Sri Lanka battles claim dozens of lives on third day
In Sri Lanka, government forces report heavy fighting with at least 30 soldiers and Tamil rebels dead on the third day of the offensive. Bullet-riddled Tamils, many women, found in two villages near Batticaloa as planes strike a rebel camp at Telipillai in Jaffna Peninsula, amid curfew conditions.
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Yugoslavia’s Slovenia votes to secede
Slovenian voters overwhelmingly backed secession from Yugoslavia in a plebiscite with about 88.2 percent in favor and 4 percent against, according to unofficial final returns from political parties. In Serbia the renamed Communists faced defeat in runoff elections, per opposition reports.
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Five Die When Soldiers Fire on Two Buses in Kashmir
In Kashmir Valley soldiers fired on two buses near Baramulla Uri, killing at least five passengers and wounding about ten others. Witnesses, speaking on condition of anonymity, said militants attacked the army the previous day and that UNCONFIRMED reports cited higher fatalities. The incident follows a pattern of violence in Kashmir as India crackdowns on separatist activity continues.
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Ten Die as Van Hits Bus in Morocco
A van carrying eight people swerved into a bus with schoolchildren on a rural Moroccan road. Ten Moroccans died, including the van driver and a passenger, and three children were injured. The bus was ferrying Malaga students on a mountain excursion. Officials say the Moroccans were returning from jobs in France. the Spanish driver and his son also perished.
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