World nuclear treaty nears a final agreement
At the United Nations an 11th hour compromise clears the last barrier over Israel's nuclear weapons as an indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty gains approval. The U S sponsored plan makes the 25 year pact permanent and urges regional states to submit to safeguards without singling out Israel.
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Ex-prosecutor killed in Mexico City as family watches
Ex-prosecutor Leobardo Larios Guzman, 55, who investigated the killing of Roman Catholic Cardinal Posadas Ocampo, was shot dead outside his home in Mexico City. Two men were later arrested in Tijuana, according to Notimex.
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Mitterrand criticized for remark praising German troops
Paris critics say outgoing president Francois Mitterrand overstepped by praising Hitler's soldiers as courageous at a Berlin ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of Nazi surrender. Editors historians and aides condemned the passage as misreading wartime guilt and French-German reconciliation.
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Africans killed in mine shaft accident
An elevator in the Vaal Reefs mine shaft No 2 at Orkney fell 1500 feet to the bottom, killing as many as 100 workers. Officials say the cage was full and the derailment occurred after a locomotive toppled onto it near Johannesburg.
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South Africa
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Vaal Reefs Mining Company
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