Refugee pirates prey on Haitians in Caribbean waters
In Port-au-Prince and offshore, refugee pirates target fleeing Haitians. Ferry operators fear hijackings as U.S. Coast Guard boosts patrols. 176 Haitians were rescued on six vessels and hundreds processed at Guantanamo. The exodus stems from army repression and political upheaval in Haiti.
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Haiti
Jean Claude Fignole
Freday
Jeremie
U.S
U.S. Coast Guard
Clinton
Gerard Jean-Juste
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Guantanamo
Sarajevo airlift enters third year amid funding fears
The Sarajevo food airlift, the longest in history, began its third year on Sunday as donor funds dwindle and weekend flights halt. U N HCR reports the city relies on the lifeline, with twenty nations flying almost 10,000 missions delivering over 116,000 tons of food and 14,000 tons of medical aid to a besieged 380,000 population surrounded by Bosnian Serbs.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees Agency
Sadako Ogata
UNHCR
Former Yugoslavia
U.N
Duke of Wellington Regiment
Zetra Olympic Hall
Poachers Threaten Primates in Rwanda's Nyungwe Forest
Poaching rises in Nyungwe Forest Rwanda as 13 primate species face loss. Park staff play cards with soldiers at an observation post while a US funded program reports 12 920 poaching attempts since 1992. tourism vanishes and locals hunger amid post conflict turmoil.
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Nyungwe
Rwanda
U.S
Francois Karamuka
United States
FBI opens first field office in Russia against mob
FBI Director Louis Freeh described the new Moscow field office as the first building block in countering organized crime in Russia. The office will exchange information with Russian authorities, aid investigations, and oversee two agents supervised by the American ambassador, signaling a broader transnational effort.
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FBI
Russia
Louis Freeh
Bureau
United States
Freeh
East Europe
Stuttgart
Germany
Asian gangs rise as global organized crime threat
U S. Attorney General Janet Reno prioritizes Asian gangs, seen as more flexible and savvy than the Mafia. Analysts note Triads with vast membership, Yakuza influence in real estate and banking, and violent street gangs like Wah Ching and United Bamboo expanding beyond traditional communities to smuggle drugs and weapons and commit fraud.
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Colombia
U.S
Janet Reno
Willard Myers II
Center For the Study of
Wah Ching
United Bamboo
Anderson
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