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Unrest in 12 Iraqi cities:
Anu government disturbances in Iraq have spread to about two dozen towns and cities with most of Jhe violence centered around Muslim holy cities. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said Thursday, reports AFP from Washington.
Mr Williams said the disturbances were occurring mainly tn southeastern and centra) Iraq although there were also reports of unrest in the predominantly Kurdish north of the country.
The US government s information of the disturbances ts somewhat limited. he said at a news conference adding that the situation appears essentially unchanged.
Iraq releases 2000 Kuwaitis :
imq has released as many as 2.000 former Kuwaiti detainees to the International Committee of the Red Cross, an administration official said, on Friday, reports Reuter from Washington
They're being turned over now" at a point seven kilometres north of Iraq's southern border with Kuwait, said the official who asked not to be named.
The number of those already in ICRC hands could be as high as 2.000. the official said, citing reports from US military field personnel.
He said helicopters and buses were being sent from Kuwait to bring the former detainees home.
19.597 killed in Peru so far:
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attacks killed 199 people tn Peru tn February, bringing the country ! death toll since the Insurgency began in May 1980 to 19.597. the Senate peace commission said Thursday, reports AFP from Lima
Between May 1980 and last month, there have been 18.790 insurgent attacks with 973 in the last seven months, according to socialist left senator Enrique Bcrnalcs.
Mr Bemaies. who also heads the focal branch of the United Nations Committee on Human Rights, said since the armed struggle began tn Ayacucho in the country's southeastern Andean mountains 19597 people have been killed.
Indo-Pak ties improve: Relations between India and Pakistan have improved but Pakistan remains unwilling to abandon a reported quest for atomic weapons.
Congress was told on Friday, report AP from Washington
State and Defence Department officials said US aid to Pakistan will remain suspended until and unless President George Bush is able to certify to Congress that the South Asian country does not possess or is not building a nuclear explosive device
Military and economic assistance was suspended last October for lack of certification. The nuclear issue remains unresolved, the House Asian and Pacific subcommittee was told at a Thursday public hearing that followed a closed session on US-Paklstan relations.
US to observe victory day:
President George Bush on Thursday proclaimed April 5-7 as "national days of thanksgiving" for the allied victory over Iraq, reports AP from Washington.
His proclamation asks that bells across the United States country be rung at 3 pm EST (2000 GMT) on April 7 to celebrate "the liberation of Kuwait and the end of hostilities In the Gulf."
"1 ask that Americans gather in homes and places of worship to give thanks to Almighty God for the liberation of Kuwait, for the blessings of peace and liberty, for our troops, our families and our nation." Bush said in his proclamation.
"We prayed for a swift and decisive victory and for the safety of our troops. Clearly, the United States and our coalition partners have been blessed with both. We thank the Lord for His favour and we are profoundly grateful for the relatively low number of allied casualties, a fact described by the commanding general as miraculous." Bush said
Yeltsin dismisses warning:
Russian leader Boris Yeltsin on Thursday dismissed a warning by President Mikhail Gorbachev that a campaign by radicals against the Kremlin chief could spark a civil war. reports Reuter from Moscow.
Yeltsin, embroiled in a bitter power struggle with Gorbachev said tn a radio address that Soviet leader was trying to divert attention from serious domestic problems.
"I am convinced that the country is not threatened with a civil war? said Yeltsin who demanded Gorbachevs resignation on live television two weeks ago.
Gorbachev said in the Byelorussian capital Minsk last week that radicals were resorting to demonstrations and hunger strikes in a bid to seize power and said these tactics could lead to civil war.
Hunger strike in Lithuania:
Lithuanian radio and television employees began a hunger strike Wednesday in front of the Baltic republic's broadcasting centre which has been occupied since mid-January by Soviet soldiers, the Baitfax news agency said Thursday, reports AP from Moscow.
The strikers plan to maintain the hunger strike In three-day shifts until the Soviet army returns the building to the Lithuanian government's control, the independent news agency reported.
Paratroopers seized the broadcasting centre and nearby transmitting tower on Jan 13 in a tank assault that killed 14 civilians and one soldier. The takeover marked the beginning , of a Kremlin crackdown on the Independence movements in Lithuania and the neighbouring Baltic republics of Latvia and Estonia.
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