Hong Kong leaders urge calm on PLA advance guard
Hong Kong's departing governor Chris Patten sought to soothe fears over Chinese troops amid impending sovereignty transfer. He called the PLA advance guard well behaved overall, said the incident with customs was isolated, and urged a measured approach to underground communist activities while defending his reforms and Hong Kong's self confidence.
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Monument to Polish Soviet friendship debated in Szczecin
In Szczecin a 60 foot obelisk once celebrating Polish Soviet unity could become a monument to Jerzy Popieluszko the Catholic priest murdered by the secret police in October 1984. Polish writer Zygmunt Solarz argues sentiment favors replacing the tribute with a cross and a statue of Popieluszko. Russians worry the change erodes shared history.
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McNamara leads Hanoi symposium on Vietnam War peace failures
Former defense secretary Robert McNamara and other war makers, scholars, and analysts converge in Hanoi for a four day symposium. They will review memoirs documents and transcripts to identify why peace talks failed and why the United States became entangled in a war McNamara says was unwinnable.
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Khmer Rouge Guerrillas Seek Pol Pot Alive Capture
Cambodia's co prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh reports Khmer Rouge forces are launching an offensive to capture Pol Pot alive near Anlong Veng. Pol Pot is said to be surrounded by about 1,000 former guerrillas, amid conflicting reports and limited access to the area.
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