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Turkey for expansion of OIC:
Turkish Economy Minister Tansu Ciller said on Tuesday that the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) should be expanded to Include the newly-indcpendent former Soviet Muslim republics, Reuter reports from Istanbul.
These republics must become part of our economic region. We must create a wider economic union for the Islamic world." She told the OIC standing committee for economic cooperation which was in Istanbul for a three-day session
Osman Othman, Deputy Secretary General of the OIC, said the central Aslan republics were welcome to join the OIC. The more members we have for Islamic union, the better ." he said.
Former Soviet Union s 60 million Muslims are concentrated In the central Aslan republics and the Caucasus regions absorbed by the Russian Tsarist empire late In the 19th century.
Arab League team to visit CIS:
a 4 member Arab League committee is to visit the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) within two weeks to check the migration of Jews from the former Soviet republics to the occupied Palestine. IRNA reports from Athens.
According to a report In Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat. the league committee, comprising Egypt. Jordan. Palestine and Syria, will also hold talks, with high-ranking CIS officials to boost ties with the Arab world.
The Secretary-General of the Cairo-based Arab League Esmat Abdul Maguld, Is lo chair the first meeting of the committee before ft leaves for the CIS.
Pentagon declassifying records:
The US Defences department said Tuesday ft is beginning to declassify some of its records about 2,266 Americans still listed as missing In action from the Indochina conflict, AP reports from Washington
The first records to be made available will be the 5.000 so-called live sighting' reports, which are first hand or hearsay reports of Americans believed to be held prisoner of living freely in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, the Pentagon said In a statement
About 100 such reports arc still under active investigation and will not be released, but the declassified reports will be available in the Library of Congress in early 1993. the Pentagon said.
Congress passed legislation last year requiring the declassification of the reports.
US won't send troops to Bosnia:
ihe United States will not send any military forces to help put an end to ethnic fighting in Bosnia-Herzegovina but would consider supporting a UN peacekeeping force, officials said here Tuesday, reports AFP from Washington.
"We should not commit American forces to the conflict," said State Department Spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler when asked about Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic's call for international military help
A State Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity described the current situation in Bosnia as serious and blamed the Serb-Dominated Yugoslav army and Serbian militia for the renewed fighting.
Gold biscuits seized in Punjab:
seven hundred twenty-eight gold biscuits of foreign origin and valued at about four crore Indian rupees were seized from a vehicle on the Pathankot-Jalandhar highway near Mukerian in Hoshiarrup district of Punjab on Monday. BSF said Tuesday. PTI reports from Amritsar
The gold biscuits, weighting about 85 kgs. were concealed in a specially made cavities in the vehicle.
Tl»e gold biscuits, smuggled from Pakistan through Jammu border, were on Its way to Delhi.
On a specific Information, the BSF men and directorate of revenue intelligence officials laid ambushes near Mukerian on the national highway and seized the jeep carrying gold biscuits.
Kuwaiti diplomat escapes unhurt:
A Kuwaiti diplomat escaped unhurt after two unidentified gunmen riding a motorbike fired on his car In the Indian capital Tuesday, police said. AFP reports from New Delhi.
Mlteb Othman Al-Rumalh. counsellor at the Kuwaiti embassy, was returning to his mission after attending a meeting of Arab diplomats at the Arab League office in south Delhi when the attack took place.
The gunmen fled and there were no immediate arrests, police said.
Al-Rumalh confirmed the attack took place but when asked who he thought h1s assailants, were, he would only say that they may have been "foreigners "
Nigerian police kill 2 rioters:
nce said Tuesday they shot and killed two protesters in self defence against rioters who stoned, looted and set ablaze buildings and buses to protest increased transport costs and fuel shortages. AP reports from Lagos.
Nigeria, an oil-producing nation, has been short of gasoline for months because refineries have broken down. The government has started importing fuel, but not enough to stop long queues at petrol stations snarling up traffic and transporters increasing fares by 300-400 per cent.
Riot police moved tn after hundreds of protesters went on a rampage Monday on the northern outskirts of Lagos and blocked roads into the city.
Rioting was also reported In the southern Ogun state, where police said they arrested 35 people after protesters burned four vehicles and attempted to set fire to a government building and a hotel.