Aid to Sarajevo resumes after shelled runway fixed
Aid to Sarajevo resumed as the lifeline airlift came back after a five day halt from Serb bombardment. One market casualty and four injuries reported including a pregnant woman and a child. Fighting intensified in central Bosnia with three dead and 15 wounded near Vitez as Muslims and Croats clash. U N peacekeepers aided frightened villagers fleeing attacks while talks in Germany between Bosnian and Croatian leaders showed no progress on a cease-fire.
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Sydney wildfires drive large scale evacuations and deaths
Wind driven fires near Sydney Australia intensified as winds rose on Sunday forcing hundreds to flee homes. Four people including two firefighters have died and more than 60 hospitalized since the fires began a week ago. Thousands evacuated as highways and rail lines were blocked by smoke and flames. Flames reached within five miles of central Sydney with towers and facilities at risk. Fire crews used helicopters to drop water and conducted backburns to slow the blazes.
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Snipers Kill Pregnant Somali Woman Near Market Stalls
Witnesses said U S snipers shot and killed a pregnant Somali woman as she prepared for afternoon prayer near crowded market stalls in Mogadishu. The event, the second in three days, occurred near Pakistani U N peacekeepers and American sharpshooters. The woman Halima Khalif Ibrahim, 30, eight months pregnant, died. the fetus did not survive. A man was wounded and unlocated. Local witnesses reported no weapons on Ibrahim or the man. U S Lt Col Condon led a rooftop inquiry as armed troops watched from the compound. The public affairs office offered no immediate comment.
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World in brief 5 000 hard-liners hold protest in Moscow
Thousands of hard-liners gathered in Moscow in their first mass action since October clashes. The rally near the parliament drew at least 5,000 people with chants of Hang Yeltsin and support for Communists and ultranationalists. Police observed without violence.
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