News Briefs
June 16, 1996
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26 sailors believed dead after ships collide
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Twenty-six sailors were missing and feared dead Sunday after a cargo ship collided with a Greek freighter in heavy fog and sank off the coast of South Korea overnight.
The ill-fated Anna Spiratou, registered in Cyprus, struck the freighter and sank shortly after impact. All aboard were feared drowned, South Korean maritime police said. The Greek vessel, Polydefkis, survived intact. None of its crew was injured. Authorities were questioning the crew.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Peres bids farewell to cabinet, remembers Rabin
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Defeated Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres met with his cabinet a final time Sunday and hailed his slain predecessor Yitzhak Rabin for devoting his life to peace.
"This government was created by Yitzhak Rabin, who paid with his life for his opinions," Peres said. Peres assumed office after Rabin was assassinated last November. In recent elections, he lost to right-wing Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who is to present his government this week.
Reuters contributed to this report.
Suu Kyi continues democratic gatherings
RANGOON, Burma (CNN) -- Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi disregarded a military ban against rallies and addressed thousands of supporters outside her home Sunday. (519K QuickTime movie) It was the second weekend in a row that she has ignored the ban.
More than 4,000 people gathered amid monsoon downpours to hear Suu Kyi's message. The military did not interfere with the rally. However Burma's military intelligence chief, Lt. Gen. Khin Nyunt described Suu Kyi and her followers as unpatriotic and bent on subverting the economy by urging other nations to clamp sanctions on Burma.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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