Iran Iran-German Talks Spark Hope on Hostage Release
In Tehran on Tuesday President Hashemi Rafsanjani met a German envoy Bernd Schmidbauer carrying a message from Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The exchange fanned optimism for freeing two German relief workers Heinrich Streubig and Thomas Kemptner kidnapped in May 1989 by pro Iran Shiite extremists in Lebanon. The abductors are seeking the exchange of brothers Hamadi in Germany for the hostages, a deal Berlin has rejected.
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Millions Pledged to Fight Famine in Southern Africa
The United Nations said it has received promises totaling 526 million dollars in aid to prevent mass starvation in drought-stricken southern Africa. UN humanitarian chief Jan Eliasson cited offers mainly from the United States the European Community Japan and Scandinavia with 30 of 50 nations present contributing. No breakdowns of aid were provided.
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China resumes accepting money orders from abroad
BEIJING AP The Chinese post office will resume accepting money orders from abroad 39 years after it halted the practice for political reasons. The return will ease receiving funds from friends and relatives abroad paying foreign school admissions and handling other transactions.
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Carlos the Jackal sentenced in absentia to life in prison
Paris a court sentenced Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez known as Carlos the Jackal in absentia to life for the 1975 murder of French counterespionage agents Raymond Dous and Jean Donatini and the attempted murder of a third. He remains at large amid his decades of alleged terrorist activity linked to major 1970s attacks including Munich 1972 and OPEC Vienna 1975.
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