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Volcano's eruption eases in Jakarta: Activity al central Java's Mount Merapi volcano, which erupted Friday, has eased but a maxinfum level alert remained in force, an official said Sunday. AP reports from Jakarta.
High frequency volcanic tremors occurring 212 times an hour were threatening to cause lava accumulated on top of the volcano to crumble, said Parlin. a volcanology official in the city oi Yogyakarta. Heavy rains could aggravate the situation, said Parlin who. like many Indonesians, uses one name.
7 neo-Nazis held in Denmark: । >nce arrested seven neo-Nazis and foiled what they said was an international terrorist scheme to send mail bombs. AP reports from Copenhagen.
One policeman was shot during a series of early-morning raids Saturday. Late Saturday night, a court remanded five of the defendants to custody for 27 days. 13 of which would be served in solitary confinement. according to Kjeld Christensen, a police duty officer. The other two were released but still face prosecution. Those jailed include Thomas Derry Nakaba — a 26-year-old neo-Nazi whose father is Japanese. He was charged with attempted murder in the shooting of the policeman, whose injuries were not life-threatening. The others were not identified.
Bus mishap claims 17 in Kenya:« least 17 people died and another 17 were injured when a passenger bus plunged into an oncoming lorry and a combine harvestre near Nakuru. 160 kilometres (100 miles), west of Nairobi state radio reported on Saturday. AFP reports from Nairobi.
The Obuya express bus was travelling from Nairobi to Ise-bania on the southwestern Kenya-Tanzania border on Friday night when the accident occurred'.
Sixteen of the dead were killed on the spot. Seventeen other passengers were admitted to the nearby Nakuru district hospital. two in critical condition.
US priest held for drug dealing: a,. Episcopal priest was arrested as he smoked a crack pipe while typing nis sermon, and was charged with dealing drugs from his church, police said. AP reports from New York.
Just three weeks earlier, the Rev. Chester LaRue had been hailed as a hero for fighting off two bandits. LaRue. 54. was charged with criminal sale and possession of cocaine after his arrest Friday at the rectory of St. John's Episcopal Church, said Police Officer Sonia Oquendo. ~
Ex - US Senator Tsongas dead: , Former US Sen. Paul E. Tsongas. who rebounded from cancer to briefly become the Democratic front-runner for president in 1992. died Saturday of pneumonia. He was 55. AP reports from Boston,
Tsongas. who was hospitalised Jan. 3 With a liver problem related to his cancer treatments and later developed pneumonia. died at Brigham and Women's Hospital. The hospital said there was no evidence of a reoccurrence ofcancer. "Paul Tsongas was a great American. He cared deeply about his beloved state of Massachusetts and about our country and its future,'' President Clinton said in a statement. "In a life devoted to public service, he set an unparalleled example of integrity, candor and commitment."
Iran offers to host Afghan talks: Iran has offered to host talks to secure peace in Afghanistan. an Iranian Foreign Ministry official was reported oh Sunday as saying. Reuter reports from Tehran.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs Alaeddin Boroujerili said the warring parties expected to attend including the Islamic Taliban movement.
"Necessary coordinations have been made in this regard but the exact dales have not been fixed yet." the English-language Tehran Times newspaper quoted Boroujerdi as saying.