3. Summary

March-September Statistics of Events Pertaining to Factors (1)-(3)

The world-wide events corresponding to the Forecast by type and time are distributed over the rubrics of qualitative factors of influence (1)-(3), in which the events are ordered by time focuses T3 (March 3, 1997), T4,T5 (March 20-24, 1997, TB (April 7-11, 1997), T6 (July 4,14, 1997), and T7 (Sept. 16, 1997).

Since this event-reference report is neither a novel, nor an official declaration, the author considers it pardonable to use, for short, the headline telegraph style both literally, when he quotes the newspapers (in most cases - The International Herald Tribune), and when referencing the well-known names without titles, whereas most events are referred to in compliance with the following pattern:

• Ti date event (victims), country

where Ti denotes one of the above time points (It is omitted if it remains the same). "Date" relates to the month specified by the focal time point. "Victims", if they are, denotes the number of human beings that died directly at the place of the event, without mortally wounded and those who went away later.

For example:

• T6 4 Air catastrophe (3), Orel, Russia
• 7 Air catastrophe (25), Columbia

denotes, that on July 4, 1997 (as T6 relates to July) in the vicinity of Orel city an air catastrophe occurred which had taken 3 lives. On July 7, 1997, as a result of air catastrophe, 25 human beings were killed in Columbia.

Orb for the focal points Ti is several days, except for the events which are prolonged by their nature (floods, etc.) or fall under the influence of the trends (A) - (D).

S3.1. NATURAL CALAMITIES (FACTOR (1) )

(Gales, Hurricanes/ Earthquakes, Volcanoes/ Drowning, Epidemics, Hunger (including sea catastrophes from Factor (2) )

• T3 Hurricanes, floods (victims, heavy damage), Tennessee, USA Gales, Australia
• Feb. 28-March 3, 1997 Earthquakes (great victims, large scale destruction of dwelling), Iran, Afghanistan, China
• T4,5 Great floods, Queensland, Australia
• 20 Gale in Adriatic: Italy saved 350 Albanian refugees
• 28 Hurricane, the largest over the decade: Germany, Poland
• 17, 27 Earthquakes, 6 on Richter scale, threat to APS, Japan
• 28 up to 80 Albanian refugees have drowned near Italy
• TB 6 Floods, China
• 5-14 Heavy floods, snowfalls. Record of XX century. Rivers raised by 6 m. N. & S. Dakotas, Minnesota, USA
• 19 Destructions, fires, 50000 evacuee's from Grand Forks, USA
• 12 Hurricane, strong wind (28 m/s), 4 ships run aground, Novorossisk, Russia
• 19-24 Floods in Crimea: Unprecedented in XX century, victims, destructions, landslides, heavy damage. Ukraine
• 6 Heavy earthquake (6.6 on Richter scale), victims, China
• 8 Declaration on hunger threat, N. Korea
• 14 Iraqi barge went down, UAE

Note: Sharp heightening of allergic sensitivity in March-April: heavy burns from standard medicines (tincture of iodine, etc.), sharp intensification of standard dose influence (private communication of G. Fourman)

• T6 Beginning of July (Peak about 13) - end of July: Record floods over the century: rains, collapsing of bridges, large-scale evacuation, hundreds of victims, damage to agriculture, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy
• Beginning of July: catastrophic floods, China
• 13 Flood (hundred of victims, hundreds of thousand lost their dwelling), India
• Beginning of July: Heavy showers, floods in Andes. The Government declared a "State of Catastrophe". More than 50,000 left their dwelling. The catastrophe zone: from Atacama Desert in the North to 800 km southwards from Santiago, Chili
• 6/25 Earthquake, eruption (19). Montserrat, the Caribbean Sea (See 9/22/97)
• 6/30 Mexico's volcano Popocatepetl erupted suddenly. It was the first ashfall in Mexico City in 73 years. Officials believe the last major eruption occurred about 1,200 years ago. Mexico
• 9 Earthquake (more than 67), the worst in 30 years. Venezuela
• 8/1 Landslide (20), Debris, Australia
• 2 Tanker damage in the bay, near Yokohama, spill of oil - repetition of the January accident, Japan
• 14 Gale turned over an Iraqi barge; 3 thousand tons of diesel oil flowed out in the Persian Gulf near UAE
• 14 A ship turned over (54), India
• 15 A ferry-boat turned over (60) Indonesia
• 16 A ship turned over (victims), Turkey
• T7 Hurricane (120), thousands homeless, millions of dollars in damage - the worst natural disaster to hit Mexico since another hurricane in 1988, Acapulco, Mexico, Sept. 11, 1997
• 15 Typhoon, heavy damage, Japan
• Destruction of 8-story building (victims), Bombay, India
• 21 Volcanic eruption, fire, destructions, Montserrat (See T6)
• 26 Two earthquakes (5.7 on Richter scale) hit central Italy. More than 10 victims, destructions. The worst serious quakes to hit Italy since 1980.
• 28 Earthquake, 6.0 on Richter scale, (14), Sulawesi Island, Indonesia
• 15 Thousands of fish in the Chicamacomio River have been stricken with a microbial affliction, Maryland, USA
• Hantavirus has killed 13 people in Chili in recent months. In the middle of September 1997 the Government announced a national health emergency, Chili
• Cholera epidemic in Kenya is estimated to have killed more than 200 people in September-October, Kenya
• 16 A ferry-boat turned over (250) Haiti

