Blood spill from cattle tanker shuts highway in England
A tanker carrying 22 tons of blood from cattle destroyed to combat BSE spilled on a central England highway near Birmingham. Three lanes were reduced to two as crews cleared the mess and eight people were hospitalized. Police said the blood likely came from older cows destroyed as a precaution. officials stressed low infection risk but took precautions.
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Birmingham
England
Clive Isherwood
Isherwood
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Ministry
South Korea sacks 10000 officials in anti corruption drive
The government reports more than 10,000 public servants have been fired or reprimanded in a crackdown led by President Kim Dae-jung. About 500 were fired for bribes, including two deputy Cabinet ministers and 13 senior officials indicted, with the rest receiving pay cuts or other discipline. The probe began last July to clean ministries and state funded bodies to attract foreign investment.
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Kim Dae-jung
Kim
South Korea
U N Demands Kosovo Cease Fire Amid Turbulent Crisis
The United Nations Security Council passed a 14 to 0 vote demanding a cease fire in Kosovo to pressure Belgrade. The draft resolution avoids explicit NATO intervention and calls for review before any force authorization, as hundreds die and about 250,000 flee.
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Kosovo
Security Council
Slobodan Milosevic
NATO
U.N
Belgrade
U.S
Peter Burleigh
China
Qin Huasun
Russia
Sergey Lavrov
Council
Portugal
Washington
Congo seeks UN action as it calls for troop withdrawal
The Congo demanded removal of foreign troops and criticized the Security Council for inaction amid rebel attacks. Foreign Minister Jean-Charles Okoto Lolakombe urged neighbors Rwanda and Uganda to sign a nonaggression pact, while defending interventions to prevent Congo’s collapse under President Laurent Kabila amid claims of invasions and shared security interests.
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Kosovo
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U.N. General Assembly
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Rwanda
Uganda
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South Africa faces shoot to kill orders in Lesotho turmoil
In Maseru, South African troops pressed to quell mutineers after a surprise advance into Lesotho. Botswana forces arrived to bolster the effort as arson and looting raged. Mandela defended the intervention as necessary to restore order amid regional criticism.
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Lesotho
Botswana
South Africa
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Lesotho Congress Party
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Washington
Mandela
Africa
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Democratic Party
Molap Qhobela
Basotholand Congress Party
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