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...with Indian forces, though who was injured and how badly was not mentioned in the rebel statement. A New Delhi official, Ramamohan Rao, called the account "baseless." At least 12 search parties of federal agents, police and nomads have been combing northern India for two Britons, a German, a Norwegian, and an American since they were kidnapped on July 4. As worsening weather raised fears for the hostages' health, the separatist Al-Faran group reissued its threat to kill the hostages unless search crews were recalled and 21 Kashmiri guerrillas were set free from jail.Rebel Muslim groups have sought independence...
...suspense yarn by journalist John Berendt. The true account of a notorious 1981 Savannah homicide case, the book is now in its 46th printing and three weeks ago, passed the one-year mark on the New York Times' best-seller list. It has been translated into six languages, including Norwegian, is being developed as a movie by Warner Bros., and has sparked a tourist boom in the genteel town of Savannah. Says Susan Weiner, the city's mayor: "We are all now walking tour books...
...arrange a global cease-fire during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Koss hopes that such an "Olympic Truce" will allow UNICEF relief workers to provide medical care to children in war-torn regions, especially Bosnia and Herzegovina. "I believe sport can give hope to children in those areas," the Norwegian Olympic champion told TIME Daily. He hopes a ceasefire during the Atlanta games will be more successful than a similar effort during the 1994 Winter Olympics in Koss' homeland, which produced only a brief truce in the Bosnian civil...
...launched from northern Europe was destroyed at 10:30 a.m. (2:30 a.m. EST). The killer missile turned out to be a NASA-funded research rocket, launched from Oslo, Norway, to study the Northern lights. "We are a little puzzled by the report," said Erik Lanke, spokesman for the Norwegian Supreme Defense Command in Oslo after the Interfax report. Spokesmen for NATO, several European countries and President Clinton said they were looking into the matter. When the dust settled, Interfax blamed a high-ranking - and not suprisingly, still unidentified -- military source for the error...
...Brussels is too far away. It's not democratic to have decisions about our future made in Brussels." --Eh Sunne, a Norwegian social worker, quoted in the Boston Globe on November 27, 1994. Sunne was offering his opinion of Norway's imminent decision on joining the European Union...