Kosovo town Orahovac amid fiercest clashes as police battle rebels
Hundreds of Serb police fought secessionist guerrillas for Orahovac central Kosovo town as refugees fled toward hills. Both sides claimed control while civilians and two villages suffered deaths. fighters used rocket launchers and heavy arms in urban combat.
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Yugoslavia
Albania
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Serbia
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Court extends sentence for top opposition leader
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP The Supreme Court extended a suspended sentence for Zoran Djindjic from four to seven months after a libel suit against Premier Mirko Marjanovic. The court decision followed Djindjic's reelection as Democratic Party president in Belgrade. If convicted on any crime within three years, Djindjic faces seven months in jail. Djindjic had briefly been Belgrade mayor, the first non communist to hold the post in over half a century.
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Zoran Djindjic
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Mirko Marjanovic
Bishops Gather for Lambeth Conference Opening in Canterbury
More than 700 Anglican bishops from national churches gather in Canterbury for the Lambeth Conference with African drums and Latin dancers opening the service. Archibishop Carey greets in Swahili and Prince Charles attends as future secular head of the Church of England. Debate will include homosexuality, with Carey saying hetero marriage or celibacy are the options while welcoming homosexuals in church. Bishop Chiwanga notes controversy is inevitable and emphasizes Christ-like approach. Earlier, Elizabeth Keaton became the first openly lesbian priest to celebrate communion in Britain.
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Chiwanga
London
Elizabeth Keaton
Newark
Britain
Anglican Communion
Nigerian leader set to announce transition plan to democracy
Nigeria's new military ruler Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar will reveal a transition program in a national broadcast on Monday evening. The plan aims to move the country toward democracy, with Attah noting the state will address issues touching on national survival, though he did not detail terms or unity government specifics.
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Nigeria
Abdulsalam Abubakar
David Attah
Lagos Guardian
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Abubakar
Sani Abacha
Archaeologists uncover nine Thirty Years War shipwrecks in Baltic inlet
In Schleswig Schleswig Holstein Germany archaeologists locate nine 17th century ships buried under six feet of mud in a Baltic Sea inlet. The vessels dating to the Thirty Years War likely sank during the conflict. A 1859 note in state archives guided the 1996–present dig led by Willi Kramer.
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Baltic Sea
Europe
Willi Kramer
Schleswig-Holstein
Wilhelm von Sommer
Schlei Inlet
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