Violence stalks gays in nationwide study of hate killings
A report analyzing 29 states and Washington DC documents multiple anti gay murders over three years. It cites vivid attacks and serial killings, notes police bias in investigations, and highlights fear in acknowledging victims due to sexual orientation.
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San Francisco
United States
Washington, D.C
Lester Olmstead-Rose
Community United Against Violence
Olmstead-Rose
Arkansas
Chris Miller
Little Rock
Ronald Maupin
Napa
James Jennings
Jennings
Laurel
Miss
Robert Walters
Joseph Shoemake
UN Agency backs Rwanda refugee return to home soil
In Kigali a policy reversal sees the UNHCR commit to assisting Rwandan refugees willing to return home. An internal paper urges officers to explore all avenues to facilitate safe dignified repatriation amid about one million refugees in Zaire and Tanzania, a priority for regional peace and stability. The agency’s stance shifted after fears of killings and reprisals against returnees influenced earlier guidance.
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Kigali
Rwanda
U.N
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Zaire
Tanzania
United Nations
U S to aid Haiti with trees and funds after restoration
The United States will fund 15 million dollars to Haiti and back 25 million trees to be planted over three years. The aid boosts Haiti’s budget support since Aristide’s October return, totaling 30 million dollars. The program also includes soil protection, irrigation ditch clearing, and rural road repairs.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
United States
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Western Iran crash kills 33 aid injures several
A minibus carrying college students and teachers collided with a truck in western Iran, killing 33 and injuring several. The drivers of both vehicles died. Ten people were hospitalized in critical condition. Tehran TV said the students usually rode in two buses but were packed into one after the other broke down.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Iran
Islamic Republic
IRNA
Tehran
Israel-Lebanon ambush toll rises with Israeli counterattacks
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and four wounded in ambushes by Iran-backed guerrillas near the border town of Tallousa in south Lebanon. Israeli tanks and artillery pounded 15 Shiite villages as the conflict intensified, with a later armored patrol hit by rocket and grenade fire killing one more Israeli and wounding two.
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Marjayoun
Lebanon
Israel
U.N
Tallousa
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