EU to send monitors to Bosnia border check on Milosevic pledge
EU foreign ministers meeting on the Baltic Sea island of Usedom in Bansin Germany endorsed lifting sanctions against Serbia if Belgrade acts to cut supply lines to Bosnian Serb troops. Lord Owen said at least 135 monitors are needed to verify Milosevic honors the pledge.
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Bansin
Germany
Yugoslavia
Bosnia
Belgrade
Baltic Sea
Serbia
Lord Owen
Slobodan Milosevic
Paris ban on Muslim head scarves in public schools
France moves to ban Muslim head scarves in public schools asserting secular education tradition. Education Minister Francois Bayrou instructs principals to enforce the ban immediately as head scarf use grows among Muslim schoolgirls, especially in Arab and Turkish immigrant communities.
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France
Francois Bayrou
Unrest in Goma as mobs kill soldiers and aid groups flee
U N advises caution for 700 foreign aid workers in Goma after Zairian mobs killed two soldiers and dragged one through the city following a bribery dispute. In Milan thousands protest youth centers, with 25 injured or detained as clashes erupt. Tropical Storm Debby threatens Caribbean islands with deaths and missing persons.
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United Nations
Goma
U.N
Debby
Caribbean
St. Lucia
Martinique
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
IRA led prison breakout fails at Whitemoor
Six IRA men and another inmate escaped the inner high security area of Whitemoor prison before guards and attack dogs recaptured five. A police helicopter cornered the last two in a drainage ditch. The incident tests the 10 day old Northern Ireland cease-fire, drawing mixed reactions from Sinn Fein, British officials, and Protestant leaders.
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Lonpon
Britain
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein
IRA
Whitemoor
London
Brodie Clark
TRA
Northern
Peter Robinson
Ian Paisley
Extreme
Democratic Unionist Party
J.P. Bean
Quebec Seeks Referendum Showdown in Provincial Vote
In Montreal, Quebec voters face a clear choice between independence promoted by Jacques Parizeau and continued federation under Premier Daniel Johnson. A Gazette poll shows 46 percent backing the PQ to 43 percent for the Liberals, with most Quebecers opposed to secession.
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Quebec
Canada
Jacques Parizeau
Parti Quebecois
Liberals
Daniel Johnson
Parizeau
Johnson
Maritime
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Gazette
AP Proto
Liberal Party
Mont. St. Hillaire
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