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Polls in Croatia Aug 2 • Croatia's first parliamentary and presidential elections as an independent state will be held Aug. 2, government officials announced Wednesday, reports AP from Zagreb.
The announcement came a day before the first anniversary of the republic's declaration of independence from Yugoslavia. Tandem independence declarations by Croatia and Slovenia last June 25 set into motion the spiral of ethnic violence now devastating Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Parliamentary elections were held two years ago and won convincingly by the nationalist Croatian Democratic Union. Legislators proceeded to proclaim party leader Franjo Tudjman, 70. a former Communist general, as president.
The August balloting will mark his first test in a direct presidential election. He is favoured to win. in part because of public support for the war against Serbia and in part because an array of opposition parties has failed to unite.
20 killed in Pak bus mishap : At least 20 people were killed Wednesday when a passenger bus plunged into a river in central Pakistan's Hjang district, official sources said, reports AFP from Islamabad.
The state run Pakistan Television said the bus was overcrowded with commuters, adding that so far 20 bodies had been recovered while the search for an unspecified number of missing passengers was continuing.
Prince Edward to visit NZ • Prince Edward, youngest son of queen Elizabeth II. Is to make an official visit to New Zealand. Western Samoa, and the Cook Islands in October, Buckingham Palace announced Wednesday, reports AP from London.
During the Oct 9-18 tour, the 28-ycar-old prince will open the South Pacific Arts Festival In the Cook Islands, and In Western Samoa he will see re-construction work following the recent cyclone.
Tigers kill 6 Lankan troops : six government soldiers were killed in two separate encounters with Tamil rebels in northcast Sri Lanka, military officials said Thursday, reports AI’ from Colombo.
Rebels shot dead four soldiers Thursday at Sinhapura village in Polonnaruwa district, said officials at the Joint Operations Command in Colombo.
Two soldiers were also Injured, they said. A number of rebels were also believed killed, but details were not available.
The other ,two soldiers were killed when troops battled the rebels to capture Kadalkadu Junction in Jaffna district Wednesday, said the officials, who cannot be identified under briefing rules. Details were sketchy.
ANC rejects De Klerk’s proposal: The African National Congress Wednesday rejected President Frederik De Klerk's proposal for two days of talks to discuss the breakdown of constitutional negotiations, reports AFP from Johannesburg.
In a statement, the ANC said the proposed talks had "Only propaganda value and will serve no useful purpose." Assad accepts PM’s resignation : Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mahmoud Zu'bi on Wednesday and asked him to form a new cabinet, a Presidential spokesman said, reports Reuter from Damascus.
The resignation was a constitutional measure following the start of Assad's new seven-year term last march, officials said.
Spokesman Jubran Kourieh said Assad asked the outgoing cabinet, formed in 1987, to handle business until a new government was formed.
Diplomats said few changes were expected in the government lineup or in Syria's policies.