Japanese Leader Praises Embassy Raid
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Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto met Peru’s President Alberto Fujimori and formally thanked him for an “admirable” hostage rescue that ended an 18-week standoff with rebels at his ambassador’s home in the capital, Lima. Hashimoto said he regretted the deaths of a hostage and two commandos in the military’s April 22 raid that freed 71 captives from 14 rebels who had stormed a reception at the residence in December.
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