After-effects:

• Nov. 6 Earthquake (3.7 on Richter scale), Rome, Italy
• Oct.-Nov. Continuing of epidemics
• Nov. Strong floods, victims, Spain, Portugal
• Nov. Snowslide kills more than 50 people, Tajikistan

3.2 Engineering Disasters

3.2.1. Transport catastrophes (for sea accidents See paragraph 3.1)

Air Crashes (A)

• T4,5 14A, Iran. 18 A(50), Cherkessk, Russia. 27 A, Russia
• TB 1 A (victims), USA's C-130, Honduras
• 9 A: miraculous disappearance of A-10 in Arizona, USA
• 19A (dozens of victims), Indonesia
• T6 4 A (3), Orel, Russia. A, Japan
• 7 A (1), USA. A (25), Columbia
• 8 A (3), India
• 9 A (8), USA. A (3), Indonesia. A (victims), Brazil
• 12 A, USA. A (3) USA's plane in Saudi Arabia. A (44), Cuba
• 13 A (1), U.K.
• 14 A (9), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A (3), Germany
• 16 A (12), Indonesia. A. Japan

Note: Over the first six months of 1997, the number of aircraft crash victims all over the world equals 231 people (ITAR-TASS, Flight Int.). The above data (evidently not complete), shows that over the period of July 4-14, 1997 no less than 114 people were killed in the crashes; viz. About 40% of the total of the first half-year, or the daily death rate is 7 times higher (in average) than that for the first six months.

• T7 13 Disappearance of USA's C-141 (9) and German's Tu-154 (24) over the South Atlantic off Namibia. It was believed to be the second worst air disaster for Germany Military Forces since World War II
• 17 UNO's helicopter (12), Bosnia
• 14 A, F-117A, Baltimore USA
• 15 The US Air Force temporarily grounded its fleet of F-117A "stealth" fighters
• 19 Two Boeing 747 had a near-collision close to New York, USA
• 20 A (4), US AF B-1 bomber, Montana, USA

Note: "Air Force officials began an investigation Sept 20, into six crashes of a US military aircraft in a week. In all 16 Americans have died in U.S. military crashes since Sept. 13"

• 26 A: Crash of A-300 airbus (234), Jakarta, Indonesia

Note: Over two weeks (Sept. 13-26, 1997), not less than 315 people have been killed in air crashes; most of them in the focal regions. Apart from the above sorrowful records, their victims make 140% of the first half-year amount!

Spacecraft Failures

• T3 Beginning of March: Oxygen supply system failures at the "Mir" Space Station
• 4 Transport ship "Progress-33" missed the Mir (See T6)
• TB 6 Electrogenerator failure on board the Columbia
• 7 Due to the power supply unit refusal, the Columbia is to return 12 days ahead of schedule
• 9 Fire, smoke on board the Mir
• T6 6/25 Collision of the Mir station and transport ship Progress-M34 after unsuccessful attempt of March 4, 1997 (See T3). The resulting de-pressurization and power system damage present the "worst trouble in its 11-year history"
• 1 New failures at Mir after collision
• 1 Columbia is expected to be launched after it fails in April
• 6 After not responding to the commands from the Earth in previous days, the Pathfinder spacecraft's robot rover stood up from a crouched position
• 7 After two tense weeks, the transport Progress-35 slid into contact with Mir
• 17 Crewman aboard Mir station mistakenly disconnected a critical cable, disabling the guidance system
• T7 9 Computer on Mir shuts down again, sending orbiter into slow spin. Battle is on to keep solar panels pointed at Sun for electricity; crew is in no danger
• 14 Mir's creaky computer fixed again within 24 hours
• 15 US military satellite passed within 470 meters of Mir on September 15, 1997 at night - its closest brush with unrelated spacecraft in its 11-year in orbit, which forced the crew to flee into an escape capsule for 30 minutes
• 22 The main computer on Mir broke down again, although it was quickly repaired.

