Israel Near Breakthrough With PLO on West Bank Rule
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Israel is fairly close to an agreement with the PLO on Palestinian self rule for the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Prime Minister Rabin voiced cautious optimism over security disputes delaying Gaza and Jericho steps as Arafat negotiates on border control and crossings with Egypt and Jordan.
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Gunmen kill at least 33 in Colombia town
In Apartado, 200 people danced and drank when gunmen opened fire at a street party. Authorities blamed leftist rebels, saying 32 men and one woman were counted dead, with eight wounded. The strike occurred near a school where a charity rally was held for children’s schooling.
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Diphtheria Strikes Saratov Killing Five in Russia
The ITAR-Tass agency reports five deaths from diphtheria in Saratov on the Volga and over 60 infected this month. About 400,000 of Saratov’s 1 million residents remain unvaccinated amid vaccine shortages, as diseases resurface after the 1991 Soviet collapse.
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Bus Carrying Skiers Crashes in Germany Killing Five
A bus with 52 skiers on a day trip to the Bavarian Alps ran off the auto bahn between Munich and Salzburg, overturning and tearing open the roof. Five dead, twenty seriously injured as passengers trapped for over an hour. Weather was clear, road dry, driver not interviewed yet.
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Evacuations in Sarajevo stalled as UN worries on access
Bosnian Serbs threaten to block medical evacuations from Sarajevo as three badly wounded boys. two brothers in grave condition after shelling killed six children, while 16 year old Amer Menzilovic may lose sight without release to UAE. UN official Kris Janowski cites urgent need for movement today.
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UN chief ready to order NATO airstrikes in Bosnia
U N secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali said in Paris he would use air power if his top aide and commander in Bosnia asked him to, while urging against pre emptive strikes and favoring NATO flights only to defend peacekeeping troops under fire near Tuzla and Srebrenica. He noted Russia questions his authority and emphasized any attack would require a formal request from General Jean Cot and Yasushi Akashi.
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