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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 2002
Page
3
Paratroopers and counterinsurgency units stormed rebel territory near San Vicente del Caguán aiming to reconquer an area twice New Jersey sized. About 5,000 guerrillas were believed inside. 13,000 troops mobilized. Three soldiers wounded and three helicopters hit amid rebel fire.
Angolan authorities say Jonas Savimbi, 67, leader of UNITA, was killed in a southeast Angolan offensive in Mexico province. Government says body held. UNITA officials unavailable. Savimbi’s death, if confirmed, could pave the way for peace after decades of civil war.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pledged a full investigation into the worst train disaster, promising punishment for negligence. He accepted the resignations of the transport minister and railway chief as the night train from Cairo to Luxor burned, killing 363 people and leaving passengers to leap to their deaths.
The government and Tamil rebels signed a ceasefire through Norwegian mediators, aiming to end 18 years of conflict that left about 65 000 dead. The accord was signed separately in Vanni and Vavuniya with temperate gestures from both sides as Prime Minister Wickremesinghe visited the area.
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