100 ex-government members on charges including assassination torture rape fraud and theft. Exiled leaders deny the allegations as Sassou Nguesso cites genocide amid the 1997 civil war that killed about 10,000 people.
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Priday
Republic of Congo
High Court
Placide Eleka
Brazzaville
Pascal Lissouba
Bernard Kolelas
Ngila Moungounga
Denis Sassou
Miss Croatia stripped of title amid ballot irregularities
Lejla Sehovic loses Miss Croatia crown after organizers cite voting irregularities. She accuses bias over religion, and a news conference followed with implications of nationality and faith in a predominantly Catholic nation.
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Lejla Sehovic
Croatia
Sehovic
NATO extends Serb deadline as Kosovo pullout begins
A 144-vehicle Serbian withdrawal from Kosovo followed NATO extending the compliance deadline to October 27. Milosevic agreed to allow 2,000 OSCE monitors and NATO planned air patrols and U2 surveillance to verify troop reductions and refugee returns.
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Prasrina
Yugoslavia
Kosovo
NATO
Slobodan Milosevic
U.S
Richard Holbrooke
Milosevic
Serbia
Pristina
Jamie Shea
Brussels
Belgium
Belgrade
Organization For Security and Cooperation In Europe
OSCE
Exiled Nigerian Nobel Laureate Soyinka Predicts Democracy Rise
Nigerian exile and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka pleaded for reform in a public address to university students and academics, saying Nigeria has turned a corner toward democracy after years of military rule. He accused Gen. Sani Abacha of human rights abuses and defended return from four years in Benin.
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Lacos. Nicer
Wole Soyinka
Nigeria
Soyinka
Sani Abacha
Benin
Abacha
Adolph Hitler
Idi Amin
Nigerian Law School
Iranian hard liners vow to kill Rushdie in Tehran protest
About 1,000 demonstrators in Tehran protested Iran distancing itself from the Rushdie death edict. They unveiled a three story mural of a would be assassin and pledged to kill Rushdie and Viking Penguin staff. The crowd pressed Tehran to honor the 1989 fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini.
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Tahran
Iran
Salman Rushdie
Rushdie
Tehran
Ruhollah Khomeini
Britain
Mohammad Khatami
Imam Khomeini
Allah Karam
Mazeh
Viking Penguin
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Kansas
SRR
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New Day For Democracy
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