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05:29 [Friday 12th April, 2002] The Russia Journal April 12, 2002 Moldova: explosion in newspaper office CHISINAU (Associated Press)- A bomb exploded overnight in front of the Communist Party newspaper, injuring a guard and causing damage to the building, police said Thursday. The bomb shattered the windows of the Comunistul newspaper building and nearby apartment buildings and slightly injured a 70-year-old guard. Police on the scene said it was a small bomb, probably made of plastic explosives. The ruling Communist Party condemned the attack in a statement read in parliament, blaming it on "extremist elements who want to destabilize the country" and are believed to also be responsible for the kidnapping of an opposition lawmaker. Over the last few weeks, anti-Communist protesters have staged nonstop demonstrations in front of the president's office, parliament and the government. The protesters demand the resignation of pro-Moscow Communist officials whom they accuse of abuse of power and trying to take the country back into Soviet-era Russian domination. New tensions between the government and the opposition flared last month over the disappearance of opposition Popular Christian Democratic Party lawmaker Vlad Cubreacov, who has been a main organizer of the anti-government protests. Authorities ordered a massive search for Cubreacov and offered a dlrs 35,000 reward for information about his whereabouts. But the search has been fruitless to date and Cubreacov's fate was in doubt. Moldova, a country of 4.5 million located between Romania and Ukraine, was part of Romania until 1940, when it was annexed by the Soviet Union. /The Associated Press/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
