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Government troops poured into the rebel stronghold of Aden on the southern Saudi Arabian peninsula, claiming victory over secessionists in the 65-day-old civil war. Thousands of South Yemeni residents fled, but just as many met the soldiers with cries of welcome after weeks of siege and shelling. The conflict between tribal-based North Yemen and communist South Yemen was the first since the two states merged four years ago, and had quashed popular hopes that a series of wars and skirmishes since the 1960s would ever cease. Even now, the separatist leader, Ali Salem al-Beidh, and five...
...slammed into the earth just outside the compound, killing all 10 on board. The impact blasted bodies and wreckage more than 500 ft., through a perimeter wall and up to the steps of the house where Habyarimana's wife and family were awaiting his return. "At least," observed a rebel soldier now guarding the site, "it brought him home...
...bring lasting peace to their homeland. Despite a number of moderate Hutu in their ranks, theirs is still seen as a Tutsi movement, representing an ethnic minority that even before the latest massacres made up just 15% of the population. Hundreds of thousands of Hutu who have fled the rebel advance to neighboring countries must be convinced that they can return home without threat of retribution...
...others still harbor a fierce hostility toward their attackers. In the rebel-held town of Gahini, Rayontina Mukansonera, 19, describes being raped repeatedly by Hutu militia before escaping in the confusion following the rebel advance. "They showed no mercy," she says, matter-of-factly. "Someone who destroys your life deserves to die also." For the R.P.F., healing the ethnic wounds of this brutal war will take more than words alone...
...figures will probably rise even more as some long-quiescent workers rebel against relentless job eliminations. The United Steelworkers of America in April began its first big strike in more than seven years, against Allegheny Ludlum, the nation's largest maker of stainless steel. Main issues: working conditions such as increased overtime and limited vacation schedules. Leslie Fay Cos., a New York City-based dressmaker, last week was hit by its first strike in 40 years. Some 1,800 members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in six states walked out to protest a company plan to move...