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INDIA: Police said on Sunday
that three separatist rebels and an Indian army officer were killed in
explosions in India's Jammu and Kashmir state. Eight people, including
four Indian army personnel, were wounded in the two separate blasts late
on Saturday. One blast took place at Ahlan Forest area in which three
militants of Harakat-ul-Jehad were killed. Four other persons were injured
in the explosion. The Ahlan Forest area lies in the disputed Kashmir
region's Anantnag district, about 35 miles south of Srinagar. Earlier, an
army officer was killed and four others were wounded when suspected
separatist guerrillas set off a landmine in the Nowshera area of Rajouri
district, about 280 miles southwest of Srinagar. Police bomb disposal
squads also neutralized a live bomb in the Samaba area of Jammu.
INDIA/PAKISTAN: India and Pakistan fought bitter artillery duels in Kashmir on Sunday as diplomats in New Delhi groped for a way to end the worst confrontation between the South Asian neighbors in 30 years. New Delhi launched overnight air strikes against hundreds of guerrilla infiltrators holed up in snowy Himalayan heights of the disputed region, where Indian troops launched an offensive over a month ago.
INDIA: The Press Trust of
India (PTI) reported on Monday that at least seven people were killed
during a village shootout in Patna, capital of the eastern Indian state of
Bihar. The incident happened late on Sunday when gunmen opened fire in
Bihari Bigha village. Several people were injured. The number of injured
was not specified in any reports to the ERRI Watch Center. Police believe
the attack was in retaliation for the killing of a man in the village ten
days ago.
CANADA:
The Masters of Downloading, Hong Kong Blondes and X-Ploit are catching the
attention of Canada's intelligence agency which considers them to be
potential threats to the national security of Canada. The Canadian
Security Intelligence Service is looking into the computer hackers as
potential infiltrators of key government and business facilities. Newly
declassified CSIS studies say many hacker groups are becoming more
politically motivated, while some terrorist organizations are turning to
the Internet to plot and execute sabotage. Several activist groups --
dubbed "hacktivists" -- have launched software attacks to oppose
the proliferation of nuclear weapons, promote human rights and
encourage more open government. Click
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"Netwar"
SRI LANKA: The Defense
Ministry said on Monday that government troops had recovered the bodies of
86 Tamil Tiger rebels in a fresh advance in the northwestern Mannar
district. The army seized 24 square miles of territory and "a large
quantity" of weapons from the guerrillas on Saturday. On Sunday the
government said 41 rebels and 16 soldiers were killed in the advance into
guerrilla-controlled territory. Sri Lanka did not specify where the
fighting took place, but military officials said troops were advancing
north along the western coast from the town of Vidattaltivu in Mannar
district, about 150 miles north of the capital Colombo. The Defense
Ministry added that 22 Tamil Tiger rebels and five government soldiers
were killed in several other clashes on Sunday in Sri Lanka's north and
east.
PERU:
SHINING PATH: TRYING TO MAKE A COMEBACK?
By Steve Macko, ERRI Sr. Risk Analyst
In 1996, Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori declared the Shining Path guerrilla movement to be "virtually annihilated." As is in most cases when political leaders make such claims -- Fujimori wasn't quite correct because today there are reports that SL rebels are operating in the remote jungle areas of the Latin American nation of Peru. A faction within the rebel group calling themselves "Red Path" have reportedly refused to comply with the surrender call of Shining Path's founder Abimael Guzman. Since 1993 they have been hiding in remote jungle regions, staging only sporadic incursions. However, in the past month, ERRI analysts have noticed that the group has conducted a series of what could be considered high-profile terrorist attacks that are seemingly a demonstration to the world that the rebels are still a force to be reckoned with....
SOUTH AFRICA: Police said
eight people, including a 15-year-old youth, were shot and killed in
different incidents in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands of South Africa over the
weekend. Five of the dead were from the Mpumulanga township near
Pietermaritzburg. Five people were killed on Friday night, and police found
AK47 and shotgun cartridges at one scene. Another three people were killed
on Saturday.
ENGLAND: Post mortem
examinations on the bodies of a family of four that were apparently killed
in a fire are expected to reveal whether or not the victims were alive
when the blaze was started. Police believe the four victims were murdered
by a killer who torched their home in an effort to cover up his crime.
