Rebels retreat in Chiapas amid Mexico army drive
In Chiapas, Zapatista rebels pull back from three towns after New Year fighting as government forces with about 14 000 soldiers press the offensive in the southern jungle region. Army statements cite 93 killed including 7 soldiers and 59 rebels with some civilians and police among the dead.
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San Cristobal DE Las Casas
Mexico
Eloy Cantu
Patrocinio Gonzalez
Eigh
Ocosingo
Zapatista Army For National Liberation
Chiapas
Excelsior
Altamirano
Huixtan
New allies seek NATO inclusion
Washington NATO debate centers on expanding alliance to former Warsaw Pact states. Anthony Lake warns rapid membership could destabilize Europe and fuel pessimism about Russia while Clinton plans a cautious approach via a Partnership for Peace. He argues the process should avoid new East West lines as Prague visits loom.
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Washington
NATO
Russia
Clinton
Anthony Lake
United States
Europe
White House
Prague
Lake
Central
United States launches largest Vietnam MIA search mission
The United States begins its biggest search for Americans missing in action since the Vietnam War, as Washington and Hanoi ease tensions and consider lifting the 19 year embargo. Eight teams of 84 Americans plus Vietnamese counterparts will conduct the 23 day operation, with four excavation teams involved.
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Hanoi
Vietnam
United States
Washington
U.S
Clinton
Army
David L. Fredrikson
Thomas H. Needham
Gen Needham
MIA
Attorney seeks nude photos in Jackson civil case
The lawyer for a 13-year-old boy suing Michael Jackson asked a California court to obtain nude photographs of the entertainer, arguing such images could prove Jackson’s guilt. Jackson denies wrongdoing and no charges filed. Investigators earlier photographed him to corroborate the boy’s claims. outcome of that examination remains undisclosed.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Michael Jackson
Jackson
Larry Feldman
Feldman
Sarajevo
Overloaded jet blamed in Siberia crash
The passenger jet crash in Siberia may have been caused by overload and poor maintenance. Unnamed sources cited by ITAR-Tass said the airliner carried 20 tons more than permitted, but faulty recent repairs to one of its three engines were the main suspected cause after an Irkutsk takeoff led to an engine fire and loss of control.
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Moscow
Siberia
Star-Tass
Irkutsk
Itar-Tass
Kevorkian Charged In Oakland County Death Case
Oakland County Prosecutor Richard Thompson charged Dr. Jack Kevorkian with assisting in the November death by his own action of bone cancer patient Dr. Ali Khalili. The case accompanies ongoing appeals over Michigan's assisted suicide ban. Kevorkian’s attorney Geoffrey Fieger condemned the arrest. arraignment set for Wednesday in Khalili death case.
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Pontiac, Mich
Jack Kevorkian
State Court of Appeals
Michigan
Oakland County
Richard Thompson
Kevorkian
Ali Khalili
Mr. Thompson
Geoffrey Fieger
Dr. Kevorkian
Fieger
Thompson
Dr. Khalili
Oak Brook
Ill
France weighs ban on test-tube births by older mothers
Paris reports a government push to prohibit medically assisted procreation for women past menopause to avoid births after menopause. Health officials cite ethical concerns while citing recent cases of a 59-year-old mother and a 45-year-old father, born from a younger donor egg fertilized with her husband’s sperm.
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Paris
Yves Montand
Philippe Douste-Blazy
Douste-Blazy
Senate
National Assembly
Simone Weil
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