Nepal Army soldiers begin target practice near Nagarkot
Nepalese troops at a base near the Nagarkot tourist town start target practice as they shift from long standing peacekeeping roles to home defense duties. The training underscores evolving security focuses amid regional tensions.
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Nagarkot
Nepal
Fourteen die as Nepal violence blamed on rebels
Suspected communist rebels in southern Nepal ambushed an army truck near Pattaiya 160 miles south of Kathmandu, killing eight soldiers and wounding 10. They also fatally shot the Butwal police chief and assistant, and attacked villages, with villagers reporting several killings of guerrillas in recent days.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Pattaiya
Butwal
Belfast killings spark protest as IRA faces Catholic backlash
Hundreds gathered in Belfast to protest the death of Robert McCartney, urging assailants to surrender. His family accused IRA members of involvement as the group expelled three suspects amid heightened community tensions. In Spain, a small bomb exploded at a vacant resort hotel near Alicante, suspected ETA, with no injuries.
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Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Robert McCartney
IRA
Robert
McCartney
Paula
Ireland
Madrid
Spain
Interior Ministry
ETA
Villajoyosa
Alicante
Gara
Bank
BBVA
Togo protesters clash as tear gas empties streets in Lome
In Lome hundreds of protesters marched toward central administrative offices to denounce interim president Bonfoh Abbass following Gnassingbe Eyadema's death. Security forces used tear gas to disperse, no gunfire reported and no casualties confirmed. The unrest follows a three week crisis and disputed constitutional succession.
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Togo
Bonfoh Abbass
Abbass
Congress
Faure Gnassingbe
Gnassingbe Eyadema
Gnassingbe
United States
United Nations
Africa
Eyadema
Cuba
Fidel Castro
sub-Saharan Africa
Gnassinghe
Ghana
Benin
Gulf of Guinea
Teens on Hollywood streets reveal desperate path to music dreams
The piece follows 19 year old An drew Stone sleeping at Covenant House, after theft left him broke and with only a blue Alvarez guitar and a dismal future. It notes Hollywood homeless teens number about one third of LA County's 10,000 and cites mental illness, abuse, prostitution, and drug use as survivor factors while advocates describe limited pathways out.
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Hollywood
Andrew Stone
Atlanta
Blue Alvarez
Stone
Covenant House
Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles County
United States
National Coalition For the Homeless
Linda Chipres
Chipres
Susan Ruswick
Ruswick
Youth Link of America
Reformers hail new era as Egypt moves to multi candidate elections
Cairo Egypt reformers and opposition cheer Mubarak regime changes opening door to multiparty presidential ballots for the first time since 1952 but warn lasting change requires constitutional revisions and loosening of ruling party grip. Analysts say real democracy unlikely before September vote.
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Egypt
Hosni Mubarak
Adel Suleiman
International Center For Future and Strategic Studies
Mubarak
Anwar Sadat
Nabil Abdel Fattah
al Ahram Center For Strategic and
Fattah
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