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Former Nepalese PM dead:
For™ Nepalese Prime Minister Tanka Prasad Acharya died of kidney and urinary disease at home Thursday night at the age of 78. reports Xinhua from Kathmandu.
During his Id month premiership from 1956 to 1956, Nepal established diplomatic relations with the then Soviet Union and signed an agreement to maintain the friendly tela tlons between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Nepal and start trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and Nepal.
Quake rocks Myanmar:
An intense earthquake, measuring 6 2 on the Richter scale, rocked Myanmar late Thursday, the Hong Kong royal observatory said, reports AFP
The epicentre of the tremor, which struck at 14:22 GMT Thursday, was Initially determined to be about 300 kilometer* (448 mites) east of Mandalay. It said Friday
An earthquake with a magnitude of six is capable of causing severe damage.
13 killed in Sumatra bus mishap:
Thirteen people died and 20 were seriously Injured Wednesday when a bus plunged Into a ravine in north Sumatra, a press report said In Jakarta. reports AFP.
The driver swerved to avoid a truck and plunged Into a 1.600-meter (4.800-foot) ravine In Munthe. 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Medan, the provincial capital of north Sumatra, the Kompas daily quoted an official as saying.
Eleven victims died Immediately and two on the way to hospital, he said
Russian health workers strike:
a health workers strike in Russia has spread to 157 establishments, the Russian news agency Ria reported Thursday tn a dispatch monitored In London by the BBC, reports AFP
The strike is part of a national protest launched on Monday by health workers who arc demanding Increased funding for health establishments and pay Increases
Ria said that according to the Russian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, strikes have been called in 15 administrative districts.
Forty establishments are on strike In the town of Chelyabinsk, in the Urals, 80 in the Udmurt republic, west of the Urals, and 20 tn north Ossetia.
Bush to visit Poland:
US President George Bush will pay a one-day official visit to Poland on July 5. President Lech Walesa's office said on Thursday, reports Reuter from Warsaw.
He will have talks with Walesa and Prime Minister Jan Olszewski.
Bush will be In Europe to attend summits of the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations In Munich and the conference on Security and Cooperation In Europe (CSCE) tn Helsinki.
Filipino mayor candidate killed:
A candidate for mayor of a town of 60,000 people was killed as he was about to attend a wedding reception, police said Friday. His wife told reporters he had been receiving death threats from a rival candidate, reports AP from Philippines.
Dr. Manuel Rcbucno. a physician and former municipal health officer, was a candidate for mayor of Oas in the May 11 election, during which voters will also choose a successor to president Corazon Aquino.
Police said an undetermined number of assailants opened fire when Rebueno arrived to attend the reception in a mountain village near Oas. which is about 305 kilometers (190 miles) southeast of Manila.
No suspects have been arrested, police said.
Fire claims 8 in China:
a restaurant nm tn China's richest special economic zone killed eight people, it was reported In Hong Kong Friday, reports AFP
The fire started early Thursday and spread quickly to engulf the restaurant's second floor trapping the victims, six women and two men. reports said
The restaurant In Shenzhen's Baoan county, close to the border with Hong Kong, was owned by a man from the British colony.
Another eight people escaped unhurt from the fire, which was reported to have the highest death toil of any blaze since the zone was set up some 10 years ago as a showcase for China's economic reforms.
ICRC man shot dead in Kabul:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will withdraw nearly half of Its staff from Afghanistan after one of Its workers was shot dead, a spokesman said Thursday, reports Reuter from Kabul.
The spokesman said staff would be cut to 40 from 75 and those remaining would stay tn the capital.
An unknown gunman killed an Icelandic male nurse on Wednesday south of Kabul. The reason for the killing was not known, but the Incident raised fears among western aid workers of further attacks.
ICRC workers cross lines separating rival forces to make prison visits and work In hospitals.
1.8 lakh Ethiopians in Kenya:
Refugees fleeing conflict and brought are pouring Into camps 1n Kenya and dying at alarmingly high rates, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said Friday, reports AP from Nairobi.
An estimated 180.000 refugees are staying at camps in northern and eastern Kenya, and about 1,500 new refugees are crossing the border daily, according to the High Commissioner.
Most have arrived In recent months as ethnic conflict has flared In southern Ethiopia and clan warfare has overwhelmed Somalia
The refugees, mostly women and children, are trekking hundreds of miles (kilomctcrsl with little food and water, said Sylyana Foa of UN High Commissioner headquarters In Geneva Many embark on their Journeys tn poor health and ar rive In "pitiful shape." she said.
Khmers* arms seized in Thailand:
a large haul of Khmer Rouge arms and ammunition bond for ethnic minority guerillas In Myanmar has been seized near Aranyapra that a border police officer said yesterday, reports AFP from Thailand. •
The officer said the haul, found about 100 metres (yards inside Thailand on Thursday, was about to be transported by black market arms dealers across to the Thal-Myanmar bor der when his men, acting on a tip-off. seized ft.