Israel pounds Lebanon as soldier falls in attack
Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon killed a soldier in a rock et attack near Dabshe as Beirut and other cities faced blasts and black smoke. Power stations were destroyed causing outages and rationing while civilians, including children, were wounded. Hezbollah warned of retaliation as regional leaders called the strikes criminal.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Dabshe
Israel
Jamhour
Baalbek
Bekaa
Salim Hoss
Hezbollah
Zone
Ehud Barak
Cairo
Arab League
Esmat Abdel-Meguid
United States
Organization of Islamic Conference
Belgrade shuts down after Yugoslav defense minister shot
In Belgrade a 52 year old defense minister Pavie Bulatovic was shot at a Rad soccer club restaurant and died later in hospital. Two others were wounded including the restaurant owner Mirko Knezevic and banker Vuk Obradovic. Milosevic officials condemn the attack and vow to fight terrorism amid a string of recent high profile killings.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Serbia
Pavie Bulatovic
Rad
Tanjug
Slobodan Milosevic
Milan Milutinovic
Pavle
Nikola Sainovic
Pavie
Sainovic
U.N
Kosovo
Milosevic
Zeljko Raznatovic
Arkan
Mirko Knezevic
Vuk Obradovic
Obradovic
Yugarant Bank
Yugoslav Central Bank
Blic
U.S
Thomas Pickering
Spain
Bulatovic
Darko Asanin
Secret Service
Hijackers hold 150 plus aboard Afghan airliner in UK
Negotiations continued at Stansted as police reported the hijackers have 157 hostages and potential demands in play. Authorities noted calm among captors and hostages, with food water and medical supplies requested and lavatories emptied. The flight originated in Kabul and had zigzagged via Moscow and the former Soviet states before landing in Britain.
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Stansted
England
London
Ariana Airlines
Joe Edwards
Essex Police
Moscow
Kandahar
Ismail Khan
Afghanistan
Taliban Movement
Khan
Edwards
Mazar-e-Sharif
Soviet Union
Uzbekistan
Kazakstan
Russia
Britain
Mohammad Bashir Mahal
Russian General Claims End Near in Chechnya Fight
Russian forces pressed operations around Grozny as hundreds of rebels were trapped in Shaami-Yurt and Katyr-Yurt. Col Gen Viktor Kazantsev projected an imminent end to the military phase, while planes bombed the southern foothills and troops searched ruined Grozny for militants.
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Urus-Martan
Russia
Shaami-Yurt
Katyr-Yurt
Grozny
Viktor Kazantsev
Khankala
Kazantsev
Vladimir Rushailo
Interfax
Chechnya
Dagestan
Mexicans fear election may bring another crisis
In 1994 Mexico faced a devastating crisis with peso depreciation, recession, and wide financial fallout that prompted a $50 billion U.S.-led bailout. While current economists see a healthier economy, fear of a repeat persists as elections approach and observers note political risk may trigger self-fulfilling worries.
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Mexico City
Mexico
U.S
Latin America
Ernesto Zedillo
Marco Provencio
Treasury Department
Ernesto Fierro
United States
Canada
Chiapas
Mesic elected Croatian leader after Tudjman era
Stipe Mesic, a former Yugoslav collective president member, won Croatia's presidential runoff over Drazen Budisa with about 56 percent of the vote. Budisa concedes as counts surpassed 99 percent. Croats vote across 7,000 polling stations and 48 embassies abroad, in a third nationwide vote in a month.
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Zagreb
Croatia
Aead Croat
Franjo Tudjman
Stipe Mesica
Yugoslavia
Drazen Budisa
Tudjman
Budisa
Commission
Mesic
Marian Ramuscak
U.S
William D. Montgomery
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Ottawa
Medicare
Kabul
John Broughton
Rahmatullah Safi
Europe
Mesica
Vintage Park
Lenise Eddings
Clinson Ave
Baldwin City
Vinta
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