US planes aid search for missing congressman Mickey Leland
Two US Air Force C-130 cargo planes joined the hunt for Rep Mickey Leland and 13 others missing since Monday on a flight to a refugee camp in southwestern Ethiopia. A C-141 for medevac and four MH-60 helicopters were to be added, while officials said conditions suggested aircraft activity in the area near the Sudan border.
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China arrests another student protest leader
In Guangzhou police confirmed the arrest of another leader from the spring pro democracy protests. Officials also reported 18 executions for theft or robbery that were not tied to the protests. A newspaper ban order in Beijing was reportedly issued by the Communist Party Central Committee and later partially reversed. Zheng Xuguang, 20, was added to the nationwide list of 21 leaders confirmed arrested.
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Russian workers strike in Estonia over voting law
About 20,000 Russian workers across 19 factories and businesses in Estonia walked off Wednesday to protest a new law defining voting eligibility. Telegraph and news agencies report disruptions in Tallinn with two bus lines, a defense plant, shipyard, freight stations, and airport cargo handling affected. The Estonian Supreme Soviet approved two and five year residency rules for local and parliamentary ballots, respectively, as December local elections approach. Ethnic Russians accounted for 28 percent of the population in the latest census.
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