Higuita Held Over Kidnapping Law Case in Colombia
Colombian soccer great Rene Higuita was charged with aiding a hostage release by paying a ransom to a drug trafficker’s daughter, under a 1992 anti kidnapping law. If convicted, he faces up to 12 years in jail for the ransom payment and negotiations with hostage takers.
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Pablo Escobar
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Luis Carlos Molina
Escobar
Higuita
Medellin
Goto
Adolescent AIDS Rise Reported Ahead of Conference
BERLIN AP Adolescents worldwide show rising syphilis rates and higher AIDS infection levels than adults according to doctors ahead of the Ninth International Conference on AIDS. Dr Karen Hein of Montefiore Medical Center cites denial and sex education fears as barriers despite studies showing education reduces risk.
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Karen Hein
Montefiore Medical Center
New York
Hein
American Medical Association
Congress to select a new president in Guatemala
Guatemala City AP reports Congress opened Saturday to name an interim president after Jorge Serrano’s resignation amid army backing, international outcry, and threatened sanctions. The term runs to January 1996, as Congress moves to restore democracy and avoid a power vacuum.
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Guatemala City
Jorge Serrano
Peepee Cen
Ore
Serrano
U.S
Organization of American States
Congress
Gustavo Espina Salguero
OAS Secre
Joao Buena Soares
Guatemala
Red Cross visits rebel stronghold in Angola survey
A Red Cross team arrived Saturday in Huambo, the rebel stronghold in Angola, for the agency’s first survey of relief needs in the area.
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International Committee of the Red Cross
Huambo
UNITA
ICRC
Toni Burgener
Burgener
Red Cross
Geneva
Angola
Group urges prince to take charge in Cambodia crisis
In Phnom Penh the head of the party winning UN run elections demanded Hun Sen be barred from power sharing amid killings of party workers. About 400 supporters gathered outside the royal palace urging Prince Norodom Sihanouk to lead an interim government to curb violence. Sihanouk said he was ready to try to form one.
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Cambodia
U.N
Constituent Assembly
Sihanouk
Thousands protest in Germany after Solingen killings
Tens of thousands marched nationwide to protest the Solingen neo Nazi murders of five Turks. Authorities charged three suspects in the May 29 killings, while Hattingen and Konstanz faced arson probes at Turkish homes and eateries. Police reported clashes in Solingen as rival groups confronted police and far right actors. Other cities echoed the demonstrations with thousands in Nuremberg, Munich, Augsburg, and Hamburg.
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Germany
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Hattingen
Konstanz
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von Stahl
Aanon
Gustav Heyer
Nizers
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Gray Wolves
N-Tw
Heyer
Nuremberg
Munich
Marienplatz
Augsburg
Amburg
Spain votes in pivotal parliamentary election shift
In Madrid, voters faced a polarized race between Socialist Prime Minister Jose Maria Gonzalez and center-right rival Jose Maria Aznar. Polls showed the two parties near parity as Spaniards recall Franco era tensions and consider a possible change of government after 30.9 million eligible voters weighed leftist governance against a potential rightward shift.
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Spain
One Gonzalez
Francisco Franco
Jose Maria Aznar
Popular Party
Gonzalez
Aznar
Franco
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