U.N. Forces Besieged as Sierra Leone Rebels Seize Peacekeepers
Rebels of the RUF hold an estimated 300 U.N. hostages after capturing a Zambian battalion and 13 armored personnel carriers. The attack threatens the peacekeeping mission amid calls for rapid reinforcement and regional pressure on rebel leader Foday Sankoh. The U.N. warns of using force only to protect civilians, while Congo observer questions grow.
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Sierra Leone
U.N
Africa
Fred Eckhard
Eckhard
Kailahun
Charles Taylor
Foday Sankoh
Sankoh
Freetown
Congo
Richard Holbrooke
Kinshasa
Security Council
Bassadors
RUF
Eldred Collins
Lungi
Makeni
Zambia
Port Lake
Annan
United States
Britain
France
Magbaraka
Gibril Massaquoi
Kofi Annan
Congo clash leaves ten dead as Ugandan Rwandan troops fight
Ugandan and Rwandan forces clash in Kisangani Congo, killing at least ten civilians and wounding about a hundred. UN monitors report artillery and airfire on the city hospital and airport as officials seek to deescalate amid renewed fighting threatening a peace process.
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Congo
Kigali
Rwanda
United Nations
Kisangani
Bangoka
Akram Hossain
U.N
Doctors Without Borders
Emmanuel Ndahiro
National Resistance
Uganda
Hossain
Kapalata
Tshopo River
Ndahiro
Yoweri Museveni
United States
Tanzania
South Africa
Israel and Lebanon Guerrillas Agree to Hold Fire Amid Clashes
After two days of tit for tat strikes that killed an Israeli soldier and two Lebanese civilians both sides announced they would hold their fire. Israeli warplanes damaged the Beirut Damascus highway and knocked out power stations in Bsaleem and Tripoli. Hezbollah rockets killed one Israeli soldier and wounded 26 as fighting continued Friday.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Damascus
Bsaleem
Tripoli
Hezbollah
Madeleine Albright
U.N
Kofi Annan
Ehud Barak
Syria
Farouk al-Sharaa
Albright
Annan
SANA
Hermineh Aslanian
Bourj Hammoud
Asian Monetary Fund push raises regional finance crisis fears
Thailand leads revival of a proposed Asia backed fund to run with the IMF and curb future crises. The plan, opposed by the United States during 1997 turmoil, seeks expanded ADB influence and currency swap mechanisms among ASEAN members and major Asian economies to stabilize markets and reduce dependence on Washington.
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IMF
U.S
Asian Development Bank
Thailand
Mienaie
International Monetary Fund
Supachai Panitchpakdi
ADB
Supachai
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
China
Japan
South Korea
ASEAN
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Vietnam
Toledo ends talks with Fujimori camp before runoff vote
Challenger Alejandro Toledo says talks with President Fujimori's party are broken off over lack of political will to ensure a fair May 28 runoff. Toledo accuses networks of bias after a rally in the southern city of Arequ. Fujimori denies fraud and minimizes first round irregularities.
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Lima
Peru
Alejandro Toledo
Alberto Fujimori
Toledo
Francisco Tudela
Fujimori
Areq
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