Colombians vote in local elections under heavy security
Voters across 1,009 municipalities chose mayors and council members amid violence from guerrillas, death squads, and traffickers. Andres Pastrana led Bogota polls after a high profile kidnapping and a police raid freed him from kidnapers. Police found weapons at a candidate’s headquarters. guerrillas ambushed an army patrol in La Jagua wounding two soldiers.
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Bogota
Colombia
Virgilio Barco
Andres Pastrana
Misael Pastrana
Pastrana
Patriotic Union Party
National Libération Army
la Jagua
Rafael Samudio
RCN
Sandinistas accept new cease fire talks with Contras in Sapoa
In Managua the Sandinista government announced it will hold the first cease fire talks inside Nicaragua with rebel leaders on March 23 at Sapoa, 90 miles south of Managua. Adolfo Calero is expected to lead the Contras, with Humberto Ortega heading the government delegation. The sessions will be without a mediator and include witnesses such as Joao Baena Soares and Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Sapoa
Daniel Ortega
Pena Blanca
Adolfo Calero
Ortega
Humberto Ortega
Calero
Associated Press
Joao Baena Soares
Organization of American States
Miguel Obando Y Bravo
Obando Y Bravo
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
Miami
Contras
Contra
Burmese rebels deny narcotics links seek federal union
Leaders of Burma's National Democratic Front denied drug trafficking ties amid opium regions and urged a political settlement. They pressed for federal autonomy, a democratic multi party system, and peace talks with neutral mediation while criticizing Ne Win's regime.
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Three Pagoda Pass
Burma
National Democratic Front
Democratic Front
United States
Ne Win
Saw Mah Reh
NDP
Britain
Washington
Burmese Communist Party
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Juan Caicedo
Caicedo
Liberal Party
Fastrana
Conservative Party
Roger Guevara
Democratic Coordinate
Radio Liberation
Guevara
San Salvador
el Salvador
Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
Pink Zone
Campesinos
U.S
YSU
J&l Oil
Frederick Computer Products
Iam
Microsoft Word
Model 80
IBM
Dee UR Cn Bz
Ohio
Elegic
Maryland
Virginia
Aliat
Srey
Ieleetl
Ali Ay Ny
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