Hosokawa resigns as Japan's prime minister amid upheaval
Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa stunned Japan by resigning after eight months in office. His departure unsettles a reform drive aimed at curbing bureaucratic power, while Parliament wrestles with finances, a stalled budget, and a trade dispute with the United States. Foreign Minister Tsutomu Hata looms as a likely successor amid factional rifts. President Clinton expressed regret and hoped reform would continue in Japan.
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Morihiro Hosokawa
Japan
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Tsutomu Hata
Clinton
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Zhirinovsky in second Duma brawl with defector
Vladimir Zhirinovsky clashed with defector Vladim�r Borzyuk in a corridor and attacked reformer Valery Borshchyov during a Duma break. The incident followed a request to investigate his actions. the vote failed to reach a majority.
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Moscow
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Russia
Zhirinovsky
Duma
Parlament
Vladimr Borzyuk
Borzyuk
Liberal Democratic Party
Valery Borshchyov
Mr. Borshchyov
Alexei Pyatkovsky
Stolitsa
Capital
Pyatkovsky
Mr. Zhirinovsky
Ivan Rybkin
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Africa's misery persists amid regional clashes and colonial legacies
The piece surveys Africa's ongoing turmoil from Rwanda and Burundi's ethnic strife to Somalia's clan conflicts and South Africa's post-apartheid violence. It notes colonial borders foster distrust, Tutsi-Hutu power struggles, Somali clan wars causing famine, UN peacekeeping efforts, and looming all race elections in South Africa with Mandela's ANC facing Inkatha's Zulu-linked threat.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
Rwanda
Burundi
German East Africa
De Klerk and Mandela Meet Zulu Leaders Ahead of Election
South Africa leaders including F W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held talks with Zulu nationalist chiefs at a nature preserve near the Mozambique border. They failed to win backing for the April 26-28 all race vote but agreed to bring in international mediators and plan another meeting to curb violence in Natal. Gulu King Goodwill Zwelethini and Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi pressed for a sovereign Zulu state amid rising KwaZulu conflict threatening polling.
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Burundi
Somalia
United States
United Nations
America
U.N
Inkatha Freedom Party
Natal
Skukuza
South Africa
F.W. de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
Mozambique
Gulu
Goodwill Zwelethini
Mr. Mandela
ANC
Mr. de Klerk
Mangosuthuy Buthelezi
Zwelethini
Buthelezi
KwaZulu
UN seeks Bosnia cease-fire as Gorazde fights on
U N officials tried to salvage a whole Bosnia cease-fire while a defiant Serb general vowed to press attacks on Gorazde. Explosions shook Gorazde as fighting continued around the town. The UN reports 83 dead and 376 wounded. about 65,000 residents, many refugees, remain in the enclave.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Bosnia
Gorazde
Lyndall Sachs
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Michael Rose
SRNA
Rose
Ratko Mladic
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