Rebels Massacre Civilians as Sri Lanka Crisis Deepens
In northeastern Sri Lanka rebels attack three villages, killing at least 65 civilians amid a government offensive toward Jaffna. Indiscriminate assaults, depot blasts, and cross firefights raise fears of ethnic violence as curfews and air support from India follow. The conflict leaves dozens dead or wounded, with military officials vowing to continue the push to defeat the rebels.
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Colombo
Sri Lanka
Jaffna
Orth
Maj
Tilakunuwille
Wenty
Peace Corps director indicted over illegal Botswana loan scheme
WASHINGTON AP The Peace Corps director in Botswana, Howard L. Steverson, is charged in a federal indictment with conspiracy and four felonies for arranging unapproved renovations including gold fixtures and a Jacuzzi financed by an unlawful government guaranteed loan. He is fired and denies the charges.
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Washington (Ap
Peace Corps
Botswana
Howard L. Steverson
Steverson
Oldest animal fossil found in Mexican desert by geologist
Mark McMenamin of Mount Holyoke College reports discovery in March in a Mexican desert about 100 miles south of Tucson. The 2 inch fossil resembles an Ediacaran biota with a central bell and radiating tubes, possibly the oldest animal life.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mark McMenamin
Mount Holyoke College
Mexican Desert
Tucson
Ariz
Arctic helicopter crash survivors found on remote Russian island
Rescuers located 10 survivors after a two day Arctic camp on a remote island. Six bodies were found and two remain missing. Three survivors are badly injured. Temperatures reached 10 degrees below zero amid blizzards that kept many search aircraft grounded.
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Moscow
Yekaterina Murova
Emergency Situations Ministry
France, Britain, U.S. to sign nuclear free Pacific treaty
France, under global protest for South Pacific tests, joins the United States and Britain to announce a plan to sign the Rarotonga Treaty in 1996. The accord creates a South Pacific nuclear free zone while allowing ships with nuclear arms or power to pass through.
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France
Britain
U.S
Paris
South Pacific
United States
United Nations
French Polynesia
South Pacific Forum
Russia
China
New York
Greenpeace
Damon Moglen
Rarotonga
New Zealand
Okinawa Protest Against U.S. Military Presence Grows
Tens of thousands rally in Ginovan Okinawa demanding reduced U.S. military presence after the Sept 4 rape case involving three American servicemen.crowd sizes cited between 58 000 and 80 000 with broad political backing as bases surround the island.
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Japan
U.S
Okinawa
Chiken Kakazu
Ginowan
Tokyo
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