Gunfire fatal to six tourists near museum
Gunmen in business suits opened fire and set a tour bus ablaze outside Cairo's Egyptian Museum killing six German tourists and three others. Four foreign visitors and 15 Egyptians were wounded. no American casualties reported. Police shot three attackers. witnesses described Molotov cocktails and gunfire as the bus burned near Tutankhamen treasures.
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International treaty calls for total ban on land mines
Oslo based conference adopted a treaty text calling for an immediate and total ban on anti-personnel mines as the United States refused to sign. The agreement commits to banning production, export and use, with signing anticipated in December. Proponents argue delays and exceptions would undermine the pact while mines kill or maim about 26,000 people yearly, most civilians.
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Crash victim identified as German flight attendant
The lone body recovered from a collision between a German Tupolev and an American C 141 off Namibia was Saskia Neumeyer a 43 year old Berlin flight attendant. Rescuers say instant death with 32 missing including nine Americans and little hope of survivors. The Tupolev 154 was en route from Germany to South Africa and the C 141 from Namibia to Ascension Island.
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Versace siblings to manage empire after Gianni's death
Donatella Versace 40 will lead design while Santo Versace 53 runs business as the siblings take control of the designer's shares willed to his 11 year old niece Allegra Beck. The company confirmed Allegra inherits the shares and art collection goes to Daniel Beck.
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Settlers in East Jerusalem Reach Tentative Eviction Deal
Jewish settlers backed by Florida financier Irving Moskowitz reach a tentative government deal to leave the Ras al Amad neighborhood in east Jerusalem if the state recognizes their right to live there. Yasser Arafat rejects the compromise as clashes erupt and Netanyahu weighs eviction options amid security concerns.
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