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	 LONDON - President Bill Clinton recalled the U.S. ambassador 
to Nigeria and threatened U.N. action as world leaders reacted 
furiously to the execution of nine minority rights activists by 
the West African country's military government. Prominent writer 
Ken Saro-Wiwa, a campaigner for self-determination in the 
oil-producing Ogoniland region, was hanged with eight associates 
after Nigeria's military rulers ignored pleas for clemency from 
around the world.  
	 At the Commonwealth summit in Auckland, New Zealand, South 
African President Nelson Mandela led calls for Nigeria's 
expulsion from the Commonwealth. Britain, Germany, Austria and 
South Africa joined the United States in recalling their 
diplomatic representatives from Nigeria. New Zealand Prime 
Minister Jim Bolger said the Commonwealth leaders were due to 
consider a range of possible sanctions against Nigeria, 
including suspension or expulsion from the 52-member group.  
	 White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Clinton had told the 
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Madeleine Albright, to 
begin consultations immediately on appropriate U.N. measures ``to 
condemn these actions''.  
	 Nigeria, a major oil producer, hit back at the criticism 
during angry exchanges in the U.N. Security Council, accusing 
other countries of meddling in its affairs.  
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	 JERUSALEM - Israel said investigations into the 
assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin had uncovered a 
conspiracy by Jewish zealots to launch terror attacks against 
Palestinians.  
	 WASHINGTON - Leaders of major American Jewish organisations 
called on fellow Jews to condemn and isolate anyone who endorses 
or aids the confessed assassin of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak 
Rabin.  
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	 WASHINGTON - The U.S. budget crisis degenerated into 
political theatre as President Bill Clinton and the Republican 
leaders of Congress accused each other of irresponsibility in 
the face of possible federal debt default. Congress sent the 
president a bill temporarily raising the federal debt limit, but 
Clinton promised to veto it and called a news conference to make 
a formal pitch for his position.  
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	 DAYTON, Ohio - Bosnian Moslem and Croat leaders signed an 
agreement on Friday aimed at shoring up their alliance in a move 
portrayed by the United States as a fundamental underpinning to 
a broader Balkan peace. The signing was the first product of 10 
days of U.S.-led peace talks at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 
here. But it is a small step toward a comprehensive Bosnia 
settlement that would also include the Bosnian Serbs.  
	 ZAGREB - U.N. and European Union observers said significant 
numbers of Croatian troops had moved towards the Serb-held 
Eastern Slavonia region as summit talks on peace in 
ex-Yugoslavia continued in the United States. Military analysts 
said the troop movements did not necessarily mean they were 
ready to attack, adding that large numbers of troops have been 
holding positions on both sides of U.N. ceasefire lines since 
1992.  
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	 WASHINGTON - With Dutchman Rudd Lubbers out of the contest, 
the United States is hoping a consensus will now form around 
former Danish Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen for NATO 
secretary-general, U.S. sources said.  

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