After-effects:
Russian and American spacecraft failures are continuing to occur until November

Motor (M) and Railway (R) Catastrophes

(The information is desultory, except for T6 from Elvisti)

• T3 2 R (150), Iran
• T4,5 17 A bus fell in abyss (victims), Azerbaijan
• 30 Collision of two trains, Mexico
• 31 April 1, Two railway catastrophes (victims), Spain
• TB 6 M (21) Honduras
• 9 R (21) Spain
• T6 2 M Belgian bus turned down with Byelorussian children (victims)
• 7 R (victims), Germany. M(30), India. R/M (20), India
• M (20) Iran
• 9 M (62), Sudan
• 12 M (50) China
• 14 M (14) Mexico
• 15 M (6) Italy
• 16 M (20) Venezuela
• T7 16 M (33) Turkey

3/2.2. Destructions and Conflagrations at Engineering Objects (Mines, bridges, etc.)

Fires and conflagrations (C)

• T3 Feb. 23 C in Baripada, Orissa. The second largest over the last few years in India
• T4,5 18 The university library, one of the largest between the Balkan States, is burnt during the mutiny. Albania
• TB 1 About 100 paintings by Shemiakin are burnt out and 200 injured by the fire at exhibition in Israel
• 11 Saving of Turin's shroud at Turin's Cathedral fire, Italy
• 12 C (177) Mexico
• C (343) more than 2000 wounded, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
• 19 C in Grand Forks destroyed almost all buildings, North Dakota, USA
• 26 C (27) Kotabato, Philippines
• T6 3 Shipyard fire in Valencia (19), Spain
• 7 C (27) heavy damage, Volgograd, Russia
• 10-12 C at plant, Canada
• 12 C near Manila (78), one of the greatest in Thailand's history
• 12 C (2) Derby, U.K.
• 14 C Moscow, Russia. C, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Note: The ITAR-TASS Elvisti of 7/15/1997 specify 18 largest conflagrations on the planet over the 90's; 8 of them were in 1996 (the first two of the below) and in the first half of 1997 (the remaining ones); these are:

1. March 19, Philippines - directly corresponds to the comet Hyakutake forecast [1]
2. July 17-18 (New Moon at Pollux as after-effect?)
3. Feb. 23, India, (See T3)
4. April 14, Mecca, Saudi Arabia (TB)
5. April 26, Philippines (TB)
6. June 7, Tamil Nadu (60) India
7. June 13, Delhi (60), India
8. July 11, Thailand (T6)

By their actuality, we may relate to this list the conflagrations in Albania (March 18, 1997), Turin (April 11, 1997), and Israel (April 1, 1997), as well. As a result we obtain that out of 11 largest conflagrations in the world over the 1996 and first half-year of 1997, only June fires in India do not directly synchronize with the comet HB time focuses, though they do with the focal meridians. However, the frequency of calamities in India does not destroy this tendency drastically due to factors (A)-(D). The following statistics continue to confirm the synchronism.

• T7 14 C at oil refining plant (35), 100,000 evacuees, India

The forest fires in Indonesia has acquired the catastrophic character by mid September: 16 President Suharto apologized for a series of uncontrolled fires that had blanketed a large part of Southeast Asia in smoke that traps pollution and threatens the health of millions of people. The officials believe that the problem could worsen and could extend well beyond the dry season and possibly into 1998. Smoke had afflicted up to 20 million people in Indonesia alone, with throat inflammations and diarrhea. The pollution threatens Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, etc.

• 19 Malaysia declared a State of Emergency in the Eastern State
• 24 The fires have caused health alarms in Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Southern areas of Thailand and Philippines

After-effect: might be due to the trends specified by (A)-(G), meridian belts passing S.E. Asia, and other factors, fires and smoke were continuing until November.

