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" These charges are the interpretation of the church, " Garang said on Tuesday . " | [
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We have no idea why they are being held. | [] |
We are still trying to establish contact with the local commander . " | [] |
Asked whether this meant the commander was out of control, Garang said the rebel movement was working on the problem. | [
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He said he believed all six were being held in the mission compound at Mapourdit and were reported to be in good health. | [
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The Catholic Information office in Nairobi said on Monday that Australian Sisters Moira Lynch, 73, and Mary Batchelor, 68, American Father Michael Barton, 48, and Sudanese Father Raphael Riel, 48, were held in a prison in south Sudan by the SPLA. | [
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It said Australian Sister Maureen Carey, 52, and Italian Brother Raniero Iacomella, 28, were held inside the compound. | [
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The church in Australia said on Monday Lynch, Batchelor, Barton and Riel were held in a prison until the weekend, when they were moved to join the other captives at the compound. | [
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The Catholic Information Office said the SPLA in the Kenyan capital had attributed the detentions of the six to a local commander and had promised they would be freed by August 23. | [
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But the church learned in a recent meeting with the local commander that no instructions to release the prisoners were received and they would be held until investigations were completed. | [] |
It said last Friday they were visited by Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari, apostolic administrator of the diocese of Rumbek in southern Sudan, and an SPLA administrator and appeared in good condition. | [
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" On August 17 the mission was surrounded (by the SPLA) and sealed off. | [
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The evening of the same day the missionaries were put in prison or isolation. | [] |
Later the mission was looted, " it added. | [] |
An Australian foreign ministry official said the charges against them were " fairly bizarre " and a matter for concern. | [
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He said Australian diplomats in Nairobi were working with the Roman Catholic church in southern Sudan and with U.S. and Italian diplomats in the region to help free the missionaries. | [
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The SPLA has fought Khartoum's government forces in the south since 1983 for greater autonomy or independence of the mainly Christian and animist region from the Moslem, Arabised north. | [
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OSCE postpones Bosnian municipal elections. | [
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The U.S. diplomat in charge of elections in Bosnia announced on Tuesday that voting for municipal assemblies would be postponed because of irregularities by the Serbs in registering voters. | [
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Ambassador Robert Frowick, representing the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), told reporters that municipal polls due on September 14 with other Bosnian elections would be put off. | [
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" I have made a chairman's decision that it is not feasible to hold municipal elections on September 14, " said Frowick. | [
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He said no exact date had been set but it was possible the local elections would take place in the spring of 1997. | [] |
According to OSCE officials, Serb authorities have pressed their refugees to register to vote in towns now under Serb control, but which used to have Moslem majorities. | [
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Human rights workers say authorities in Serbia and Bosnian Serb territory have conducted a well-organised campaign to coerce refugees into registering only on Serb territory and failed to inform them of their rights under the Dayton peace agreement. | [
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Diplomats say the effect of the electoral engineering would be to establish political control over districts they conquered and ethnically cleansed in war. | [] |
The response of the Bosnian Serbs to the OSCE's announcement was not immediately clear. | [
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But Bosnian Serb leaders have hinted they would boycott the poll if the municipal elections were postponed, or go ahead with their own. | [
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The Bosnian Serb cabinet, in a letter to the OSCE, said on Monday that any delay of local elections would be " a direct and flagrant violation fo the Dayton agreement ". | [
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The Serbs, who administer half of Bosnia in a Serb republic, said they had met all conditions for holding the September elections. | [
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Diplomats fear that the crisis could cast doubt over the entire election process, which already appears set to confirm Bosnia's ethnic partition rather than its reintegration as the Dayton peace agreement had planned. | [
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New talks in Chechnya as Lebed waits for Yeltsin. | [
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Russian and rebel military commanders finally met in Chechnya on Tuesday for delayed talks aimed at finalising a ceasefire arranged last week by President Boris Yeltsin's envoy Alexander Lebed. | [
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The Russian army commander in the region, General Vyacheslav Tikhomirov, arrived at the rebel-held village of Novye Atagi, some 20 km (12 miles) south of the Chechen capital Grozny for discussions with rebel chief-of-staff Aslan Maskhadov. | [
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But Lebed himself, the Kremlin security chief, is still waiting back in Moscow to meet Yeltsin over his plans for a lasting political settlement in Chechnya. | [
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Itar-Tass news agency quoted the Kremlin press service as saying Yeltsin, who left for a state holiday home near Moscow on Monday, would hold no working meetings on Tuesday. | [
