
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, May 7, 1994                   TAG: 9405090151
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY ...

In a surprise ruling, a high court has legalized drug use in Colombia, the world's main supplier of cocaine and site of a drug war that has killed thousands. The ruling puts Colombia on a collision course with Washington, which already has accused the Bogota government of leniency toward drug traffickers.

Japan's justice minister retracted his statement that Japan was not an aggressor during World War II. But his about-face Friday did not quiet demands he step down or end a furor among other Asian nations.

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