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Sudanese peace talks extended:
oau sponsored peace talks aimed at ending Sudan's nine-year-old civil war were extended on Friday for another five days after leaders of two rebel groups and the Sudanese government reached agreement on key issues. AFP reports from Abuja.
The talks, which started Thursday In the Nigerian capital and had been scheduled to end Friday, arc being hosted by Nigerian President Ibrahim Babangida, who is the current President of the Organisation of-African Unity (OAU).
The Sudanese government successively agreed to rebel demands that a commission be created to discuss whether Sudan should be a secular state, as the southern rebels demand. or a Muslim one as sought by the Khartoum government.
Agreement was also reached on discussing the possibility of a referendum In the south.
Turkish ferry mishap, 370 rescued:
Rescuers pulled 370 people from a crippled Turkish ferry as it bunted Friday night in the Sea of Marmara, an official said. AP reports from Ankara.
A deck orderly died of an heart attack during the fire aboard the Istanbul, Transport Minister Yasar Topcu said, Ear Iler, unconfirmed reports said a machinist also died after Inhaling poisonous fumes.
An undclcnnlncd number of people were flown by helicopter to hospitals.
The Romanian freighter Tusnat and two Turkish vessels answered distress calls from the Istanbul in the Marmara, which links the Black and Aegean seas. Some of those rescued were plucked from lifeboats. Topcu said.
N Korea may sell missile to ME :
North Korea is preparing to sell a new intermediate-range missile Io Middle East countries, a senior State Department official said Friday night. AP reports from Washington
The missile "would be very, very destabilizing if it were introduced Into the region." the official said. "And yet it appears that Is the Intention of North Korea."
North Korea has been exporting Scud missiles to the Middle East and is now signing up buyers in the region for the new missile said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Syria and Iraq have previously bought North Korean missiles.
The official said US experts are calling the missile the "No Dong" after a North Korean cape where the missile is being test fired. The non-nuclear missile has a range of 1,000 to 1.500 kilometers (620 to 930 miles), he said.
Fire kills five Chinese kids
Chinese children died after a teacher led his class of^O out of school to fight a forest fire, the China Daily reported Saturday. Reuter says from Beijing.
A sudden change of wind engulfed the class in flames and five died trying to escape. The youngest was 10 and the oldest 14 the newspaper said, adding that the teacher and five chil dren were severely burned.
Local authorities in Henan province in central China pos-tumously honoured the dead as model teenagers and young heros, but are anxious they do not become role models.
Children under 16 have been banned from fighting fires tn Henan, the newspaper said.
Floods hit Argentine provinces :
Thousands of Argentines have fied their homes as rivers swollen by torrential rains swept through several northern provinces, the state news agency Telam reported on Friday. Reuter says from Buenos Aires.
Civil defence officials in Chaco, Corricntcs. Entrc Rloos, Formosa and Santa Fe told Telam that over 40,000 people had to be evacuated after the Pilcomayo. Paraguay and Parana rivers rose due to heavy downpours in Paraguay.
In Paraguay's capital of Asuncion and nearby towns, civil defence officials said floods forced 30,000 people to leave their homes.
The worst-hit areas has been the Argentine town of Clorlnda, across the Paraguay river from Asuncion and 1,400 km (875 miles) north of Buenos Aires.
Smoking banned in Nepal :
Nepal* government has announced a ban on smoking in public places, factories, govc' ’ment offices and educational Institutions with immediate effect, the state radio reported Friday. AFP says from Kathmandu.
The radio quoted an official statement from the cabinet secretarial, which did not specify the punishment for violating the ban
"Smoking will be banned in public buses, cinema theatres, hospitals, health centres, the central secretariat and other public places. So that non smokers' health may not be harmed," the order said, adding it would also be forbidden in all educational institutions and factories.