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SHEVARDNADZE TO CALL FOR TOUGH LINE ON ABKHAZIA AT CIS
SUMMIT
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  • 1996-01-18 17:45:00

TBILISI, Jan 18 (AFP) - Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze will call for tougher action against Abkhaz separatists at a CIS summit opening in Moscow Friday, blaming them for trouble in the Caucasus

TURKEY HOME TO 2.5 MILLION NORTH CAUCASIANS
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  • 1996-01-18 16:35:00

ANKARA, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - About 25,000 people of Chechen origin live in Turkey, where a pro-Chechen armed group has seized a ferry on the Bosphorus with more than 160 passengers

MAASTRICHT SCEPTICISM SPREADS: BUNDESBANK OFFICIAL WARNS OF
RISKS
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  • 1996-01-18 16:25:00

Berlin, Jan 18 (DPA -NT) - A leading member of Germany's Bundesbank, Otmar Issing, has joined those expressing concern about the prospects for introducing a common European currency by the turn of

MOSTAR'S REUNIFICATION DELAYED 'DE FACTO'
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  • 1996-01-18 16:15:00

MOSTAR, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Jan 18 (AFP) - The January 20 deadline for the reunification of Mostar has been "de facto" postponed, a spokesman for the city's EU administrator said Wednesday.

INFANT MORTALITY UP 19-FOLD, IRAQI DOCTOR TELLS FRENCH TEAM
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  • 1996-01-18 16:00:00

BAGHDAD, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - The director of an Iraqi children's hospital told a French parliamentary fact-finding team on Wednesday that infant mortality rates had increased 19-fold since UN sanctions were imposed

INDIAN OPPOSITION LEADER RESIGNED FROM PARLIAMENT
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  • 1996-01-18 15:35:00

NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) Indian opposition leader Lal Krishna Advani resigned from parliament after being named in a huge bribery scandal involving the country's political elite. The president of the Hindu-revivalist

CLINTON BEHIND DOLE IN LATEST POLL
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  • 1996-01-18 14:50:00

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (AFP-NT) - President Bill Clinton would lose out with just 48 percent of the vote against 49 percent for Republican Bob Dole if a presidential election were held

RAFSANJANI URGES US TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND IRAN
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  • 1996-01-15 20:45:00

TEHRAN, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani scorned the United States on Friday for earmarking 20 million dollars for covert action against Iran, urging Washington to use the money

COUNCIL OF EUROPE ATTACKS RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD
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  • 1996-01-15 20:25:00

MOSCOW, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - Members of the Council of Europe attacked Russia's human rights record Saturday during a three-day fact-finding mission. They warned that Russia did

POPE SAYS JERUSALEM SOLUTION IS CRUCIAL TO MIDEAST PEACE
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  • 1996-01-15 20:15:00

VATICAN CITY, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - John Paul II on Saturday warned that peace in the Middle East could prove ephermeral unless a lasting solution was found for Jerusalem in negotiations

ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES TERRIFY CIVILIANS AND HARM ECONOMIES
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  • 1996-01-15 18:30:00

GENEVA, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - International attempts resume here Monday to curb the use of anti-personnel mines, of which 110 million are estimated to be lying in wait for the

INDIA COMMITTED TO REFORM, SAYS BANK CHIEF
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  • 1996-01-15 17:24:00

NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - India's 1991 market reforms have propelled the economy onto a fast track, with New Delhi motivated by trying to increase consumer satisfaction, the head of the

UKRAINE OPENS TRADE OFFICE IN LEBANON
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  • 1996-01-15 17:05:00

Beirut Jan 15 (DPA -NT) - Ukraine opened a trade office in Beirut Wednesday in a move aimed at boosting economic relations. Vice-president of the Ukrainian parliament Oleg Dyomin, heading an economic

US TREASURY OPENS HELPLINE FOR RUSSIANS WORRIED ABOUT NEW
DOLLARS
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  • 1996-01-15 16:15:00

MOSCOW, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - The US Treasury opened an information centre here on Friday with a telephone hotline to give advice to Russians concerned about the introduction of new 100-dollar

RUSSIA TO UNDERTAKE RESOLUTE STEPS IN KARABAKH
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  • 1996-01-15 16:00:00

Moscow (DPA-NT) - The new Russian foreign minister Yevgeni Primakov has announced resolute steps by Moscow for a solution of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, around the region of Nagorny Karabagh.

TURKISH MOTHERLAND PARTY REJECTS COALITION WITH ISLAMIC
PARTY
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  • 1996-01-15 15:45:00

Ankara Jan 15 (DPA -NT) - The national-liberal Motherland Party (ANAP) said Saturday it has turned down an offer from the pro-Islamic Welfare Party (RP) to form a governing coalition in Turkey.

NINE DEAD IN SNOW STORMS IN IRAN
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  • 1996-01-15 15:30:00

TEHRAN, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - Nine people have died in violent snow and rain storms throughout Iran which also caused millions of dollars in damage, state television reported Sunday.

