Sandinistas seize critics property amid coffee row
Nicaragua's leftist government confiscates coffee plantations and other assets of three opposition leaders tied to the Superior Council of Private Enterprise. At a Matagalpa meeting, growers withdraw from the National Coffee Commission, condemning its performance. President Ortega vows no credit from the State Development Bank to anti-patriotic growers amid an economy hit by devaluation and soaring prices.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nicolas Bolanos
Jaime Cuadra
Arnoldo Aleman
Superior Council of Private Enterprise
National Coffee Commission
Agriculture Development
Jaime Wheelock
Voice of Nicaragua Radio
Three Men of
Matagalpa
Bolanos
National Salvation
Voice of
Theaugh
Anamminentcig
Ortega
State Development Bank
Cordoba
Enrique Bolanos
Eut
Masaya
San Antonio
Ad Milleroa
Niesisonoa
Police arrest South Korean student radicals
Riot police stormed Yongnam University in Taegu and arrested 44 radical students who led violent anti-government protests. Police seized hundreds of firebombs and steel bars as about 800 officers raided the campus to end ongoing violence. Yonhap reported 6,700 firebombs used in four months and around 200 police injured, with charges planned against all involved.
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Seoul
South Korea
Yongnam University
Taegu
Yonhap
Yongnam
East Germany frees escapee after border guard incident
A man, 21-year-old Martin Notve, was released by East Germany following a border clash where he was dragged by the hair by Communist guards as he attempted to swim the Spree. The release came after the United States Britain and France warned they would cut travel by officials to East Germany if Notve was not handed over.
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Berlin
East
Germany
Spree
United States
France
Britain
East Germany
Martin Notve
Nigeria frees journalists held Without charge
In Lagos authorities released two editors and four reporters from The Republic after arrests last week for no charges. The paper had reported on a $2 million scandal involving a top official and a planned 40 percent salary rise amid price increases, amid clashes that left 43 dead.
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Lagos
Nigeria
the Republic
Ibrahim Babingida
The
Republic
Directorate of Investigations and Intellicans
Burmese security forces fire on Rangoon protesters
In Rangoon security forces killed one and wounded another as they fired on demonstrators. The rally organized by the National League for Democracy drew about 500 people near Myenngon Circle. Aung San Suu Kyi was detained briefly, later released after a warning.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Burma
Rangoon
Radio
Myenngon Circle
Agiene
Ned Tae Awe
Wars Ope
Aung San Suu Kyi
National League For Democracy
League
Rangoon University
Aung San
Saw Maung
Britain Battles Heat Wave as Water Scarcity Bites
Britons struggle with a heat wave as water shortages widen in Wales and parts of England. Officials warn supplies near crisis levels after a mild winter and long spring, with Lee Valley Water enforcing fines up to 620 dollars for sprinkler use amid rising demand.
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London
Royal Ascot
Britain
Wales
England
Stuart Derwent
Southern Water
Lee Valley Water Co
Lee Valley
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