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John Womack Jr., Bliss professor of Latin American history and economics, said that he had traded books with colleagues in Colombia who might have associations with terrorist organizations...
...COLOMBIA...
...Nogal social club, Eliodoro Londoño straightened his power suit and tried to hide his feelings of powerlessness. Londoño, 47, a telecom executive and El Nogal member, lost friends and colleagues on the night of Feb. 7, when a 200-kg car bomb planted by Colombia's leftist FARC guerrillas ripped through the club's 11 stories, killing 35 people - including six children at a piñata party - and injuring 173. The El Nogal blast was the most devastating attack of the rebels' new urban terror campaign and the first to hit the capital...
...COLOMBIA I.R.A. in Court The trial of three Irish men accused of training Marxist guerrillas resumed as prosecution witnesses testified amid heavy security. Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley and James Monaghan, all allegedly linked to the I.R.A., refused to appear in court, claiming they would not get a fair trial...
...RECORD Belgrade The U.S. told Serbia to arrest three notorious war criminals or risk losing tens of millions of dollars in American aid. Frankfurt German prosecutors charged an American, Astrid Eyzaguirre, and her German lover, Osman Petmezci, with planning to bomb a U.S. military base in Heidelberg. Medellin In Colombia, a car bomb placed near the office of a regional prosecutor killed at least four people and injured 30. Police blamed guerrillas. Moscow A court began hearing 61 lawsuits claiming $59 million in compensation for deaths and injuries caused by lethal gas used during the October theater siege. Harare Zimbabwe...