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Nigerian ethnic clashes, 50 dead
LAGOS, July 19 (Reuters) — At least 50 persons were killed in weekend clashes between Nigeria's dominant Hausa and Yoruba tribes near the commercial capital Lagos, local newspapers said today. Witnesses in Shagamu, 30 km from Lagos, told Reuters that at least 25 persons died in the fighting which erupted after the killing of a Hausa woman last week after she was caught watching Yoruba rites. "About 70 buildings, including shops, mosques, a hospital and hotels, were razed", said the Independent Vanguard newspaper.

Army aspirants' toll 26
DARBHANGA, July 19 (PTI) — With six more bodies fished out from flood waters in Darbhanga today, the toll in Saturday's police firing and stampede during Army recruitment here and in Chapra rose to 26. District Magistrate (Darbhanga) Ajay Kumar told PTI that six bodies of the aspirants were found at Ramayanpur village near the Army airbase here this morning.

Elected to RS
GANDHINAGAR, July 19 (UNI) — Congress treasurer Ahmed Patel and BJP leaders Lalit Mehta and Savita Sharda were today declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. Vidhan Sabha sources said nomination papers of only these leaders were found in order for the three vacancies from the state. The fourth nomination, filed by an independent, Mr Kanubhai Yadav, was rejected on scrutiny on July 16.
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Protest in Indonesia
JAKARTA, July 19 (Reuters) — As many as 100 demonstrators protested outside the offices of Indonesia's Election Committee today, rejecting a second term for President B.J. Habibie in November's presidential vote. Protesters from the "anti-status quo movement" wearing headbands were watched by around 100 riot police personnel as they chanted slogans outside the central Jakarta offices. They also brought a type of stretcher normally used for a corpse, bearing the words "Goodbye Habibie". The protesters denounced "money politics" and distributed leaflets criticising the ruling Golkar Party for corruption.
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