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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 .
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We are still trying to establish contact with the local commander . "
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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 .
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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 .
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Later the mission was looted , " it added .
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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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SARAJEVO 1996-08-27
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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 .
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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 .
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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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Dmitry Kuznets
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NOVYE ATAGI , Russia 1996-08-27
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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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Neither spoke to reporters before the meeting , which started around 10.45 a.m. ( 0645 GMT ) .
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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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However , tension on the ground indicates that it could falter if the momentum for a settlement is not maintained .
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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 .
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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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LJUBLJANA 1996-08-27
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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 .
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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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BUCHAREST 1996-08-27
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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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" 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 .
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" This treaty is both necessary and good , " Nastase said , adding that the PUNR 's stance was threatening its position in the government .
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The treaty agreed unexpectedly two weeks ago will end years of disputes over the status of Romania 's large ethnic Hungarian minority .
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It will also boost both countries ' chances of admission to NATO and the European Union .
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" If they ( the PUNR ) are so vexed , they could leave the government ...
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We might also help them to do it , if they go on like this , " he said .
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The PUNR holds four key ministries -- justice , transport , agriculture and communications .
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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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Funar 's call came on the eve of the official launch of Iliescu 's campaign for a new term at November 3 polls .
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His appeal to the opposition to back his attempt to oust Iliescu was unlikely to succeed , analysts said .
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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 .
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Presidential officials were not available to comment on the call for Iliescu 's impeachment .
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Estonian MPS see little hope of electing president .
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Belinda Goldsmith
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TALLINN 1996-08-27
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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 .
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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 .
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Meri garnered 49 votes and Meri 34 in Tuesday 's ballot for the five-year presidency of Estonia .
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A third and final vote was due to be held when parliament reconvened on Tuesday but legislators were not expecting a clear result .
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If there is no result the decision will be ceded to an electoral college .
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" 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 .
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Under a constitution agreed in 1992 , a year after independence , the president has no executive powers .
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His only political role is to smoothe the functioning of government in periods of crisis .
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But Meri , 67 , has been accused in parliament of taking too much power and not always consulting parliamentarians before making decisions .
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