Engineering Objects, Mines, Bridges

(Except for July, systematic information was not gained)

• T6 1 Explosion at gas pipe line near Moscow, Russia
• 3 Leakage of several tons of carcinogenic product, Cologne
• 4 Explosion at ammunition plant, Turkey
• 9 Explosion at ammunition depot (victims), Equador

Destructions (D)

• 4 D of building, many victims, Karachi, Pakistan
• 7 D of bridge (4), Tehran, Iran
• 13 D of bridge (2) Israel
• 14 D in a mine (victims), Makeevka, Ukraine
• 15 D at factory (40) China
• 16 Two catastrophes (not less than 3 victims) at American mines. These are the 1st case in 1997. USA
• 17 D of building (victims), Tomsk, Russia
• T7 Methane-explosion at mine in Spitsbergen, where Russian and Ukrainian miners were working (13)

3.3. Social Effects

3.3.1. Socio-Political and Mentally-Psychological Collisions (Overcoming of psychological bounds)

• T3 February Cloning has been carried out in Scotland, UK
• 3 Bloody shooting of people by maniac-soldier, Far East, Russia
• T4,5 24 Ritual self-immolation, Canada
• 26 Large-scale self-murder: 39 followers of the "Heaven's Gate" cult committed suicide. Their expectations were partially relied upon the comet Hale-Bopp. San Diego, USA
• TB April, Governmental hearings on the UFO, USA
• T7 20 A man killed seven in potato field, was found dead by suicide, Latvia

3.3.2 Terrorism, aggressiveness, cruelty, obstinacy

• T3 2 Explosion, Budennovsk, Russia
• 4 Four press-men are kidnapped for $3 millions, Chechnia, Russia
• T4,5 14 Jewish centre is burnt, Kharkov, Ukraine
• 21 Explosion of Mercedes (1), Moscow, Russia
• General Director of Look-Oil Corp. is shot, Tajikistan
• 3 teenagers are shot down, Chechnia, Russia
• 3 policemen are killed and 2 wounded by mine, N. Ossetia, Russia
• 22 Seizing of Zaire Embassy in France
• 23 Two wreckers were exploded while setting the mine, Abkhazia, Georgia (in Caucasus)
• 29 Explosion at bus station (dozens of victims), India
• Former driver-orthodox shot down 6 children, teacher & director, Yemen
• 30 Terrorist three 3 grenades in demonstration; 11 killed, 100 people wounded, Pnom Penh, Kampuchea
• TB 1 A monument to Nickolas II (installed in 1996) is exploded, Moscow, Russia
• $20 million are stolen by collector, USA
• 5-7 up to 114 people are killed by terrorists, Algeria
• 7 Explosion, India
• Explosion in house of a State leader, Burma
• 8-9 Prison riot, Columbia
• 10 The chief of Belgrade police is murdered, Serbia
• 12 23 bombs are discovered under the bridge on the route of the Pope, Bosnia
• 13 22 people are murdered by terrorists, Algeria
• 14 Hijacking a bus for $100,000. The terrorist is seized alive, Makhachkala, Russia
• 16-17 Tens of thousands of people are killed and wounded, Zaire
• 22 Japan embassy in Lima being retained by terrorists for 126 days is taken by storm; all terrorists are killed. This is the 123rd day from the point T1! Peru
• 22 Brother of President, deputy minister of Internal Affairs is murdered, Ingushetia, Russia
• 23 Explosion at railway station, 2 killed and 20 wounded, Armavir, Russia
• 22-23 42 people are killed with axes and sabres, Algeria
• 30 Act of terrorism, Piatigorsk, Russia
• Unsuccessful attempt upon the President's life, Tajikistan
• T6 2 Prison riot, Manila, Philippines. Armed collision (30) of soldiers and insurgents, Philippines
• 2,9 Kidnapping of Frenchman and Slovak, Ingushetia, Russia
• 6 Attempt to blow up the monument to Peter the Great, Moscow
• 7,8 Two kidnappings (2 Englishmen & policeman) Chechnia
• 8 Explosion in a train, Pakistan
• 8 New wave of violence in Ulster, UK
• 11 Explosion in a train (30), India
• 12 Explosions in hotels, Havana, Cuba
• 22 Robbery of European mission in Grosny, Chechnia, Russia
• T7 10...."The undeclared war in Algeria has changed in recent weeks. The massacre of more than 100 people in the previous days and other acts show that the scale of the killing were new even in the conflict that has already taken tens of thousands of lives since 1991"
• 23 Near Algiers gunmen murdered about 200 civilians. The attack, the second deadliest in five years, was thought to be the work of Muslim radicals.
• 16 Bomb explosion in a car, Northern Ireland, UK
• 18 Shooting (10) of a tourist bus, Cairo, Egypt
• 19 Explosion (victims) of arms depot, Afghanistan

After-effects are seen till November in Chechnia, Tajikistan, Egypt etc.

