Jackovich new US envoy to Bosnia: President Clinton plans to nominate career foreign service officer Victor Jackovich to be ambassador to war-tom Bosnia Herzegovina, the White House said Friday, reports AP from Washington.

Jackovich had been nominated to the’ same post by President Bush last fall, but the Senate adjourned without confirming him. He has spent several months in Geneva trying to help negotiate peace for the former Yugoslav republics.

I Ie Is a career officer with the United States Information Agency who is fluent In Russian. Romanian. Serbo-Croatian. Ukrainian and Bulgarian. His last overseas assignment was as cultural affairs officer in Moscow.

2 IRA guerillas get life-term: two ira guerillas were sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday for killing a part-time soldier with a car bomb, reports Reuter from lielfast.

Geraldine Ann Fcrrity, 21. and James Duffin. 35, were convicted of the murder In 1990 of Ulster Defence Regiment Sergeant-Major Albert Cooper, 42. They both denied the charge.

i’roaeculors said Ferrity had left a car containing a semtex bomb with Cooper, who worked at an exhaust workshop, Duffin, they said, had scouted the route she took.

Ferrity had pretended the car needed a new exhaust, primed the bomb, handed Cooper the keys and was walking away when It exploded, they said.

14 killed in Caracas road mishap: Fourteen people were killed, most of the children, arid 35 Injured tn a fiery crash Friday Involving a truck and 12 other vehicles on an entrance to a highway north of Caracas, authorities said reports AFP from Caracas.

The truck carrying 90 tonnes of aluminium lost its brakes on an entrance to the beltway that circles the Venezuelan capital, slammed into a bus and 11 other vehicles stopped at a traffic light and burst Into flames.

At least two cars were trapped under the truck, fire officials said.

The morning < rash occurred as four million Caracas resident took to the triad to begin the easter week vacation.

Nixon to visit 3 Asian states: Former President Nixon, who opened up US relations with China 21 years ago. is making another trip there, as well as to Japan and South Korea, an aide said Friday, reports AP from Park Ridge.

Nixon Is to arrive in Hamada, Japan, on Monday and travel to Tokyo on Wednesday, said Liz Johnston, who works in the former president's office in Park Ridge, near his home.

While In Japan. Nixon plans to meet with Prime Minister Kllchl Miyazawa and former Prime’ Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, she said.

Nixon is due in Seoul on Thursday, were he is scheduled to meet with President Kim Young Sam. But most of Nixon's time- will be 1n China. He la due to arrive in Beijing on April 9 and visit Shanghai on April 12.

Ganev starts Japan tour Apr 10: united Nations General Assembly President Stoyan Ganev will make a week-long visit to Japan from April 10, the foreign ministry ■has announced, reports Reuter from Tokyo.

Ganev is scheduled to take part tn a UN conference on disarmament from April 13 to 16 In Tokyo and hold talks In Tokyo with Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe and other officials. the ministry said on Friday.

Ganev. who served as Bulgaria's foreign minister from 1991 until December 1992. was elected president of the UN General Assembly last September

Zhang goes to Russia tomorrow: The Commander of the Chinese navy. Vice Admiral Zhang Uanzhong. will make an official 10-day visit to Russia beginning April 5. at the end of which China might decide to buy Russian battleships, ITAR-Tass reported, says AFP from Moscow

Zhang was to visit Moscow and the sea ports of Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok and travel to the submarine facto-rk» of Severomorsk the news agency said

He will hold talks with Deputy Defence Minister Andrei Kokoshi, the Commander of the Russian Navy Admiral Felix Gromov and with commanders of the northern, Pacific and Leningrad fleets

In Severomorsk. the Chinese military officials wai to visit nuclear and diesel submarines as well as the nuclear cruiser Admiral Ushakov

Four militants killed in Punjab: Fm>r militants were killed In Punjab since Friday night, police sard. PT1 reports from Chandigarh.

Amarjtt Singh, a "U Gen ” of the Khalistan Liberation Organisation and three other militants were kilted tn an cn-• ounter with m < unty forces n r village Hottan tn Amritsar dlatnet

Some arms and ammunitions were recovered from the en toonur siu in another encounter, mthlant Gurmil Singh was . kilkci near *1liagi Jainpura in Ludhiana district.