Taliban advance in Afghanistan alarms Moscow and Berlin
Moscow voices concern over a growing Taliban threat as Afghanistan’s conflict spreads. Russian officials warn of potential bloodshed and a new war for a fragile army while Taliban forces clash with Uzbek generals in Mazar e Sharif amid civilian sheltering and border security tensions involving 20 000 Russian guards.
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Afghanistan
Viktor Ilyukhin
Soviet Union
Tajikistan
Taliban
Magar-e-Sharif
Kobe killer taunts police with note in boy's mouth
In Kobe, an 11-year-old boy Jun Hase was found headless with a red ink note in his mouth asking, Can you stop me. Police link Jun’s death to a March assault spree in the neighborhood. A second body was found near a drainage pond, as investigators probe a possible serial killer pattern.
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Tokyo
Jun Hase
Kobe
Atsuka Hashimoto
Jun
Fuji
Congo opposition prepares march against Kabila ban on protests
In Kinshasa two weeks into Laurent Kabila's rule, opposition activists planned a march defying a prohibitions against demonstrations. Rebels now ruling Congo threatened to break up the protest and arrest participants as enemies of the government. Foreign Minister Bizima Karaha said democracy requires peace. Organizers compared Kabila and his Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo to the former dictatorship they toppled in Zaire.
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Congo
Laurent Kabila
Bizima Karaha
Kabila
Alliance of Democratic Forces For the Liberation of
Zaire
South Korea bribe scandal erupts in street money dump
A construction worker at Seoul City Hall dump thousands of won onto the street triggering a massive traffic jam as crowds leapt from cars to collect bills. Police arrest 36 year old Kim Nam shik for trespass and traffic violations amid a widening bribe scandal tied to Hanbo Steel and President Kim Young sam’s reported bribe cases.
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South Korea
Kim Nam-shik
Kim
Kim Young-sam
Kim Hyun-chul
Hanbo Steel Indus- 0
U N budget aims to cut 900 jobs and save costs
Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed a two-year U N budget of 2.58 billion dollars for 1998 1999, down from 2.6 billion for 1996 1997. Chief financial officer Joseph Connor said further cuts are expected with reform plans to be unveiled. Projections are preliminary and not yet finalized.
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U.N
Joseph Connor
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