Reform movement fears for its future
Tehran faces a hard line crack down as President Khatami vows reforms cannot be stopped. Hard liners control the judiciary, close reformist papers, and detain journalists while reformers fear violence to delay parliament seating on May 27. Pro-Khatami gains from February elections remain under threat amid student protests and police actions.
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Mugabe to seize white farms in Zimbabwe lands
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plans to invoke special powers to seize white owned farms and distribute the land to landless blacks. The move drew immediate denunciation from white farmers amid a violent standoff with armed black squatters who have seized over a thousand farms since February. At least 13 people have died in the clashes.
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Cambodia agrees on Khmer Rouge tribunal plan
Sen Jonn Kem reports Cambodia and the United Nations reached a compromise to establish a court to try Khmer Rouge leaders with foreign judges. Hun Sen supports the UN format, easing his direct control over the process. A Zimbabwe photojournalist was freed after three days in jail following an April bombing accusation.
Colombian rebels launch clandestine political party
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia report that over 4,000 rebels massed in San Vicente del Caguán for the opening of the Bolivian Movement for a New Colombia. The party will remain clandestine to protect leaders from slaughter.
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Germany Russia swap trophy art from Amber Room seizure
German officials returned two pieces of rooted art to a czarist palace near St Petersburg, more than 50 years after seizure by the Nazis. In exchange, Russia will hand over US works of art taken by Soviet troops, marking the first such trophy art swap between the nations after World War II era turmoil.
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The State Department for the first time labels South Asia a core terror hub, blaming Pakistan and especially Afghanistan for safe havens. It notes a shift to loosely organized networks fueled by religion, crime, and illegal trade, citing the Ressam case linked to the millennium plot. Afghanistan and Pakistan are singled out for mixed terrorism messages and harboring militants.
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