Three Irish Catholic Boys Die In Sectarian Firebombing
In Ballymoney Northern Ireland a Protestant arson attack killed three Quinn boys, Richard 11 Mark 10 and Jason 9, as their Catholic family faced intimidation. Their deaths amid ongoing sectarian strife sparked worldwide condemnation and a pause in violence, spotlighting the peril from religious hatred in a divided community.
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Ballymoney
Chrissie Quinn
North Antrim
Quinn
Battle of the Boyne
Wiliam
James
Tavish
Marky
Ace
Margaret Thompson
North Channel
Andrea Ramsey
Amanda McAlowan
Amanda
Kosovo and Serb clashes widen as rebels shell towns
In Kosovo clashes, Serb forces shell villages along a gun running route while Serbia claims 30 rebels killed in an operation thwarting an Albania border infiltration. Ethnic Albanian fighters mount a major offensive on a Serb-held town amid Kosovo independence efforts. In Lagos, Abiola’s supporters gather at family offices as protests mark a presidential election dispute.
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Pristina
Yugoslavia
Albania
Kosovo
Soviet Relatives Condemned by Hitler Kin Confessions
Der Spiegel reports five Hitler relatives were arrested in Austria at war end and coerced into confessions in Moscow KGB archives. Eduard Schmidt, Hitler’s cousin, admitted being guilty as a relative of Adolf Hitler for approving his plans against the Soviet Union.
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Hamburg
Germany
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Austria
der Spiegel
KGB
Moscow
Hitler
Eduard Schmidt
Annan urges U S to join world war crimes tribunal
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan hailed the treaty creating the world first inter nation war crimes tribunal as a giant step forward at a Rome ceremony. The United States did not attend and was among seven nations voting against the accord while 120 countries supported it after weeks of talks and negotiations.
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Rome
United States
Kofi Annan
Annan
Thousands attend prayer services for Abiola in Lagos
Police helicopters hovered over Lagos as hundreds of officers patrolled, while thousands gathered for day long prayers for Moshood Abiola, whose death has sparked riots. AABB EEE dee wee ee AA noted an advance of a report to appear Monday. Schmidt and four other relatives who confessed during the Soviet occupation of Austria perished in Soviet custody. Another Hitler relative, Johann Schmidt, survived and returned to Austria in 1955, Spiegel said.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Moshood Abiola
Schmidt
Austria
Hitler
Johann Schmidt
Spiegel
Gays ask Anglicans in healthy debate at Lambeth
A gay Christian group urged a healthy debate on their place in the Anglican church at the Lambeth Conference opening in Canterbury. More than 700 bishops from Anglican churches worldwide attend as debate covers relations with other churches and Third World debt amid sharp divisions over homosexuality.
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London
Church of England
Canterbury
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