Greek shipping chief dies amid ferry disaster lawsuits
Pandelis Sfinias, general manager of Minoan Lines, leaped from a six story window in Piraeus two months after the Express Lamina ferry sank off Paros killing 80. Dozens of lawsuits seeking over 32.5 million dollars target the company as its parent battles claims from the disaster.
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Netherlands legalizes assisted suicide in landmark vote
Netherlands lawmakers approve a bill allowing doctors to help terminally ill patients end their lives. The 104-40 vote in the lower house paves the way for upper house approval next year and potential law, drawing praise from euthanasia advocates and opposition from Christian groups. In Yugoslavia, Serbian police retook Lucane from ethnic Albanian rebels with armored vehicles, placing security forces near militants as NATO forces monitored.
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Japanese mine forced labor suit ends in multimillion settlement
Relatives of 41 Chinese workers who died from brutal forced labor at a northern Japan mine reached a multimillion dollar settlement with Kajima Corp. Eleven survivors had sued a decade ago. A $4.6 million fund will aid the families of all 986 Chinese laborers who toiled there.
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Barak agrees to early election amid turmoil in Israel
In Jerusalem amid ongoing Israeli Palestinian violence Prime Minister Barak agreed to call early elections two years ahead of schedule. The move aims to undercut the Likud and reshape peace talks as Sharon pushes for quick voting and coalition talks unfold.
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No dismissal in Flight 103 trial at Camp Zeist
In Camp Zeist Netherlands a Scottish court refused to drop charges against Lamen Khalifa Fhimah in the Lockerbie bombing case. Judge Lord Sutherland found sufficient evidence to continue the trial, with proceeding set for December 5. Prosecutors identify Fhimah and Abdel Basset Ali al Megrahi as Libyan intelligence agents accused of murder and conspiracy in the 1988 disaster over Lockerbie.
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