 3/3.3. Discords, Loss of Relations, Disturbances, Revolutions (violation of both physical frontiers and legislation)

 Israeli-Palestinian Relations (IPR)

* denotes the key events in the opinion of the International Herald Tribune on 7/31/97.

• T3 *7 "Israeli Cabinet approves handover of more of the West Bank to self-rule. Palestinians voice disappointment that they are to get only a third of what they had expected"
• 7-8 Sharp worsening of IPR, new victims (3 killed, 100 wounded)
• T4,5 *18 "Israel defies world opinion by breaking ground for the Jewish settlements of Har Homa on a hilltop - at the edge of Arab East Jerusalem"
• 19-21 Collisions of Palestinians and police in East Jerusalem on account of the settlement
• *21 Bomb explosion in a Tel Aviv cafe kills the Palestinian attacker and 3 Israeli women and wounded 42. The responsibility is taken upon by Hamas.
• 22 Collision of Palestinians and police wounds about 100
• 23 Four Palestinians are wounded on illegal penetrating into Israel
  Hamas notices about new acts of terror, unless Israel stops building Israeli Government discusses whether to stop the negotiations with Autonomy
• 24 The Autonomy's Officials terminated relations with Israel because of building
• Collisions of Palestinians and soldiers continue till April.
• TB 7 Netanyahu-Clinton talk results unsuccessfully due to uncompromising position of Netanyahu
• 17 Netanyahu is accused of corruption
• T6 1 New worsening of IPR; drastic measures are taken, up to a weapon
• 7 "Jerusalem Prime Minister B. Netanyahu ended a coalition crisis"
• T7 8 "Three Arab leaders consult as Mideast tension rise"
  Explosion of a bomb in Israel
• 10-12 B. Netanyahu-M. Albright talks: "No success in Mideast"
• 12 "Netanyahu has frozen all major economic projects with Russia because he believes Moscow is helping Iran develop ballistic missiles"
• 15 "Militant Jewish settlers moved overnight into a house in Arab East Jerusalem, raising a new focus of tension along the volatile Arab-Israeli divide"
  "Albright can't predict renewed peace talks"
  Due to sharp worsening of situation in Jerusalem, Netanyahu postponed his departure to Europe.

After-effects:
Oct. Israel is planning to continue building on the West Bank
Nov. Powerful anti-Israeli and pro-Iraqi demonstrations of Palestinians
One Jewish student is killed and one is wounded.

ALBANIA

• T3 1-3 Bloody disorders in Albania
• 2-3 Imposing the State of Emergency, censorship, curfew
• T4,5 ...18...Large-scale panic flight to Italy. During riot a great library is burnt (see Fires)
• 20 Saving of 350 Albanian refugees during a gale (See paragraph 3.1)
• 27 Italy and other countries voice a readiness to enter the troops in Albania
• TB 30 Explosion (22) of ammunition depot
• T6 6/27-7/4 "UNO's armed forces try to put out the wave of violations arisen 5 months ago" (viz. at T3)
• 22 The President of Albania resigns
• T7 18 Exchange fire at Albanian Parliament. A deputy was seriously wounded.

Unexpected and Cardinal Socio-political Changes of Unforced Nature

*denotes the origin of events with non-trivial continuation

• T4,5 20 *Chernomirdin opens the first sitting of the renewed Government of Russian Federation
  * Summit Yeltsin-Clinton; discordance relative to joining of the former SU republics to NATO: "error to expand"/"will be expanded" -Ukrainian Foreign Office Minister started the negotiations with NATO
  General Secretary relative to special status of Ukraine in NATO
• 22 Dalai Lama pays a visit to Taiwan
• 24 Implementing the new, more complicated immigration law, USA Declaration on possible forming of World number 3 steel concern
• 28 Sharp worsening of diplomatic relations between Byelorussia and USA
• TB 2 * The "Union Agreement" is signed between Russia and Byelorussia, which is not determined completely.

Note: This event almost literally repeats the last year analog that was also synchronous with the time and event focuses, but of the comet Hyakutake [1]!

