Tsunami Toll in Papua New Guinea Rises Amid Crisis
AP reports on Animo disaster in Papua New Guinea where waves from a magnitude-7 earthquake killed about 1,200, with 6,000 missing and 2,527 found alive. Recovery crews fear disease from rotting bodies as survivors, many children, struggle with injuries and isolation in flooded coast villages.
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Nigeria to return to civilian rule in 1999 pledge
Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar, who took power after Gen Sani Abacha, announced elections in early 1999 and a May 29 1999 handover to civilian rule. He dissolved current parties, cancelled Abacha era elections, freed political detainees, and promised open government while denying a unity transitional body.
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Man charged with murder in Quinn brothers firebomb death
A 23 year old man, Thomas Robert Garfield Gilmour of Ballymoney, appeared in Belfast Magistrates Court on murder charges for the July 12 arson attack that killed brothers Richard 11, Mark 10, and Jason 9. Police said the family may have been targeted over religious lines amid sectarian tensions tied to a Portadown stand-off.
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Aid groups stay in Kabul as others depart amid Taliban pressure
The United Nations and Red Cross will not withdraw from Kabul despite aid groups leaving the city after the Taliban ordered dormitory relocation. Officials warned remaining groups face risks and said international aid is crucial to UN operations in Afghanistan.
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