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US for closer EU-Turkish ties:
The United States reaffirmed Thursday its support for closer relations between the European Union and Turkey. AP reports from Washington.
State Department spokesman John Dinger otherwise declined comment on the announcement by German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel ruling but Turkish membership in the EU in the near future.
"We would hope that the door to EU membership could remain open for Turkey." Dinger said.
Billionaire Shaul Eisenberg dies: Billionaire Shaul Eisenberg, a Nazi Germany refugee who built up .i business empire with a presence in dozens of countries, died <>i a heart attack Thursday during a trip to Beijing, his family said. He was 76. AP reports from Jerusalem.
Eisenberg was head of the Israel Corp., a huge holding company with interests throughout Israel. Europe, central Asia and elsewhere. He also had controlling interests in the Israel Chemicals conglomerate and in Zim Navigation. Israel's biggest shipping company.
Blast kills 2 in Algiers: A bomb at tack in a restaurant-bar in the eastern suburbs of the Algerian capital killed at least two people and left more than 20 wounded, hospital workers said Friday. AP reports from Algiers.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bomb. The attack occurred in the El Marsa port at around 9 PM (20:00 GMT) Thursday, hospital workers said on customary anonymity.
China to crack down on drug trade: China will crack down harder on the drug trade to ensure that its "humiliating history" of narcotics abuse is not repeated, the nation's top judge was quoted as saying Thursday. AP reports from Beijing.
"The drug problem is not only an issue of public security, but also a major political issue concerning social stability, state security, and the destiny of the nation.” Ren Jianxin told a national anti-drug conference in the Beijing that ended Thursday.
Under a three-year anti-drug programme outlined at the meeting. China will work to curb the number of addicts, stop drugs from entering the country and raise public awareness about the dangers of drugs, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said.
Japan to resume grant aid to China: Japan's Cabinet decided Friday to resume grant aid to China, which it canceled in 1995 to protest China's nuclear weapons tests, the Kyodo news agency reported. AP reports from Tokyo
Foreign Minister Yukihiko Ikedo, who visits Beijing Saturday. will carry documents on new grants totaling 1.7 billion yen (dlrs 13.8 million), including one for medical equipment. Kyodo said. In 1994. the last full year of Japanese assistance to China., the aid totaled 7 billion yen (dlrs 62 million).
Russia extradites ex-Azeri PM: Russia extradited Azerbaijan s former prime minister Thursday to face charges of plotting coups in his homeland. AP reports from Baku.
The former premier. Suret Huseinov. was immediately imprisoned in Azerbaijan s capital of Baku after being extradited on a flight from Moscow. Russia's ITAR-Tass news agency reported.
Huseinov briefly seized control over several different parts of Azerbaijan in 1994. After he was ousted he fled to Moscow, but was accused of organising coup attempts in Azerbaijan in 1995 and 1996. He also faces charges of involvement in drug trafficking, state-run television in Azerbaijan reported.
Rebels set off 2 bombs in Lima: Leftist guerillas set off two small bombs in residential neighbourhoods the capital, injuring two people, police said Thursday. AP reports from Uma
Authorities blamed the attacks Wednesday night on the Shining Path, a Maoist group that was severely weakened by the 1992 arrest of its leader. Abimael Guzman
The Shining Path movement is at odds over tactics and leftist ideology with rival Tupac Amaru guerillas holding 72 hostages in the Japanese ambassador s residence