Peres may move up Israeli elections to June on peace talks
Labor leader Nissim Zvili said the government could shift national elections to June if Syria talks stall, with a mid-February decision due. Prime Minister Shimon Peres ties any land-for-peace deal from the Golan Heights to a referendum or public ballot, possibly before October anyway.
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Shimon Peres
Syria
Labor Party
Warren Christopher
Damascus
Nissim Zvili
Peres’ Labor Party
Zvili
Peres
Golan Heights
NATO brass visit Bosnia amid ethnic tensions
NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana and U S Gen George Joulwan visited Sarajevo and Mostar to assess the alliance mission’s progress in Bosnia. The trip comes as Serbs in Serb-held Sarajevo threaten to abandon districts in response to a March 19 transfer plan and as sectarian hatreds fuel instability. The force has about half its 60 000 troop goal and cites compliance with the Paris peace accord signed December 14.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
Mostar
Bosnia
NATO
Javier Solana
Spain
U.S
George Joulwan
Paris
Drug kingpin escapes from maximum security prison
Jose Santacruz Londono, the No. 3 figure in the Cali cartel, escaped La Picata prison after removing a one way mirror in an interrogation room and slipping out with possible accomplice help. Authorities say prosecutors’ cars go unchecked at entry and exit. US officials condemn lenient Colombian justice amid extradition limits.
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Bogota
Colombia
Jose Santacruz Londono
Cali
Santacruz
Norberto Pelaez
la Picata
RCN
U.S
United States
Rescuers free two beached whales near Sydney
Two of seven melon headed whales that washed ashore 250 miles north of Sydney were released today after a rest in a hotel pool. Lawrence Orel of the National Parks and Wildlife Service said the animals, about 7 feet long and 1,100 pounds, swam back into the Pacific. The rare tropical cetaceans have few sightings.
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Sydney
Australia
Lawrence Orel
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Endeavour Dodges Dead Satellite in High Speed Maneuver
Endeavour fired its thrusters to avoid the dead Defense Department satellite Misty as they passed within about six miles. Mission Control confirmed no danger and NASA noted the maneuver slowed the shuttle by four feet per second.
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Giessen
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Endeavour
Air Force
NASA
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Duffy
Mission Control
Tom Jones
Defense Department
Vandenburg Air Force Base
California
Eileen Hawley
U.S. Space Command
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Colo
Florida
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