Nigeria vows release of all political prisoners
Abiola named among detainees to be freed by new military government in Nigeria. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said the action would be announced at an appropriate time and confirmed Abiola was alive, alert, and in good health after a meeting with him.
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Arson attacks hit ten Catholic churches in Northern Ireland
Police tied the coordinated church arsons to sectarian tensions over a noted march. Nine churches in Protestant rural areas between Belfast and Portadown burned, one in east Belfast damaged, and two Catholic homes in Londonderry faced gasoline bombings. No injuries reported. police linked the acts to the Loyalist Volunteer Force.
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Japan approves bridge bank plan to curb banking collapse
Tokyo, AP Japan's government approved a bridge bank plan to assume control over failed banks and wind them down to restore credit flow. The measure aims to rescue Japan from its deepest postwar recession amid $535 billion in bad loans from the early 1990s asset crash, announced by Finance Minister Hikaru Matsunaga after high level talks.
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