• 7 Disagreement on Concordat between Poland and Vatican
• 9 Political scandal in connection with corruption in Administration, Australia
• 10-11 Germany accuses Tehran of State terrorism. The European Union states recall their Ambassadors (See T7)
• 16 Scandal in connection with Korzhakov's interview relative to corruption in the Yeltsin's encirclement
• 17 Discordance in Yeltsin-Kohl dialogue as to NATO
• 19 At the Congress of the Communist Party of Russia, its leader declares the transfer to uncompromising advance
• 22 French Parliament is dissolved
• T6 8-9 NATO Summit in Madrid: France refuses to continue its integration into military structures of NATO; Spain does not enter these structures, too.
  *Alliance votes to accept Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic
  "Historic expansion is approved with some discord"
• T7 11 Scotland votes on creating first parliament in 300 years
• 15 The European Union agreed in principle to send its ambassadors back to Iran (See TB)
• 15 "Yeltsin insists the new capitalists should not make a damaging political war against his government"
• 26 "Yeltsin signs curbs on religions"

After-effects:
Oct. A threat of Duma to pass a vote of distrust in the Government Oct.-Nov. Resignations (with & without official scandals) of the members of the highest administration of Russia continue to take place.

Demonstrations, Strikes, Crises, Revolutions

• T3 3-4 Large-scale ecological demonstration, Germany
• T4,5 21 Two great bankruptcies, S. Korea
• 22 Dry hungry strike (20 Chernobyl repairmen for paying them their salaries), Tula, Russia
• 23 Anti-governmental demo, collision with police, Byelorussia
• 23 Anti-governmental demo, collision with police, Indonesia
• 23 General strike; Bangladesh
• 24-28 Pan-European action of protest against closing of Renault plant in Brussels
• 27 General strike in Russia grows into political one. Participation is estimated as 1 to 20 millions of people. Considered as the largest strike over the post-soviet time
• 29-30 Congress of National Front, demos, scuffles with police, robberies, vandalism. Participation - up to 35 thousands, France
• TB 4 Continuation of anti-governmental demos, Byelorussia
• 7-9 Sharp worsening of situation, riots, robberies, Zaire
• T6 1 Chinese flag is hoisted in Hong-Kong
• 1-5 Crisis that led to coup d'etat in Cambodia
• 7 Disorders, victims, Kenya
• T7 Middle of Sept.: East Asia's financial turmoil: "Southeast Asia: Domino effect? Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines; economy slows sharply, protests and social unrest, job losses...a chain reaction that could spread to other parts of S.E. Asia"

After-effect:
The Southeast Asia stock-market crisis becomes world-wide. After the crash of Hong-Kong stock market (October) and subsequent bankruptcy of bankers and shareholders by thousands of millions of dollars all over S.E. Asia, it propagates to New York, London, and Moscow, where the third decade of October was marked by reaching a series of records. It continues to act as well in November; thus, the largest bankruptcy since World War II had occurred in Japan.

Unprecedented Legal Overcoming and Violation of Frontiers

• T3 End of February Polish trawler is seized in Russian Territorial waters
• T4,5 21 Polish trawler released for the fine of $100,000
• 23 Concentration of foreign troops around Zaire
• 25 Ukraine charged Russian with unsanctioned flight of Russian Tu22 within the Ukrainian zone of responsibility (See TB)
• 29 Many Kurd victims, Turkey
• TB 4 Incident in the Strait near Seattle between the Russian ship, Canada's helicopter and USA submarine of Ohio type
• 5 Ukraine enters and cancels the restrictions for Russian aircraft flights over the Ukraine (See T5)
• 10 Skirmish in the demilitarized zone, Korea
• 7-12 Pakistan's shelling India, Victims
• 18 Shelling at Armenia-Azerbaijan frontier
• 23 Governmental order to shoot down any strange aircraft, Chechnia, Russia
• T6 3 New Chinese demands on joining Taiwan
• 9 Attempt to put ashore Abkhazian troops at Georgian frontier
• 1-7 N. Korean exercise: "Mortar shells sailed across the border, and N. Korea said several of its soldiers were wounded in the ensuing exchange of fire"
• T7 9 "S. Korean soldiers killed a N. Korean soldier who had crossed the border, rifle in hand...But since last September have there been any fatalities"
• 15 3 Kurds are killed and 11 wounded when they were attempting to enter Greece illegally, at Greece/Turkey border
• 15 500 US para-troopers jumped in Kazakstan, -"Unprecedented display...a week-long exercise (with Russia and Turkey) has been billed as the longest air-born military expedition in history."
• 26 Turkish troops pursued Kurdish guerrillas deep into Northern Iraq. 44 rebels and 3 Turkish soldiers had been killed.

After-effects:
(October): "Turkey has killed 242 Kurdish rebels since the beginning of its campaign in Northern Iraq (viz. after T7)". "President Kabila has yet to gain military control", Uganda, Burundi are also touched by the events in Congo. Civil war in Sudan continues.