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Events relating to asia
Kurds in northern Iraq achieves a measure of autonomy in a safe haven imposed by the UN
Yitzhak Rabin returns as prime minister of Israel after the Labour party wins a general election
After a single term as president of the Philippines, Corazon Aquino returns to private life
Mohammad Najibullah, Russia's puppet ruler in Afghanistan, is finally overwhelmed in Kabul by the mujaheddin
The mujaheddin, after removing from power the Soviet-backed president Najibullah, proclaim an Islamic state
Vikram Seth publishes his novel A Suitable Boy, a family saga in post-independence India
Work begins on China's ambitiious and controversial Three Gorges Dam project
The Oslo Accords, brokered by the Norwegian government between the PLO and Israel, are seen as a breakthrough in the Middle East crisis
Meeting in Washington, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat accept the Oslo Accords, promising autonomy for Palestine within five years
After only three years in opposition, Benazir Bhutto wins a second term as prime minister of Pakistan
Mullah Mohammed Omar, in Kandahar, forms a group devoted to fundamentalist Islam and calls it Taliban (meaning students of the Qur'an)
Israel recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the representative body of the Palestinian people
Italian architect Renzo Piano completes Kansai airport, on an artificial island in Osaka bay
North Korean dictator Kim Il Sung dies and is succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Il
Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin share the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to solve the Israel-Palestine problem
The Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Hussein, the king of Jordan, sign a historic peace agreement
Asian and African UN troops withdraw from Somalia, though the country is still in a state of violent civil war
Yitzhak Rabin, after addressing a mass rally for peace in Tel Aviv, is killed by an Israeli assassin
Yasser Arafat is elected president of the new Palestinian National Authority
Expelled from Sudan, Osama bin Laden moves to Afghanistan where he builds training camps for al-Qaeda
Benjamin Netanyahu leads the Likud party to victory in an Israeli election overshadowed by Palestinian suicide bombers
The Taliban capture Kabul, driving out rival Afghan guerrilla groups
The Taliban hang ex-president Najibullah and his brother at Kabul's major traffic intersection
Benazir Bhutto is dismissed from government in Pakistan for a second time, again on corruption charges
Deng Xiaoping dies and is succeeded by Jiang Zemin as China's leader