Firefighters on Sunday responding to reports of a house fire discovered
the bodies. The victims were an 80-year-old grandmother, a 34-year-old
woman and two girls, ages 8 and 10. Police have no motive for the apparent
quadruple murder. Detectives said that there was a clear sign that an
attack took place in the house and there were a number of small fires set
in the house.
CANADA: Five teenage boys --
some trapped in a burning car -- were killed when 14 friends in a four-car
convoy collided with an oncoming pickup truck. The crash happened on a
dark stretch of highway near Perth, Ontario. The accident occurred around
01:00EDT when an eastbound car apparently collided with the truck. The
pickup or its trailer then slammed into the three following cars. Four
other people were injured.
YEMEN: Yemen stepped up
security measures in the capital Sanaa ahead of a U.S-sponsored conference
on emerging democracies. Witnesses said security forces were seen deployed
in areas surrounding buildings where the three-day Emerging Democracies
Forum will be held. Checkpoints, guarded by soldiers, were seen on several
streets leading to the conference site.
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GREENVILLE, KY: The
Kentucky State Police said that four people, including a police officer,
were found dead on Sunday, and a neighbor was charged in the murders. The
27-year-old suspect lived next door to two of the victims. Police
responded Sunday morning to a report of gunshots at a home and found a
29-year-old man and his 22-year-old wife dead in the driveway. Upon
further investigation, officers discovered the bodies of a man and a woman
in a field three miles from the home. Investigators would not discuss the
motive for the slayings. The cause of death for the four victims was also
not immediately released.
ELKTON, MD: A
41-year-old man was killed late Saturday night after he was shot in the left
shoulder by a Maryland state trooper who was dragged down a Cecil County
road hanging from the man's truck after a traffic stop. Trooper Raymond Lynn
stopped the subject at about 2025 EDT on Hutton Road south of Frenchtown
Road, near Elkton, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
BUENA PARK, CA: The California
Highway Patrol said that a bus carrying about 30 people crashed into a car
that veered into its path on Sunday, killing the car's driver. Shortly
before 09:00PDT, a car traveling southbound on Interstate 5 veered into the
path of the bus headed for Mexico.
BOISE, ID: A 30-year-old
mother of two was found murdered on Sunday. The body of the woman was
discovered on the side of a road near Lucky Peak Reservoir east of Boise.
She was reportedly shot in the head. Robbery doesn't appear to be a motive,
although her car was found later in the day in a Boise parking lot.
MESA, AZ: Police are
searching for the man who shot and killed another man at a party. A group of
men were reportedly partying at an apartment complex on Saturday night when
some of them got into a fight. One man was killed. Two other men were also
hospitalized with gunshot wounds.
ROSWELL, GA: Six people
were killed when a semi- trailer truck crashed into a car on Sunday
afternoon. Police said three adults and three children riding in the car
were killed. The crash happened at about 16:00EDT. Officers at the scene
of the suburban Atlanta accident said truck driver said he was about to
exit from the northbound lanes when his rig hit the car from behind. The
truck driver sustained minor injuries. No other vehicles were involved.
Have you seen this man?
HOUSTON, TX: The FBI says it's
being flooded with tips about wanted serial killer Rafael Resendez
Ramirez. But police say the whereabouts of the rail-riding drifter still
remain a mystery. Ramirez, suspected in the brutal deaths of at least
eight people, is still at large, outrunning an international manhunt that
has spanned the United States, Canada and Mexico. Police in Houston said
on Thursday Ramirez is thought to be criss-crossing the country on freight
trains. All his killings have taken place near railroads. The FBI said
that Ramirez had been seen recently in El Paso, as well as Kentucky. But
police needed more hard leads from the public, which has inundated an FBI
hotline with more than 1,100 calls in the past few days. If you have
information concerning Ramirez's whereabouts, do not approach him
yourself...call the FBI
at 1-800-889-8161.
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conflict in Kashmir will escalate??
(of 209 respondents - 1 June to 14 June 99)
85% Yes, It
will worsen
9% No, It will be resolved
7% Don't know...no opinion
Y2K/Millennium Bug
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ERRI Year2000
Contingency Planning
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Preparedness Page
The federal government
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new toll-free number
for consumers to
call about their concerns
about Year 2000
computer problems.
The information service
can be accessed
at 1-888-USA-4-Y2K
or on the www.y2k.gov
Web site. Time magazine reviews the "Millennium Madness" issue in this
week's edition (January
18, 1998)
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