IRAQ INCREASES FOOD PRICES, TELEPHONE RATES
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  • 1996-01-15 15:00:00

BAGHDAD, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - The Iraqi government has announced a sudden hike in food prices, telephone rates and other services to counter a new drop in the national currency and

TURKISH EX-DEPUTIES BEING RETRIED OVER KURD CONNECTIONS
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  • 1996-01-15 14:30:00

ANKARA, Jan 15 (AFP -NT) - Four ethnic Kurdish ex-parliamentarians appeared before a special court Thursday in connection with alleged links to Kurdish rebels after an appeal court earlier quashed convictions against

AIDS PATIENT WHO RECEIVED BABOON TRANSPLANT GOING HOME
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  • 1996-01-15 12:15:00

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 15 (AFP-NT) - An AIDS patient who underwent an unorthodox baboon-to-human transplant of bone marrow cells is doing so well that he will be going home, a hospital

U.S. AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN FEBRUARY
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  • 1996-01-12 16:15:00

Damascus Jan 12 (DPA -NT) - U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Russia's new foreign minister, Yevgeny Primakov, agreed Thursday in a telephone conversation to meet in Europe in mid-February, the

US CALLS FOR RELEASE OF HOSTAGES AND FOR RESTRAINT
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  • 1996-01-12 15:50:00

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (AFP) - The United States called on Chechen rebels in southern Russia Thursday to release hostages held for two days but also urged Moscow to exercise restraint in dealing

EASTERN US BRACES FOR NEW SNOW STORM, STATES SEEK FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE
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  • 1996-01-12 14:30:00

WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (AFP - NT) - The eastern United States braced for a new snow storm on Friday, as weary residents in various states were still digging out from a

GDP FELL 5.4 PERCENT IN EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS IN 1995: OFFICIALS
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  • 1996-01-12 13:55:00

MOSCOW, Jan 12 (AFP-NT) - Gross domestic product fell in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) by 5.4 percent in January-November 1995 compared with the same period last year, the CIS statistics

IRAN-US IRAN EARMARKS 16 MILLION DOLLARS FOR ANTI-US
ACTIVITIES
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  • 1996-01-11 20:15:00

Jan 11 (AFP -NT) - The Iranian parliament has approved a 16-million-dollar budget to be used to foil US undercover activities against Iran, an MP said Thursday. Hassan Ghashghavi, a deputy

TURKISH OFFICES ATTACKED IN TWO GERMAN CITIES
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  • 1996-01-11 19:10:00

Jan 11 (DPA -NT) - Two Turkish offices in Cologne and Bochum were damaged in attacks during the night, police said Thursday. Unknown attackers threw a paving stone through the window

US-POLL CLINTON TOPS DOLE IN POLL
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  • 1996-01-11 18:50:00

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (AFP - NT) - Democratic President Bill Clinton would trounce Republican hopeful Bob Dole if the 1996 presidential election were held now, a Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday

PAPANDREOU'S IMPROVING HEALTH SPARKS DOUBTS ABOUT
REPLACEMENT
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  • 1996-01-11 18:20:00

Jan 11 (AFP - NT) - Allies of ailing Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, encouraged by a slight improvement in his health, have multiplied their warnings against any moves to force his

CLINTON TO VISIT REAR BASE IN HUNGARY, MEET WITH TOP OFFICIAL
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  • 1996-01-11 18:05:00

Jan 11 (AFP -NT) - US President Bill Clinton will visit the main US military rear base in Hungary Saturday afternoon and will meet with top government officials, a defense ministry spokesman

POLICE SEEK LEFT-WING MILITANTS BEHIND SHOOTING OF
BUSINESSMAN
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  • 1996-01-11 17:05:00

Jan 11 (AFP - NT) - Istanbul police said Wednesday they were seeking three far-left militants suspected of the murder of a leading Turkish businessman and two other employees at their company

HUNGARY-FLU INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC CLAIMS 27 LIVES IN HUNGARY
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  • 1996-01-11 16:55:00

Jan 11 (AFP - NT) - Influenza has killed 27 people in Hungary since the beginning of this year, health officials said here Wednesday. The epidemic

IRISH FM HOPES TO HELP HEAL DIVISION OF CYPRUS
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  • 1996-01-10 18:55:00

Jan 10 (NT-AFP) - Irish Foreign Minister Dick Spring held talks with President Glafcos Clerides i Nicosia on Wednesday during a fact-finding mission to help prepare for negotiations on Cyprus joining the

ISRAEL BEGINS RELEASING NEW BATCH OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
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  • 1996-01-10 18:05:00

Jan 10 (AFP - NT) - Israel freed a first batch of about 150 Palestinian prisoners in Hebron Wednesday at the start of an operation which will see 1,200 inmates released

