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- Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) agreed to bolster regional cooperation in counterterrorism. (AP,
10/8/97)
- Suspected top Japanese Red Army terrorist
Nishikawa Jun, 47, was captured in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and sent to Japan. He was
allegedly involved in attacks on the French Embassy in the Hague in 1974 and the U.S.
Embassy in Malaysia in 1975 and participated in the 1977 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet
en route from Paris to Tokyo. (Reuters, 11/17/97)
- Representatives from the U.S., Europe and Israel met at
the First International Congress on Terrorism in Argentina. (Reuters, 12/1/97)
- In Miami, U.S. authorities arrested Ramon Aldasoro
Magunacelaya, 41, a fugitive member of the Basque terrorist group ETA, wanted by
Spain in connection with several killings in the 1980s. (AP, 12/6/97)
- United Nations General Assembly has
adopted an international convention against terrorist bombings. (UPI, 12/16/97)
- Greek authorities arrested a former member of Italy's Red
Brigades terrorist movement, Enrico Bianco, 45, convicted in absentia in Italy for
involvement in the 1978 kidnapping and murder of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro.
A Greek judge rejected Bianco's request for political asylum. (Reuters, 12/23/97)
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