Israel launches massive hunt for Dead Sea scrolls
Israel sends 16 archaeology teams into the occupied West Bank to search for scrolls amid Palestinian and Israeli criticism. The operation targets Judean desert caves near the Dead Sea where ancient poetry, legal texts, and Bible portions were found after 1947. Officials say the hunt is planned but driven by finds and permits, while skeptics view it as politicized and undermining peace talks.
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Wadi Makuk
West Bank
Israel
Judean Desert
Dead Sea
Efrat Orbach
Antiquities Authority
U.N
Occupied Territories
Naz Joub
Jordan
Jericho
Idan
Qumran
Amir Drori
Somalis Kill 15 Aiding U.N. in Mogadishu Convoy Attack
UN officials report 15 Somalis killed and 13 wounded when gunmen halted a truck convoy returning to Mogadishu after unloading at an Italian base. Four trucks recovered, four bandits handed to Somali police. authorities seek motive amid rising banditry and ongoing US withdrawal plans.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
U.N
Farouk Mawlawi
United Nations
Mawlawi
US N
Kai Lincoln
Hoboken
N.J
Tim McDavitt
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
McDavitt
Aidid
Mohammed Ali Mahdi
U.S
United States
Fighting rages in central Bosnia near Gornji Vakuf
Thousands flee as Croat and Muslim-led forces clash in central Bosnia. U.N. reports Croat attack on Gornji Vakuf with government troops counterattacking. Monks killed in Fojnica as aid routes face delays. U.N. relief teams reach nearby hospitals. refugees flee toward Visoko.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.N
Gornji Vakuf
Bosnia
David Fillingham
Kiseljak
Gornji Valouf
Fojnica
Nikola Milicevic
Mato Mihic
Bill Aikman
Aikman
Fillingham
U.N. High Commissioner For Refugees
Visoko
Yugoslavia
Alija Izetbegovic
War games begin as Korea and U S hold Foal Eagle drills
South Korea and the United States launched the Foal Eagle exercises despite North Korea's warnings that the 10 day drills threaten peace. Nearly 700,000 troops participate including 36 000 U S troops in Korea, 1 500 overseas U S personnel, and 650 000 South Korean troops. The North denounced the maneuvers as dangerous gambles while insisting on outside nuclear inspections to ease tensions.
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South Korea
United States
North Korea
U.S
North
Korean Peninsula
Washington
Pope blesses crowd after shoulder injury at St. Peter’s
Pope John Paul I, with a bandaged right shoulder, blessed worshippers from his quarters after dislocating and partially fracturing it in a fall. Doctors expect bandage to stay for about a month while he remains in good health and thanks those who treated him last week.
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Vatican City
John Paul I
St. Peter’s Square
Rome
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