U S warns of air attacks and calls for Kosovo cease fire
U S envoy Holbrooke pressed Milosevic in Belgrade as NATO allies debated a legal basis for airstrikes to halt the Kosovo crackdown. The KLA announced a unilateral cease fire while Serbia tightened media and company controls amid international pressure.
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Madeleine Albright
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Belgium
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Serbia
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Tang Jiaxuan
China
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Slobodan Unkovic
London
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Albright
Ivica Dacic
Bangladeshi Floods Recede After Prolonged Inundation
In Dhaka the floodwaters are dropping after two months of the longest inundation in memory. Children suffer waterborne illness while thousands live homeless as roads are wrecked and debris clogs undercarriages. The disaster brings disease, food shortages, and a huge rebuilding bill. Prime Minister Hasina appeals for nearly 880 million dollars in foreign aid for relief and reconstruction.
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Australian skipper charged with manslaughter in reef dive deaths
Coroner Noel Nunan alleges captain Geoffrey Ian Nairn of the Outer Edge failed in duty by not checking logs or counting divers after leaving two Americans, Thomas Lonergan and Eileen Lonergan of Baton Rouge, on the Great Barrier Reef. Authorities believe the couple drowned or were killed by sharks days after being left behind. search found divers equipment with a plea for help. The coroner’s findings will be turned over to prosecutors for a jury case.
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Jack" Nairn
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Tokyo court rejects bid for WWII sex slave damages
A Tokyo District Court refused compensation claims by 46 Filipino women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers in World War II. Judge Yoraki Ichikawa ruled international law does not allow individual damages, despite government admissions linking Imperial Army to front line brothels.
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Yoraki Ichikawa
Kyodo News
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Sharon Named Israel Foreign Minister In Netanyahu Move
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints Ariel Sharon as foreign minister to lead Palestinian talks. The choice signals a hard line stance while Netanyahu travels to Washington for a Mideast summit with Yasser Arafat. Sharon keeps infrastructure minister post for three months.
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