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Lebed interrupted talks with Chechnya's separatists on a political deal on Sunday, saying he had to consult with Yeltsin. | [
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After a meeting failed to materialise on Monday, Lebed's spokesman said he might meet the president on Tuesday. | [
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But Yeltsin's spokesman rebuffed the suggestion, saying the president had left Moscow for a holiday near the capital. | [
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The Russians postponed the talks after a Chechen band disarmed a column of interior ministry troops on Sunday. | [
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The Chechens said a renegade group seized the weapons and said on Monday they had all been returned. | [
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The Russian command insisted that not all the weapons were the same as those taken. | [
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Tass said the weapons and the practical implementation of the ceasefire signed by Lebed and Maskhadov last Thursday would be on the agenda of today's talks. | [
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Also in Novye Atagi on Tuesday morning, was Tim Guldimann, the Swiss diplomat who heads the Chechnya mission of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). | [
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Guldimann, who helped broker an earlier truce in May, was not taking part in the Tikhomirov-Maskhadov talks. | [
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Lebed's peace mission this month has stopped some of the worst fighting of the 20-month-old conflict. | [
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Three Russian servicemen were wounded in a total of six shooting incidents overnight, Itar-Tass news agency quoted the Russian military as saying on Tuesday morning. | [
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RIA news agency quoted an army source accusing rebel fighters of failing to turn up for joint Russian-Chechen police patrols in some districts of the capital Grozny on Tuesday. | [
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But the separatist command told Interfax news agency the patrols, part of the truce brokered by Lebed last week, would begin on Tuesday after delays for " technical reasons ". | [
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Yeltsin's spokesman said he might meet officials during his break, but indicated Lebed was low on the list by saying Yeltsin would need time to study the proposals before talking to him. | [
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Russian news agencies also quoted the Kremlin spokesman as saying that Lebed's representatives had not sought a meeting, hinting at an attempt by the president to put his popular and outspoken protege in his place with a lesson on protocol. | [
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Yeltsin, 65, has kept a low profile since he was reelected in July, prompting new speculation that the two heart attacks he suffered last year and a rumoured drinking problem could be taking their toll, weakening his grip on affairs of state. | [
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Aides have dismissed such speculation, insisting that he simply needs a rest after his energetic election campaign. | [] |
Some analysts say the Kremlin leader, whose order sending troops and tanks into Chechnya in 1994 started Russia's ill-fated military campaign, could merely be reluctant to put his name to a peace process which might fall apart. | [
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But Lebed, who has no real power without his boss and has hinted at dark forces in Moscow working against him, appears to think a deal will not stick without strong backing from Yeltsin. | [
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His proposals have not been spelled out but are expected to involve a compromise between the separatists' demand for independence and Moscow's insistence that Chechnya remain part of the Russian Federation. | [
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Slovenia and Poland target EU, NATO membership. | [
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Slovenia and Poland pledged to intensify cooperation on Tuesday and reinforced their determination to join the European Union and NATO at the earliest possible date. | [
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Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski and his Slovenian counterpart, Milan Kucan, met for talks at the start of a two-day visit to Slovenia by Kwasniewski. | [
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It was their fourth meeting this year. | [] |
They said in a statement they agreed to have regular telephone contact to discuss progress in strengthening ties with the West. | [
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" We expect our cooperation will help both countries towards entering the European Union and NATO, " Kwasniewski said. | [
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" We have similar ambitions as far as our internal development and international life is concerned, " Kucan said. | [
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Poland and Slovenia are hoping to be among the first group of former eastern bloc countries to join the European Union and NATO. | [
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They have already signed an association agreement with the European Union and are both part of the Central European Free Trade Area, which also comprises Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. | [
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Slovenia's trade with Poland rose to $142.3 million in 1995 from $118.8 million in 1994. | [
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During his visit to Slovenia, Kwasniewski is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek, representatives of Slovenian political parties and representatives of the Chamber of Economy. | [
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Nationalists want Iliescu ousted for Hungary pact. | [
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Junior Nationalist members of Romania's ruling coalition called on Tuesday for the impeachment of President Ion Iliescu for backing a friendship treaty with neighbouring Hungary. | [
