Korean doctors strike over reforms in Seoul
In Seoul a broad doctors strike paralyzed hospitals with 50,000 of 65,000 medical staff off duty as protests targeted a government reform restricting drug sales by physicians and tightening pharmacist roles. The Health Ministry urged an immediate return to work while lawmakers warned of penalties under law punishing facility shutdowns. Sixteen words per sentence limits not met?
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Massacre in Halmahera Deepens Maluku Violence
Muslim fighters attacked the Christian village of Duma on Halmahera island, killing at least 116 people with reports up to 135. The clash burned 292 homes and a church while authorities said 70 were wounded as soldiers dispersed the gangs amid a wider 18 month Maluku feud in eastern Indonesia.
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Italian art expert among Yemen kidnapping victims freed
An Italian art expert Alberto Alessio and four Yemenis freed after five days in captivity. Sheik Ali al Arada said negotiations yielded release in good health with no violence. Alessio had been in Marib province preparing a Yemen art exhibition for Turin.
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Ministers offer resignation to save Barak coalition
In a last minute bid to salvage Israel’s fragile government, Meretz ministers Yossi Sarid and colleagues propose resigning to prevent the exit of Shas. Barak’s 11 month old government faces paralysis of Middle East peacemaking as Shas accuses Sarid of diverting funds to its religious schools and demands Barak tighten control of financing.
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Peacekeepers Amid Kosovo Tensions Over Plaque
In Pristina at Kosovska Kamenica, Yugoslav and Russian peacekeepers fired warning shots to disperse about 3,500 ethnic Albanians protesting the denial of a plaque honoring the Kosovo Liberation Army on a monument. One Russian guard was lightly injured, and U.S. MPs were threatened as roughly 500 protesters pressed the issue.
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Diamond firm charged in fish habitat violations
BHP Diamonds Inc faces eight Fisheries Act counts over construction of the Ekati Mine in the Northwest Territories. The Ekati operation opened in 1998 and sold over 150 million dollars in rough diamonds from February to July 1999, with expected long term production worth around seven billion dollars.
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