SLOVAKIAN OIL CRISIS LOOMS AS RUSSIA-UKRAINE ROW KEEPS PIPELINE
DRY
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  • 1996-01-10 17:55:00

Jan 10 (NT - DPA) - Slovakia received no oil for the 11th day in succession on Wednesday from its sole supplier, Russia, officials said. The holdup has been caused by

ERBAKAN FACES STRUGGLE TO FORM COALITION
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  • 1996-01-10 17:05:00

Jan 10 (NT-AFP) - Turkey's prime minister-designate Necmettin Erbakan was working Wednesday on forming a government but his party's vague, extreme and often contradictory policies seem set to deprive him of coalition

CHRISTOPHER ARRIVES IN ISRAEL FOR "DECISIVE" TALKS ON SYRIA
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  • 1996-01-10 16:46:00

Jan 10 (NT - DPA) U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher arrived in Israel Wednesday on the first leg of a Middle East shuttle mission described by an Israeli official as "decisive"

TURISH NEWSPAPER SAYS ITS REPORTER KILLED IN DETENTION
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  • 1996-01-10 16:45:00

Jan 10, (AFP) - A leftist Turkish newspaper said Tuesday that one of its reporters, covering Monday's funeral of two prisoners who died in a prison riot last week, was killed

7 EASTERN US SLOWLY SHAKES OFF BLIZZARD
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  • 1996-01-10 13:15:00

Jan 10 (NT- AFP) - The snowbound eastern United States slowly shook off the worst blizzard in 70 years as plows reopened major highways and airports, but government workers have will stay

PARIS CONFERENCE ON AID TO PALESTINIAN OPENS
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  • 1996-01-09 18:05:00

Jan 9 (NT - AFP) - French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette on Tuesday opened a conference in Paris on economic aid to Palestinians, which participants are expecting to generate pledges worth

CHECHEN GUERRILLA CHIEF THREATENS TO EXECUTE HOSTAGES
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  • 1996-01-09 17:15:00

YEREVAN Jan. 9, (NT -AFP) - Chechen guerrillas who took hundreds of civilians hostage will soon start executing their captives if their demand for Russian troops to withdraw from Chechnya is not

MULTIPLE BOMB CAMPAIGNS ON FRANCE'S ISLE OF VIOLENCE
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  • 1996-01-09 17:10:00

YEREVAN Jan. 9, (NT - AFP) - A Corsican nationalist organisation claimed responsibilty on Tuesday for 26 overnight bombings as rivalry between pro-independence groups hotted up ahead of talks with Paris government

UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNED CROATIA
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  • 1996-01-09 17:00:00

YEREVAN Jan. 9, (NT, AFP) The UN Security Council strongly condemned Croatia Monday for human rights violations and set a February 15 deadline for Zagreb to make amends.The Council urged Zagreb to

TURKISH PRISONERS END REVOLT, HOSTAGES SET FREE
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  • 1996-01-09 16:40:00

YEREVAN Jan. 09, (NT, DPA) - Inmates in prisons around Turkey have ended revolts that began last Thursday, setting 29 hostages free, the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) announced Tuesday.

ARMED CHECHENS SEIZE HOSPITAL, HOLD DOZENS HOSTAGE
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  • 1996-01-09 16:30:00

YEREVAN Jan 9 (NT, AFP) - Some 100 armed Chechens took control of a hospital and maternity unit in the town of Kizlyar near the Chechen border in Dagestan early Tuesday

PROMINENT TURKISH BUSINESSMAN KILLED IN ARMED RAID
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  • 1996-01-09 16:27:00

Jan 9 (NT - AFP) - Prominent Turkish businessman Ozdemir Sabanci and two colleagues were shot dead Tuesday in an armed raid in Istanbul claimed by an extreme-left group, DHKP-C, Anatolia news

FIVE IRANIANS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR SPYING FOR U.S., IRAQ
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  • 1996-01-09 16:20:00

Yerevan Jan. 9 (DPA, NT) - Five Iranians convicted of spying for the United States and Iraq have been sentenced to death by the country's Supreme Court, the Persian daily Kayhan announced

MORE BOMBING ATTACKS ON FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND OF CORSICA
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  • 1996-01-08 18:13:00

YEREVAN (NT,DPA) - Suspected separatists were blamed Monday for two bombing attacks on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Targets of the attacks, which caused material damage but injured no one, were

MITTERRAND DIES NEARLY EIGHT MONTHS AFTER LEAVING OFFICE
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  • 1996-01-08 18:08:00

YEREVAN, Jan 8 (NT, AFP) - Former French president Francois Mitterrand died early Monday at the age of 79, nearly eight months after leaving office following a record 14 years in power,

UKRAINE LOSING PEOPLE TO EMIGRATION AS ECONOMIC CRISIS BITES
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  • 1996-01-08 18:05:00

YEREVAN Jan 8 (NT- AFP) - For the first time since World War II, Ukraine has started to lose more people than it gains through migration. The UN Economic