Ex-dictator Sassou-Nguesso returns to power in Congo war
Fighters loyal to Gen Denis Sassou-Nguesso patrol Brazzaville after a four month civil war as crowds acclaim his claim to power. Angolan troops aided the victory and links to Dos Santos are cited while Lissouba and Kinshasa tensions rise over oil wealth and regional spillover fears.
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Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Pascal Lissouba
Sassou-Nguesso
Lissouba
Cobra
Brazzaville
Pointe Noire
Angola
BB Heres
Republic of Congo
Jose Eduardo Dos Santos
Dos Santos
Louis Barbel
United Nations
Congo
Zaire
Laurent Kabila
Kabila
Kinshasa
Gaddafi’s diplomacy widens in face of sanctions
Five years after the UN banned Libyan air travel over the Lockerbie bombing, Muammar Gaddafi shifts to quieter diplomacy winning some Arab, African and Security Council sympathy. Calls for ending sanctions grow as Libya pitches trials in neutral venues while demanding surrender of British and American agents connected to past attacks.
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Cairo
Egypt
United Nations
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Saudi Arabia
Niger
Nigeria
Mecca
United States
Britain
Gaddafi
Africa
Security Council
U.N
Pan Am
Lockerbie
Scotland
Netherlands
Sudan
Iraq
Mary-Jane Deeb
American University
Washington
Minis
Ter Yevegeny Primakov
U.S
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
African National Congress
South Africa
Joffe
Diana
Dodi Fayed
Fayed
Gadhafi
Danish mountaineer dies on Makalu in Nepal
Mount Makalu claim ends for 31 year old Per Lyhne a Danish public relations consultant from Herning who died in his sleep at a high altitude camp on the world s fifth tallest peak. An American team aborts summit bid due to strong winds.
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Makalu Katmandu
Nepal
Mount
Makalu
Per Lyhne
Herning
Georgia soldiers suffer from Soviet nuke legacy wounds
In Tbilisi eleven Georgian soldiers hospitalized with radioactive cesium-137 exposure after a pocketed capsule caused skin ulcers. The base near Lilo shows lingering chemical and radioactive hazards from Soviet troop withdrawals after 1991, raising concerns over long term recovery and cleanup.
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Tbilisi
Georgia
Pavle Eliauri
Caucasus Mountains
Eliauri
Dutch wedding dream ends as five men chase same Thai bride
In Amsterdam five men waiting at the airport learned they had all been promised marriage by a Bangkok based woman who never appeared. De Telegraaf says the scam used numerous Dutch ad names to lure Dutch suitors. Victims say the woman asked for cash, including 625 dollars for a flight.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
de Telegraaf
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Associated Press
George Joffe
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World Digest
Bhubaneswar
India
United News of India
Dailari Forest
New Delhi
Nandankanan Biological Park
Uy Joal
Ottawa
Kansas
Sundance Spas
Cancun
Gasaboes Chemicals
Wcel
Lawrence
JagBrat
Pearlzum
Massachusetts
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M.S
Coon
Risan
NLM
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