Chechens Battle On as Russians Seize Grozny Palace
Russian forces pressed heavy artillery around Grozny after seizing the presidential palace amid fierce Chechen resistance. Civilians fled through a 6 inch storm as a market area near the capital was hit and casualties reported. Chechen leaders vowed to continue fighting from new positions across the Sunzha River while Russia claimed the mission to restore law and order.
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Russia
Republic
Chechya
Igor Abdulkhajayev
Interior Ministry
Sunzha
Aslan Maskhaev
Nazran
Ingushetia
Shakhid Atsayev
Chechnya
Abdulkhajayev
Pope John Paul II slumps during Sri Lanka stop on Asian tour
In Colombo the 74 year old pope, slowed by health issues, halted his motorcade to rest inside St Anthony's church after a 20 minute detour. He later blessed Sri Lankan soil and resumed the journey as security details tightened amid tensions with Buddhist leaders and an assassination plot abroad. The beatification ceremony for Father Joseph Vaz looms as thousands gather.
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Sri Lanka
John Paul II
John Paul
St. Anthony's Church
Father Joseph Vaz
Philippines
Three skiers reach South Pole on skis
Three Norwegians completed a 54 day trek covering 810 miles to the South Pole center of Antarctica on December 27. They said the journey proves the impossible is possible and highlighted expedition member Cato Pedersen who pulled a 250 pound sled with a steel hook prosthesis after losing parts of both arms in 1973.
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New York
South Pole
Cato Pedersen
Antarctica
Norway moves to lift Easter dance ban in 260 years
Norway proposes ending the 1735 church decree that banned dancing and gatherings during Good Friday and Easter. The government backed by Parliament and the Lutheran Church of Norway would allow events with police exemptions. Local police had previously granted any exceptions.
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Oslo
Norway
Lutheran Church of Norway
Elephants Face Worsening Decline After Ivory Ban
A U.N. U.S. and private wildlife study reports rising poaching and illegal activity four years after the ivory trade ban. It cites reduced funding by African nations for elephant protection, growing ivory stockpiles, and more human-elephant conflicts with escalating losses for elephants.
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Washington
U.N
U.S
Heavy shelling risks full-scale war in northwest Bosnia
In northwest Bosnia hostile actions threaten the fragile cease-fire. U.N. observers logged 52 explosions today and over 800 on Thursday near Velika Kladusa, a flashpoint near the Croatian border. Bosnian Serbs and government forces ignore truce provisions as Gen. de Lapresse seeks to shore up peace.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bosnia
U.N
Velika Kladusa
Mount Igman
Bertrand de Lapresse
Yugoslavia
Bihac
Irfan Ljubljankic
Radovan Karadzic
Judge to rule on detective racism claims in Simpson case
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito will set ground rules for opening statements in the O J Simpson trial and decide if allegations of racism against Detective Mark Fuhrman may be raised. Prosecutors seek to exclude past bigotry claims as inflammatory, while the defense argues the evidence could be relevant to credibility and to the glove connection to the crime. Ito will also determine when jurors receive instructions about the standard of proof and whether a moral certainty standard should apply before verdict.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Ito
Mark Fuhrman
Fuhrman
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Robert Tourtelot
Anthony Pellicano
Ms. Simpson
Pugsley
Ita
Avalanche buries vehicles in Kashmir. hundreds rescued
Bulldozers and villagers dig through snow walls in the Banihal area as an avalanche buries cars and buses. Five days after a storm on the Kashmir highway, 140 dead and 130 missing, with over 4,500 rescued. Witnesses describe nights of fear and bodies frozen in the snow. Rescue efforts hampered until five bulldozers reached the site to aid recovery.
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India
Himalayas
Kashmir
Banihal
Abdul Majid Bhat
Srinagar
Bhat
Jammu-Kashmir
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