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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1998

Page

8

U S and Russia diverge on Iraq strategy

U S and Russia race to shape Iraq policy after Primakov and Albright meet for nearly three hours. Washington pushes for a military option if diplomacy fails while Moscow seeks continued inspections. Allies split as Britain Germany Sweden China Turkey position varies and regional leaders weigh support. Albright to meet Cook in London as she plans Israel and Arab talks.

Mareeny Primakov Albright Geena U.S U.N Prinakov Russia Primakov Rey Viktor Posavalyuk Iraq United States Britain Persian Gulf Clinton Jacques Chirac White House Mike McCurry Ashington Chirac Catherine Ongee Germany Sweden Klaus Kinkel Bonn United Nations Jan Eliasson Stockholm Bill Richardson China Qin Huasen Turkey Bulent Ecevit Ankara McCurry U.N. Security Council Council London Robin Cook Madrid Hussein of Jordan Ascot Hussein Adent Baghdad Sas Aq Saddam Hussein Israel West Bank Palestinian Authority Netanyahu Alf Saudi Arabia Bahrain Await

Spain mourns slaying of city councilor and wife

In Seville, crowds mourn Alberto Jimenez Becerril and his wife Asuncion Garcia, both 37, shot by ETA militants as they left a dinner. Police confirm a 9 mm shell, flagging the Basque group as the likely perpetrators and noting the killings mark a new ETA tactic against Popular Party officials. Authorities declared a day of mourning and many displayed white gloves in solidarity.

Seville Spain Poli Alberto Jimenez Becerril Popular Party Ascension Garcia Jimenez Becerril ETA Coun Cilors Jose Maria Aznar

Jamaica ends entrance test with Grade Six Achievement Test plan

About 52,000 Jamaican sixth graders faced the final entrance test as high school spots remain limited. In 1999 only 31 percent earned high school places, prompting a shift to the Grade Six Achievement Test and National Assessment Program for all primary students by 2002, though minister Burchell Whiteman warned a place is not guaranteed.

Kingston Jamaica Burchell Whiteman

Funeral for Luxor massacre victims delayed burial

In England, a 5 year old Turner, her mother aged 24, and grandmother Joan were laid to rest in St Bartholomew's Church two months after their deaths. The burials follow a body mix up that initially swapped their coffins with others from the Luxor temple massacre that killed 62 people on November 17.

Septant England Pne Turner St. Bartholomew's Church West Yorkshire Joan Luxor Karina Turner

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