Protest in Baku calls for resignations and Karabakh recognition
About 5,000 people gathered on Lenin Square in Baku to demand the resignations of Azerbaijan's legislators in Moscow and recognition for an independent political group. Aidun Amirbekov, a representative of the People's Front of Azerbaijan, said the rally urged more freedom amid the Nagorno Karabakh dispute with Armenia.
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Mousana
Moscow
Aidun Amirbekov
People's Front of
Azerbaijan
Baku
Central Lenin Square
People's Front
Congress of Peoples’ Deputies
Amirbekov
Armenia
Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan Republic
Rail Workers Stop Trains in Southwestern Poland
Rail workers in southwestern Poland halted trains for an hour on Saturday to pressure the government for higher pay amid double digit inflation. Prime Minister Kiszczak met with Solitary Solidarity economists and politicians to form a cabinet while Rakowski urged army leaders to support the party and resist demagogic attacks.
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Wardaw
Poland
Czeslaw Kiszczak
Solidarity Movement
Miehayslaw F. Rakowski
Communist Party
Bermuda on hurricane Dean watch as storm moves north
Hurricane Dean neared Bermuda with 85 mph winds as the center lay about 415 miles south of the island. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned of possible hurricane conditions Sunday while keeping Bermuda alerted to the threat and noting strength would be near center.
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Miami
Bermuda
Dean
Atlantic Ocean
National Hurricane Center
Coral Gables
Ean
Caribbean
Mouse Fever Claims 11 Lives in Yugoslavia
Eleven people died in central and eastern Yugoslavia in June and July from a viral infection known as mouse fever. At least 140 others were hospitalized. In Belgrade hospitals nine diagnosed cases produced three deaths, Pec saw two deaths, and Kosovo reported multiple afflicted. earlier reports by Tanjug noted six deaths and 125 hospitalizations nationwide.
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Yugoslavia
Politika Ekspres
Pec
Kosovo
Tanjug
Shuttle Countdown Begins for Top Secret Columbia Flight
Space officials began a veiled countdown for the shuttle Columbia launch on Tuesday with five military astronauts and a secret spy satellite. The mission, NASA and Pentagon officials say, will test military astronauts in space while deploying reconnaissance and research payloads over a nine minute blackout after liftoff.
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Columbia
NASA
Navy
David Leestma
Air Force
James Adamson
Mark Brown
Defense Department
Pentagon
Syrian tanks tighten grip on Beirut as shelling kills many
Beir ut police said Syrian tanks and rocket launchers moved to the edge of Beirut's Christian sector amid heavy shelling that killed 21 and wounded 82. Seven Lebanese army soldiers were among the dead in a shelter strike. The move followed hours of bombardment and raised fears of a major invasion or storming of Christian east Beirut.
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Lebanon
Syria
Christian Voice of Lebanon
Michel Aoun
Aoun
Arab League
Beira
Beirut-Damascus
Bekaa
Fayadiyeh
Space Shuttle Countdown and News Blackout Details
The countdown begins 1201 am Saturday August 5 with liftoff between 7:30 am and 11:30 am Tuesday August 8. Public countdown announcements occur nine minutes before launch. The Defense Dept cites national security for secrecy. Orbiting Earth news will be blackout except three brief announcements. Shuttle condition reported four hours after launch and the four hour landing window disclosed 24 hours after launch.
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NASA
Ing
Houston
Air Force
Brewster Shaw
Navy
Richard Richards
U.S. Defense Dept
National Security
Earth
Congress Approves Bush Victory on 159 Billion S&L Bailout
Congress ends a bitter two day standoff by approving a 159 billion bailout for the savings and loan industry. The measure funds thrifts and regulators and aims to stabilize the sector after the 223 S&L rescues last year with much of the money slated for Texas and other oil states.
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Congress
Savings
Bush
S&ls
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
California
Florida
Jake Gann
Utah
GOP
Senate Banking Committee
Weather Creates Problems For Western Firefighters
Army soldiers joined weary firefighters in Idaho as fires flared with warm weather. Weather raised worries across the West with rising temperatures and impending lightning storms. At midday Saturday 220000 acres were burning nationwide and 14 million have burned this season, with 23000 firefighters on the line. In central Idaho a 1200 acre burnout near Payette National Forest aimed to protect 130 structures including 70 cabins using helicopter dropped fire pellets.
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Idaho
Debie Chivers
Boise (Idaho
Interagency Fire Center
Cen
U.S. Forest Service
Army
Payette National Forest
Tough Issues To Greet Congress
Washington's 101st Congress closes a calm session before a month long break. Leaders note progress on a savings and loan bailout, budget bills, and Clean Air Act steps, while predicting tougher fights on child care and minimum wage after vacation. Speaker Foley is credited with unifying a divided chamber.
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101St
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Mickey Edwards
R-Okla
House
White House
Senate
Robert Michel
Michel
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Jim Wright
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