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September 24, 1996
Web posted 11:00 a.m. EDT (1500 GMT)Palestinians protest tourist tunnel
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Palestinians reacted in anger Tuesday when Israel completed a tunnel connecting Christian and Jewish holy sites. The tunnel runs along the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third holiest shrine.
The work, ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was completed just after midnight, and was greeted by stone- throwing Palestinian protesters who feel it violates the sacred mosque area.
The tunnel is expected to be a major tourist attraction, connecting the Western Wall, Judaism's most sacred spot, and the Via Dolorosa, where Jesus is said to have walked on his way to the crucifixion. The tunnel will pass several historic sites located underground.
Ships collide off South Korea, 4 missing
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- Four crew members were missing Tuesday following the collision of two ships about 50 miles (80 km) off South Korea's port city Mokpo.
Officials said the missing were half of the crew of a Belize- registered cargo ship that collided with a larger Cyprian ship in dense fog early Tuesday. The smaller ship sank, officials said, and the missing crew are feared dead.
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Greek leader to name reformers to cabinet
ATHENS, Greece (CNN) -- Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis will name a cabinet of reformers this week to push his economic strategies, a senior official with Simitis' ruling socialist PASOK party said Tuesday.
Simitis won handily over his conservative opponent, former Athens Mayor Miltiades Evert, in weekend voting. Both candidates had pledged a departure from the anti-European Union policies of former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, who died in June after a long illness.
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French prime minister calls for vote of confidence
DEAUVILLE, France (CNN) -- French Prime Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday he would seek a vote of confidence on his economic policies when the French Parliament convenes next week.
Juppe's center-right coalition government holds four-fifths of the seats in the legislative body, but the call for a vote appeared to be aimed at silencing more fractious critics in the coalition.
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