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Fujimori trip to Dominican Republic fuels asylum talk
March 2, 1997
Web posted at: 12:34 p.m. EST (1734 GMT)LIMA, Peru (CNN) -- Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori flew to Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sunday for his second meeting in a month with the island republic's president to discuss the 76-day-old hostage crisis at the Japanese ambassador's residence in Lima.
The trip has fueled rumors that Fujimori is negotiating asylum for the Tupac Amaru rebels who hold 72 hostages at the compound.
Fujimori said Saturday that the purpose of the trip was to boost relations between the two countries but added that the hostage crisis "will be discussed."
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Related sites:
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- The MRTA Solidarity Page by Arm the Spirit
- Voz Rebelde Internacional -- the official page of the MRTA in Europe (in Spanish)
- Internet Network of Peru
- Peru Home Page (in Spanish)
- Hemisferio Sur (in Spanish) - links to "Caretas" magazine, and "La Republica" and "Expreso" newspapers
- Peru Info Internet
- International Committee of the Red Cross
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