Orthodox Easter Promotes Reconciliation Amid Balkan Tensions
Orthodox Easter observances across the globe highlighted reconciliation between Greece and Turkey and calls for peace in Kosovo. In Pristina’s monastery service, a sparse crowd reflected wartime displacement, while in Podgorica Serbs split into two services over church ties. In Istanbul, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I led a larger Greek crowd as ties warm.
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Podgorica
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Philippines troops probe Abu Sayyaf tunnel hideout in Basilan
Philippine forces sprayed tear gas into a tunnel complex on Basilan as they search for hostages believed held by Abu Sayyaf. They found sandals, generators, weapons, and 100 sacks of rice, while rebels may have fled. 27 captives include German, French, South African, Finnish, and Lebanese tourists and Filipino workers.
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Hilario Atendido
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Bodyguards of Dominican candidate kill official in clash
In Santo Domingo the leading presidential candidate's security detail killed a Liberation Party official and a bystander during an attack on the candidate Hipolito Mejia's car in Moca. The incident sparked competing accounts of who fired first and accusations of a premeditated assassination. Police opened an inquiry as tensions rise ahead of the May elections.
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Rafael Penalo
Francisco Javier Garcia
Penalo
Garcia
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