Protestant leader and IRA ally hold first talks in NI
In Belfast, Protestant leader David Trimble and Sinn Fein head Gerry Adams met privately for 45 minutes to discuss the new Northern Ireland Assembly and its government. Adams called the dialogue direct. Trimble said private armies must be disarmed as part of the peace agreement. The 108 member Assembly will reconvene next week to assign posts.
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Kosovo refugees flee Serb onslaught in Istinic
About 25,000 refugees crowded Istinic in Kosovo as Serb troops and tanks pressed attacks feared to create up to 25 ghost towns. Officials reported several deaths and brutal injuries among fleeing residents amid a widening crisis in Kosovo, with fears of mass displacement and further village burnings.
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Kosovo
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U.N. Refugee Agency
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Keiko the whale returns to Iceland in homecoming
Keiko the killer whale, star of Free Willy, arrives in Heimaey Iceland after an eight hour flight and transfer to a sea pen. Hundreds of children welcome him with banners and flags as divers observe his first movements in his old ocean home.
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AP Purato Keiko
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