Japan stakes control of Nippon Credit Bank amid insolvency
Tokyo reports the government seized Nippon Credit Bank Ltd after declaring it insolvent with at least 27 billion dollars in unrecoverable or high risk loans and major stock losses. Prime Minister Obuchi said the bank will be under special public management to protect depositors and stabilize markets.
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Tokyo
Nippon Credit Bank Ltd
Keizo Obuchi
Credit Bank of Japan Ltd
Nippon Credit
Fortune
Japan
Chuo Trust and Banking Co
Obuchi
Financial Supervisory Agency
Shigeaki Togo
Togo
Poisoned panettone scare settles in Milan festival
Italian Interior Ministry official says no evidence of broader contamination after two panettone sent to ANSA tested positive for rat poison. Police question Animal Liberation Front members as Nestle Italia hosts festival with free samples. company insists GE ingredients not in Italy, plans future use elsewhere.
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Milan
Italy
Diego Masi
Interior Ministry
Masi
ANSA
Animal Liberation Front
Nestle Italia
Nestle
Rome
Yves Barbieux
Barbieux
Europe
Pinochet faces long extradition battle amid health debate
London sources say Augusto Pinochet’s best escape route could be serious illness as his London arrest drags through months or years of legal wrangling. High powered Chilean and British lawyers seek to block extradition to Spain while Britain weighs compassion only if health or mental state shifts.
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Augusto Pinochet
London
Pinochet Foundation
Santiago
Chile
Dour
Pinochet
Spain
Home
Jack Straw
Surrey
Labor Party
Labor
Margaret Thatcher
Britain
Argentina
William Hague
Straw
Madrid
Baltasar Garzon
United States
U.S
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Central Intelligence Agency
Milosevic Warns NATO Into Kosovo Could Be Aggression
Yugoslav president Milosevic told Newsweek that any French led NATO move into Kosovo would be an act of aggression and vowed his army would not permit foreign troops. NATO is building a 1700 member force in Macedonia to evacuate international staff under the October peace accord amid ongoing talks stalemate.
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Vienna
Austria
NATO
Kosovo
Newsweek
Macedonia
Serbia
Milosevic
U.S
Richard Holbrooke
Yugoslavia
110 Bodies Pulled From Algerian Well Near Algiers
Authorities recovered about 110 partially decomposed bodies from a 230 foot deep well near Meftah, 20 miles south of Algiers, in a mass grave linked to the Islamic insurgency. Police ended the two week search and planned to reopen operations after a tip from a member of the Armed Islamic Group.
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Algiers
Algeria
el Watan
Meftah
Maharaja of Jodhpur turns palaces into luxury hotels in India
His Highness Gaj Singh presides over Umaid Bhawan Palace and 12 other estates as he rents suites at 150 to 990 dollars nightly. Once the world’s most powerful rulers, Rajasthan’s Rathor lineage saw titles fade after 1947 and 1971, yet he remains a wealthy, active leader guiding tourism and regional affairs.
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Jodhpur
India
Maharaja
New India
Gaj Singh
House of Rathor
Umaid
Umaid Singh
Rajastan Tourist Association
Trinidad and Tobago
Indira Gandhi
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Sir Pratap Singh
Amaid Singh
Europe
Orient
Rajastan
Highness
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