U N chief expects return of Higgins body in Lebanon
U N Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar said he expects the body of one of two Americans who died in captivity in Lebanon to be released soon. Higgins, a U N peacekeeping officer, was kidnapped in 1988 and shown on video in 1989 hanging from a gallows. Buckley, a former CIA station chief, is reported dead by illness per later accounts.
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Tunisia
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Picco
Israel
Ron Arad
NATO
Manfred Woerner
Yeltsin
Barbara McDougall
Douglas Hurd
U S rules Japanese automakers dumping minivans in U S
The Commerce Department preliminarily ruled that Toyota Mazda and other Japanese automakers dumped minivans into the United States to gain market share. Duties will be set and may stay if a final ruling upholds the decision. Japanese underselling averages ranged from 0.95 to 7.19 percent.
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Yugoslav premier resigns amid republics seek EC recognition
Belgrade reports Premier Ante Markovic resigned saying the federation disintegrates and he cannot reverse the crisis. Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia join Croatia and Slovenia in seeking European Community recognition as Yugoslavia drifts toward breakup. Markovic notes most federal funds go to the military and calls for peace.
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Mat Inge Sve
Yeltsin seeks NATO membership in post Cold War move
In Brussels Boris Yeltsin urged eventual NATO membership as East and West seek closer security ties. The NATO alliance agreed on reducing weapons while preparing a new forum with former Warsaw Pact states. Yeltsin called for a security system from Vancouver to Vladivostok and a rapid end to confrontation. The meeting included 15 Western ministers and reps from Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Estonia Hungary Latvia Lithuania Poland and Romania. The Soviet Union formally withdrew from proceedings as its 74 year existence neared end.
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Hungary
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Israeli court weighs new evidence in Demjanjuk appeal
The Israeli Supreme Court plans to hear new defense evidence claiming Demjanjuk is not Ivan the Terrible. Five Treblinka survivors identified him. new Ukrainian guards say Ivan Marchenko operated the gas chamber. Prosecutors pledge to counter with their own evidence.
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