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August 25, 1996
Web posted at: 1:25 p.m. EDT (1525 GMT)
White S. Africa reportedly shipped chemicals to Iran
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- South Africa's old apartheid regime shipped chemicals and chemical weapons technology to Iran, according to a report in the South African newspaper The Sunday Independent.
The newspaper also said that Iraq may have gotten chemical shipments, and that personnel from the Defense Force's chemical weapons program visited Libya.
The paper's report was published after Sen. Georg Meiring, South Africa's National Defense Force chief, refused to give a parliamentary committee full details about the project to make chemical weapons near the end of the apartheid regime.
Twelve dead in apparent mutiny
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- The South Korean captain of a fishing boat and at least 11 crew members have been killed in an apparent mutiny in the south Pacific.
Japanese maritime police discovered the boat drifting without fuel. The bodies of the dead crew were tossed overboard, and 13 surviving crew members were aboard.
South Korean authorities said ethnic Korean crew members from China appear to have staged the mutiny over what they called harsh working conditions. The captain's last radio message -- on August 3 -- said that crewmen were refusing to work and that he was heading to Samoa for replacements.
Philippine Muslim rebellion almost over
MANILA, Philippines (CNN) -- The Philippine government and Muslim rebels in the southern part of the country are expected to sign a peace agreement August 30 in Jakarta, Indonesia, ending a 24-year rebellion. A ceremonial signing will follow in Manila.
The agreement falls short of the Muslim demands for independence, instead giving the region an autonomous government with elections to be held in three years.
- Philippines' president, rebel leader say war is over - August 19, 1996
German fighter jets crash in Canada
GOOSE BAY, Newfoundland (CNN) -- Two German jet fighters crashed in northeastern Canada Saturday while participating in low-level flight exercises. One pilot died and three others were injured.
The Tornado jets went down in a marsh wilderness about 80 miles west of Goose Bay, where a NATO base is located. Four pilots have died in three other crashes since 1985 near Goose Bay.
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