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Former NY chief judge indicted: The former chief judge of New York state has been Indicted on charges he used his power and influence in an extortion scheme against his former lover, says AP from New York.
Sol Wachtler, 62, of Manhasset, NY. was charged Monday with engaging In a year-long campaign of harassment against socialite Joy Silverman, who ended their affair early last year. Wachtler is married.
The bizarre plot included demands for dlrs 20,000, an anonymous letter to federal prosecutors, and attempts by Wachtler to get information about Silverman by posing as a private detective from Houston, the federal indictment said
It alleged that Wachtler used "his power, Influence and resources as chief Judge of New York State Court of Appeals to facilitate and promote the extortion icheme.'
Jordan, UK start jt exercise: jofdtm lan and British soldiers started Joint live-fire exercises Monday In the kingdom's central desert, a senior Jordanian officer said, reports AP from Amman.
The last joint exercise was conducted in November 1992.
The officer, who cannot be identified by name under military rules, said at least 150 British soldiers and 600 Jordanian troops were participating In the "Saffron Sands" exercise near Qatrana, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Amman
He refused to give further details, but suggested the drills including parachuting and air cover could last more than three days.
UN to augment force in Somalia: The UN force in Somalia will be augmented by 250 more troops and UN military headquarters tn the famine-stricken country will be strengthened. Secretary-Oeneral Boutros Boutros-Ghali said Monday, AP reports from United Nations.
The UN chief made the move after being accused by the United States of dragging hU feet In replacing the 24,000-member US force with UN peacekeepers.
The Marines arrived December 9, supplemented 13,000 troops from 21 other nations, to shepherd food and medical deliveries to starving Somalia. Former President Bush had hoped to withdraw the US force January 20, but the United Nations was not able to send In replacements by then.
Diouf for talks in Zaire: Senegalese I’rest -dent Abdou Diouf, current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). issued an "urgent appeal* Monday for political dialogue in Zaire and offered to play a role in negotiations, says AFP from Dakar.
"The OAU is prepared to contribute (to this) by working for the continuation of the concerted action that the Zaireans themselves have already begun so that the violence gives way to dialogue." he said in a statement released here.
Diouf said he was Issuing an "urgent appeal to all Zaire's political leaders to open a frank and sincere dialogue."
His appeal came after and army mutiny over a pay dispute which was violently put down by special troops loyal to Zairean leader Mobutu Sesc Seko.
3 US missionaries abducted: Three American missionaries were snatched from a village in southern Panama by armed Colombian guerillas and taken across the jungle border, officials at their mission In Florida said Monday reports AP from Miami.
The members of the New Tribes Mission were abducted Sunday night from the village of Pucuro, said Guy Sier, the mission s crisis management director.
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