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KINSHASA, Zaire: An official close to Zaire's Defense Ministry claims that more than 2,500 Ugandan soldiers, backed by tanks, are headed toward the city of Beni in eastern Zaire. According to the official, the Ugandans are trying to join rebel forces as they brace for a counterattack by Zairian army troops massed to the west at Kisangani. Although Zaire's government has frequently complained that Ugandan and Rwandan soldiers are fighting alongside rebels, it now appears that the country's army has recruited some outside help of its own. The unnamed official insists that uniformed men filmed...
...percent counted; official results are expected today. Maskhadov masterminded the daring offensive last August to retake Grozny and bring the Russians to the peace table. He negotiated the deal that made Monday's elections possible. But the Chechens' overwhelming choice of Maskhadov over rival Shamil Basayev, a young rebel leader, shows political savvy in equal parts to gratitude. Moscow considers Basayev a terrorist for his 1995 hostage-taking raid on a southern Russian town, while Maskhadov is seen by Russia as the least of separatist evils. "Maskhadov will not press the problem of recognizing independence for Chechnya immediately...
LIMA, Peru: Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will allow government negotiators to discuss the Tupac Amaru rebel demand of freedom for their jailed comrades, but the conversation will be somewhat limited. While negotiators can talk about the topic with rebel representatives, Peru's government "cannot approve such (a) liberation," Fujimori said in an interview with Japanese television. Fujimori's comments mark the first time he has relaxed his unbending opposition to releasing the rebel prisoners in exchange for the 73 hostages, including Fujimori's brother and the Peruvian foreign minister, who have been held for a month by the Marxist Tupac...
...without taking a book home. I didn't go to math class, because I knew enough and had read ahead, and I placed within the top 10 people in the nation on an aptitude exam. That established my independence and taught me I didn't need to rebel anymore." By 10th grade he was teaching computers and writing a program that handled class scheduling, which had a secret function that placed him in classes with the right girls...
LIMA, Peru: As the slow lock-step process of negotiating an end to the three-week old hostage crisis continued, Peruvian rebels released two more hostages Tuesday afternoon and renewed their demands that their jailed comrades be released. Their statements were shouted to TV journalists, who for the first time had been allowed to enter the Japanese ambassador's residence, where 81 people are still being held captive. Released were Honduran Ambassador Eduardo Martel and Argentine Consul Juan Antonio Ibanez. "Any harm to (the hostages) will be the exclusive responsibility of the government of (President Alberto) Fujimori if he decides...