Mandela meets Boutros-Ghali to push SA talks in Africa
ANC leader Nelson Mandela met UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali after talks with South Africa’s Pik Botha. Mandela said the discussions left him with strength and hope and planned to meet Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida and Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe next.
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Boutros Boutros-Ghali
African National Congress
South Africa
Boutros-Ghali
Pik Botha
ANC
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Ibrahim Babangida
Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
UN observers flee sniper fire in Moldova battlefront
Three U N observers and an American diplomat faced gunfire along Moldova's civil war front line in Bendery as their armored convoy entered the divided city. After a three hour stand off the group sought refuge in Bendery's central police station with journalists and Moldovan officials nearby.
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Moldova
Bendery
United Nations
U.S
Howard Steers
Thailand set to hold general election on September 13
Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun announced the dissolution of parliament and a general election for September 13 to avert further turmoil. This will be Thailand’s second vote in under six months after May protests demanding Suchinda Kraprayoon’s resignation. Anand had been named interim premier on June 10.
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Suchinda Kraprayoon
Anand
Suchinda
Serbs end three month siege for Sarajevo airport
Rebels lift their three month chokehold on Sarajevo airport as 200 UN peacekeepers raise the U N flag. A French aircraft with six tons of medical supplies lands within hours, but officials warn the airfield remains unsafe. About 300000 residents lack food and medicine after the blockade.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Jean Musitelli
Francois Mitterrand
Paris
Algerian council leader killed in attack at rally
Mohamed Boudiaf head of Algeria's ruling council was shot by a man in a police uniform during a speech at a hall. Forty one were injured by gunfire and grenade blasts as the attack unfolded. No group claimed responsibility. Police arrested the attacker per the High State Committee.
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Ramos prepares for office in first peaceful Philippine transfer
Fidel Ramos, ex-aide to Ferdinand Marcos, takes presidency in Manila as bombs strike a Banco de Oro branch in Quezon City and a Caloocan rail station. The blasts signal the tough task ahead uniting a nation torn by Marxist and Muslim insurgencies and military unrest. Ramos, 64, West Point and Illinois graduate, vows center-right policies to continue Aquino era trends.
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