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Bosnian army holds 4 UN men: fir Bosnian army late Tuesday said It had arrested four local I N employees accused of working for the Bosnian Serbs involvement in theft and black marketing. AFP reports from Sarajevo
The Bosnian army Press Centre said it had arrested Tomislav Bencun. Predrag Nlsic. Ljiljsna Miletic and Naser Heldov who were reported missing by the United Nations last week The UN Protection Force (UNPROFOR) said last Friday that the four were missing and accused the Bosnian government of lieing highly uncooperative in Its inquiries.
Israel marks Remembrance Day:
Sirens brought the Jewish state to a standstill for one minute on Tuesday as Israel marked Its annual Memorial Day for soldiers. Reuter reports from Jerusalem.
Israelis stood in silence as the siren walled throughout the country at 9 p. tn. (1700 GMT) sounding the start of Remembrance Day.
Press freedom declines in '94: p^s freedom declined in'31 countries in 1994 and 143 journalists were murdered in the past 15 months, according to a survey released on Tuesday by the New York based human rights group Freedom House. Reuter reports from Washington.
More than half the murders took place In Rwanda. Algeria and Russia. Setbacks to press freedom in many countries, a mounting death toll of journalists, as well as a troubling antagonism towards the press by West European government bureaucrats, bode 111 for the media in the years ahead, Adrian Karatnycky. president of Freedom House, said in a statement.
Palestinian cop to die in Gaza:
Palestinian police shouted Tong live justice!" on Tuesday after a court sentenced a Palestinian policeman to die by firing squad for killing a fellow officer. AP reports from Gaza City.
It was the first death sentence returned in the year since Palestinians took control of Gaza. The three-member Palestinian panel that sentenced Sgt. Taher Fares. 28. told him he has two weeks to appeal. The sentence was handed down by a special court that tries members of Palestine Liberation Organisation chief Yasser Arafat's security forces. Palestinian officials made a point of inviting the media to the trial. t
Nepal to abolish death penalty:
Nepal > communist rulers plan to abolish the death penalty in the Himalayan Kingdom. Law Ministry officials said on Tuesday. Reuter reports from Kathmandu.
"Necessary steps are being taken to form a Human Rights Commission and sign the covenant aiming at abolishing the death penalty.'" Nepali Law and Justice Minister Subash Chandra Nemwang earlier told a meeting of human rights activists.
Bus mishap claims 12 in China:
A bus carrying nearly 50 factory employees to work plunged into a river after a head-on collision with a lorry in the mountainous southwestern Chinese of Chongqing, killing at least 12 people. It was reported yesterday, AFP says from Hong Kong.
Several workers were still unaccounted for after the accident early Tuesday, which sent the bus into the fastmoving Jiaiingjiang river, the semi-official China News Service said.
14 hurt in German parcel blast:
At least 14 people were injured when a package exploded in the main panel sorting office in Frankfurt, the German city's fire brigade said. Reuter reports from Frankfurt.
A parcel exploded on the ground floor of the sorting office. a fire brigade spokesman said, adding it was not clear If the blast was accidental or the result of an attack.
5 killed in Karachi violence:
people were killed in three incidents of1 violence in Karachi overnight and a private humanitarian service centre came under attack, officials and hospital sources said yesterday. AFP reports from Karachi.
Four people were killed in Pak colony residential area in a gun battle between two factions of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM). the party representing Urdu-speaking settlers, police said
A police constable was shot dead in another part of the city by fleeing bandits after their robbery attempt was foiled, a police official said.
1 more to die in China: A former top I executive of a Shanghai listed company has been sentenced to death, suspended of two years, in Shanghai's biggest stock market corruption case, the Shanghai Securities News said on Tuesday. Reuter reports from Shanghai.
Zhu Jianping. former deputy general manager of Shanghai Rubber Bell Co. Ltd was found guilty of pocketing 6.10.000 yuan (96.428 dollar) earned from illegal share transactions. Mahathir forms new cabinet: prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad yesterday unveiled his new 25-member. cabinet, retaining most ministers, with Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim keeping the coveted finance portfolio. AFP reports from Kuala Lumpur
The announcement of the federal cabinet line-up came eight days after Mahathir’s 14-member national front coalition won a landslide at the ninth general election.
Mahathir also c/eated a new ministry to promote entrepreneurial development.
Major arrives in Belfast: British pome
Minister John Major arrived in Belfast Tuesday for a series o( meetings with senior Churchmen and top Industrialists yesterday AFP reports from Belfast
Northern Ireland s hope of a new future free of violence will built on economic prosperity, he said at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast, where the first of the talk sessions are due to lake place.
During the one-day visit Major is to meet leaders of the four main churches in Ireland. anu-intlmldaUon campaigners trade unionists and members of the confederation of British Industry who invited him.
Israeli forces kill 4 guerillas: 1^ forces killed al least four guerillas during an army operation in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, a military spokesman announced yesterday AFP reports from Jerusalem
Several others were wounded during an operation led by parachutists in the security zone over the last 24 hours.' the spokesman said.
All Israeli soldiers returned to base safely after a firefight." he added.