Iraq SAYS sanctions should lift if it complies with UN
Iraq’s deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz appeared before the UN Security Council to argue Iraq has met many cease-fire obligations and should receive at least partial sanctions relief. The council maintained no concessions until all probes and monitoring are complete, warning of serious consequences for continued defiance.
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Chhef
Saddam Hussein
U.N
Kuwait
Council
Diego Arria
Venezuela
United Nations
New York
Abd al-Amir al-Anbari
Venezuelans protest austerity demand Perez resigns
Venezuelans across the country pounded pots in a peaceful yet violent protest over government austerity. Thousands filled streets and clashed with police in Caracas as riots left at least 25 injured. Protesters demanded President Carlos Andres Perez step down amid subsidy cuts and rising food and fuel prices.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Carlos Andres Perez
Shevardnadze Named Leader of Provisional Georgian Government
Moscow reports Eduard Shevardnadze, former Soviet foreign minister, named to head Georgia's provisional government to end international isolation after civil war. He returns from Moscow to help rebuild the republic, with a four member executive committee to be formed and parliamentary elections planned. Georgia seeks UN and CIS membership.
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Eduard Shevardnadze
Radio Russia
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Georgia
Mikhail Shorbachev
Gorbachev
Dzhaba Toseliani
Ioseliani
Tengiz Sigua
Tengiz Kitovani
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Council
U.S. legal limits on stopping North Korean Scud ship
U.S. legal experts say the Navy could not legally intercept or divert a North Korean freighter carrying Scud-C missiles to Iran. International law and UN resolutions would only allow action if the cargo targeted Iraq, else boarding or turning back would risk an act of war.
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David Scheffer
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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Strait of Hormuz
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Scheffer
William Arkin
Greenpeace U.S.A
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King described by witness as a monster movie scene
Prosecution witness Timothy Singer testified that Rodney King took stun gun darts and baton blows to the head and kept advancing, describing the confrontation as “a scene from a monster movie.” He said King appeared to stagger toward the officer, while defense lawyers pressed the officer about his earlier description of King as a monster.
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Rodney King
Timothy Singer
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King
California Highway Patrol
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