Thai leader Suchinda resigns under pressure amid crackdown
Army backed Prime Minister Suchinda Kraprayoon resigns after days of protests and a deadly crackdown that drew widespread demands for accountability. The king granted blanket clemency to those involved to push for a swift step down.
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Germans help set up UN field hospital in Cambodia
In Phnom Penh 57 German volunteers arrive to staff a new 74 bed field hospital for 15 000 UN peacekeepers. The unit will receive medicine supplies X ray equipment and more in coming days as it begins operations in a former Phnom Penh University building.
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Shiite rebels and Israel clash as Lebanon fighting widens
Shiite Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces exchange artillery in south Lebanon, raising the death toll to 16 with at least 65 wounded. Hezbollah fired two rockets into Israel’s security zone. Israel answered with 155mm howitzer salvos. President Hrawi met Cabinet and defense officials to address the crisis.
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Poland dismisses defense minister in Walesa row
Poland's Parliament ousted defense minister amid a bitter clash with President Lech Walesa. Jan Parys had warned politicians sought army support for a coup and was suspended on April 6. Romuald Szeremretiev serves as acting defense minister since then.
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Deaths and accusations stain Iraqi Kurdish elections blaze
Cyprus based Iraqi government newspaper demands the heads of Kurdish leaders Massoud Barzani and Jalal Talabani, calling them US spies and traitors after Kurdish parliamentary elections. The two parties won equal seats in the 105 member parliament, triggering a runoff for leadership in two months amid Saddam Hussein's denunciations.
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Falcone Killed by Car Bomb in Palermo Tunnel
In Palermo Sicily a car bomb tore through a protective convoy injuring many and killing Giovanni Falcone Italy's top anti Mafia magistrate and three police officers. Falcone died shortly after hospital treatment in Palermo. His wife was among the injured as the blast struck on the highway between Palermo and Trapani.
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