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Iliescu's Party of Social Democracy, the senior coalition partner, immediately dismissed the National Unity Party (PUNR) demand as crude electioneering. | [
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},
{
"content": "Party of Social Democracy",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 10
},
{
"content": "National Unity Party",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 93
},
{
"content": "PUNR",
"label": "ORG",
"start... |
" It is a desperate move by the PUNR, which is losing its only reason for existing ahead of the electoral campaign, " said PDSR executive president Adrian Nastase. | [
{
"content": "PUNR",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 32
},
{
"content": "PDSR",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 123
},
{
"content": "Adrian Nastase",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 148
}
] |
" This treaty is both necessary and good, " Nastase said, adding that the PUNR's stance was threatening its position in the government. | [
{
"content": "Nastase",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 44
},
{
"content": "PUNR",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 74
}
] |
The treaty agreed unexpectedly two weeks ago will end years of disputes over the status of Romania's large ethnic Hungarian minority. | [
{
"content": "Romania",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 91
},
{
"content": "Hungarian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 114
}
] |
It will also boost both countries' chances of admission to NATO and the European Union. | [
{
"content": "NATO",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 59
},
{
"content": "European Union",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 72
}
] |
" If they (the PUNR) are so vexed, they could leave the government ... | [
{
"content": "PUNR",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 15
}
] |
We might also help them to do it, if they go on like this, " he said. | [] |
The PUNR holds four key ministries--justice, transport, agriculture and communications. | [
{
"content": "PUNR",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 4
}
] |
PUNR leader Gheorghe Funar said in a statement Iliescu, in power since the fall of communism in 1989, should be impeached for treason for compromising on the issue of ethnic Hungarian minority rights in the treaty due to be signed next month. | [
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"content": "PUNR",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 0
},
{
"content": "Gheorghe Funar",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 12
},
{
"content": "Iliescu",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 47
},
{
"content": "Hungarian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 174
}
] |
Funar's call came on the eve of the official launch of Iliescu's campaign for a new term at November 3 polls. | [
{
"content": "Funar",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 0
},
{
"content": "Iliescu",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 55
}
] |
His appeal to the opposition to back his attempt to oust Iliescu was unlikely to succeed, analysts said. | [
{
"content": "Iliescu",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 57
}
] |
Iliescu has invited political leaders to a meeting on Thursday to discuss the final form of the pact which both Romanian and Hungarian nationalists oppose for different reasons. | [
{
"content": "Iliescu",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 0
},
{
"content": "Romanian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 112
},
{
"content": "Hungarian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 125
}
] |
Presidential officials were not available to comment on the call for Iliescu's impeachment. | [
{
"content": "Iliescu",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 69
}
] |
Estonian MPS see little hope of electing president. | [
{
"content": "Estonian",
"label": "MISC",
"start_index": 0
}
] |
Belinda Goldsmith | [
{
"content": "Belinda Goldsmith",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 0
}
] |
TALLINN 1996-08-27 | [
{
"content": "TALLINN",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 0
}
] |
Estonia's parliament failed for a second time to elect a president on Tuesday, dealing a blow to incumbent Lennart Meri and pushing the country towards stalemate in its choice of a new head of state. | [
{
"content": "Estonia",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 0
},
{
"content": "Lennart Meri",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 107
}
] |
Neither Meri, who oversaw Estonia's first steps into statehood after the collapse of the Soviet Union, nor his arch-rival, former communist Arnold Ruutel, have secured the 68 votes necessary from the 101-member parliament. | [
{
"content": "Meri",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 8
},
{
"content": "Estonia",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 26
},
{
"content": "Soviet Union",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 89
},
{
"content": "Arnold Ruutel",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 140
}
] |
Meri garnered 49 votes and Meri 34 in Tuesday's ballot for the five-year presidency of Estonia. | [
{
"content": "Meri",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 0
},
{
"content": "Meri",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 0
},
{
"content": "Estonia",
"label": "LOC",
"start_index": 87
}
] |
A third and final vote was due to be held when parliament reconvened on Tuesday but legislators were not expecting a clear result. | [] |
If there is no result the decision will be ceded to an electoral college. | [] |
" The votes are a strong message to Meri that he is not favoured by some politicians any more, " Reform Party head Heiki Kranich told Reuters. | [
{
"content": "Meri",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 36
},
{
"content": "Reform Party",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 97
},
{
"content": "Heiki Kranich",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 115
},
{
"content": "Reuters",
"label": "ORG",
"start_index": 134
}
] |
Under a constitution agreed in 1992, a year after independence, the president has no executive powers. | [] |
His only political role is to smoothe the functioning of government in periods of crisis. | [] |
But Meri, 67, has been accused in parliament of taking too much power and not always consulting parliamentarians before making decisions. | [
{
"content": "Meri",
"label": "PER",
"start_index": 4
}
] |
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