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Friday, June 26, 1992 The Arizona Republic A7 Grieving for lost loved ones iRockets hit Kabul in effort to oust Iranian-backed rebels KABUL, Afghanistan A dozen rockets slammed into the Afghan capital Thursday night as pro-government forces sought to drive out renegade Iranian-backed guerrillas occupying the Interior Ministry. The fighting was the latest in a series of street battles that has threatened a scheduled transfer of power Monday. Rebel factions have been locked in a power struggle since President Najibullah was toppled in April, ending a 14-year civil war. i 4 ft Guns quiet in Sarajevo after truce vow Family members in Tiraspol, Moldova, share each other's grief during a funeral for those killed in the civil war. The leaders of Russia, Moldova, Ukraine and Romania called Thursday for an immediate cease-fire in the Trans-Dniester region, where hundreds have died in recent battles over its attempt to secede.

Iraq grabs heavy gear for big canal Foreign firms left equipment in 1990 Reuters AMMAN, Jordan" Iraq has confiscated billions of dollars in heavy equipment from foreign companies to build a "third river" between the Tigris and Euphrates, diplomats said Thursday. Iraq, whose swift reconstruction from the Persian Gulf war has defied Western predictions, has said it is building a 350-mile-long canal from Baghdad to Basra. It says the massive project will divert water from existing rivers and drainage systems to desalinate and irrigate millions of acres of farmland. But Iraq has been hampered by a lack of heavy equipment, the diplomats said. Under a January decree, the military has seized about $2 billion in gear brought in before the war from firms based in South Korea, Poland, Bulgaria, and China, a diplomat said.

"They're taking earthmovers, graders, cranes, steel, generators, even; complete construction barracks," another diplomat said. The targets were companies that left equipment in Iraq before it invaded Kuwait on Aug. 2, 1990, have no permanent foreign representative in or have direct ties to Kuwait. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina Guns fell silent Thursday around of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, as Serbian forces promised to stop firing on Croatian and Muslim civilians and put their big guns under supervision. i ELSEWHERE DUBLIN, Ireland Lawyers have been told to take off their gray courtroom wigs by the end of the year because they are intimidating.

"Wigs must be abolished. These marks of distinction were introduced by Louis XIII in 1624 and were swept away in the French Revolution but unfortunately, we retained them," Junior Justice Minister Willie O'Dea said Wednesday. The Associated Press Compiled from reports by The Associated Press and Reuters. Albanian public hanging is warning to criminals MORE WORLD NEWS BRIEFS High-seas drama: British warship's crewmen board a French trawler to thwart a fishing war Sex harassment: Swedish women soon may get bodyguards and mobile telephones "Comfort Korean sex slave for Japanese troops in World War II recounts degradation month. The robbers took 5,000 leks, the equivalent of $50.

People arrived to view the bodies throughout the day. None showed any sign of shock as the the bodies, dressed in wool sweaters and jeans, dangled from a crudely assembled scaffold. Alketa Gjeka, a 20-year-old peasant from the victims' village, also said torture would have been a more just fate for the brothers. The Associated Press FIER, Albania Two brothers convicted of a multiple murder were hanged before dawn Thursday in the central square and left all day as a warning to other criminals. Albania's first public execution in six years was a sign of growing outrage over the surge in lawlessness since this severely impoverished nation's one-party Stalinist system began to crumble in late 1990.

Albania's first democratic government in 47 years was elected in March. "This hanging is excellent. But it is still not enough," said Muharem Hoxha, a 34-year-old peasant. She said the men should have been tortured. Ditbardh Cuko, 21, and Josef Cuko, 24, were convicted of breaking into a peasant house at Libovshe, a nearby village, and bludgeoning to death a family of five earlier this New catechism: Pope John Paul II approves first in ACC anciauuii in nvw jrcaia Call PRESSLINE at 271-5656 and push 1241.

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