World Soldiers Revolt in Mexico Clashes Damage Towns
Armed Indian peasants battled soldiers on the second day of a uprising in Chiapas. The rebels held three towns including Ocosingo and San Cristobal de las Casas area as fighting left dozens dead. Reporters counted 25 bodies in Ocosingo and 14 in the Rancho Nuevo clash near San Cristobal. Authorities urged restraint while tolls and casualties mounted, with hotels evacuating tourists under army escort.
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San Cristobal DE Las Casas
Mexico
Ocosingo
San Cristobal
Tapachula
Juan Carlos Sanchez
el Tiempo
Rancho Nuevo
Lifeboat search fails as Marika 7 vanishes in Atlantic storm
Rescue efforts off Newfoundland continue after the cargo ship Marika 7 with six Greek officers and a 30-member Filipino crew disappeared in a mid Atlantic storm. Debris and empty life rings were later sighted while a lifeboat pulled alongside an empty raft.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
North Atlantic
Marika 7
Newfoundland
England
U.S
S.M.S. Bisht
Thorsaga
Freja Svea
Cmdr
Jeff Agnew
Rescue Coordination Center
Septiles
Quebec
Netherlands
St. John’s
Palestinians press for PLO reforms in leadership shakeup
West Bank and Gaza activists arrived in Tunis to demand a broader decision making body within the PLO. Led by Hai Dar Abdul Shafi, they call for a collective leadership to dilute Yasser Arafat's autocratic rule and push for reforms linked to the Sept. 13 accord for limited self rule in Jericho and Gaza. In Amman, hard line factions said discord could derail efforts to replace Arafat. ten groups failed to unite after a Damascus meeting.
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Tunis
Tunisia
West Bank
Gaza Strip
PLO
Yasser Arafat
Haidar Abdul-Shafi
Gaza
Madrid
Arafat
Abdul-Shafi
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jericho
Israel
Amman
Associated Press
Damascus
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Secretary of Defense
Tuxtla Gutierrez
Defense Ministry
Servin Martinez
Hernan Pedrero
Santo Tomas Hotel
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Pedrero
Las Margaritas
Altamirano
Chanal
Suleiman Najjab
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Paul Sandstrom
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