Wounded Basque official amid ETA crackdown tensions
In Spain’s Basque region gunmen wounded Jose Ramon Rekalde, a former Socialist official, as ETA-linked violence rises after police arrested 20 EKIN-linked figures. Interior Minister Mayor Oreja warned of possible retaliation ahead of King Juan Carlos visit to Hernani and a Chillida museum opening.
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Spain
Socialist Party
Jose Ramon Rekalde
Justice
San Sebastian
Rekalde
ETA
Carlos Iturgaiz
Popular
Popular Party
Socialist Opposition
Jaime Mayor Oreja
Oreja
el Mundo
Juan Carlos
Hernani
Eduardo Chillida
Jose Maria Aznar
Gerhard Schroeder
Basque Country
Baltasar Garzon
EKIN
Militia claims near 100 killed in Congo clash
A Mai-Mai militia statement says it killed 93 Rwandan soldiers and six mercenaries in Nyanga Walikale during Sept 4 to 8 fighting sparked by an Rwandan attack on their stronghold. The report also cites civilian casualties and ongoing rebel activity in eastern Congo amid regional tensions.
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Congo
Padiri Kalendo
Nyanga Walikale
Goma
Kalendo
Malembe
Belgium
Laurent Kabila
Moise Nyarugabo
Rally For Democracy
Kamangola
Uvira
Kivu
Nyarugabo
Rwanda
Uganda
Kabila
Burundi
Germany bans Blood and Honour skinhead group
Germany moved to ban the Blood and Honour organization, the international neo Nazi group with a youth wing White Youth. Interior Minister Otto Schily said the group and its German youth wing have about 240 members, per the federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which tracks extremism.
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Blood
Berlin
Blood and
Blood and Honour
Europe
United States
Canada
Otto Schily
White Youth
Federal Office For the Protection of the Constitution
Luxury cruise lines seized. passengers ashore in Canada and Bahamas
Three Premier Cruise Lines ships the Rembrandt Sea Breeze and Oceanic were seized in Halifax and Nassau after the company shut down. About 1,450 passengers were put ashore with many awaiting flights home while authorities arranged accommodations onboard nearby vessels. Premier faced heavy losses and sought to sell ships as lenders took control.
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Canada
Bahamas
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Sea Breeze
Oceanic
Nassau
Premier Cruise Lines
Port Canaveral
Fla
Florida
Premier
Miami
Boston
Mass
Port Authority
Georgeane Tacelie
Halifax Harbor
Randy Sherman
Sherman
Rembrandt
New York
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