Thousands detained under South Africa state of emergency
In Johannesburg a private Labor Monitoring Group says up to 950 union members and 350 officials are detained under the state of emergency. The group cites 2,730 detained officials since June 12, with total detainees estimated near 10,000 and journalists or officials barred from naming them. The government reports ongoing unrest and at least 217 political deaths unofficially since the decree.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Western Cape Teachers Union
Media Workers’ Association of South Africa
Bureau For Information
Investigators Probe Death at Salem Children’s Home
Three staff members at the Salem Children's Home in Flanagan Illinois were suspended indefinitely after a 12 year old boy Gale Howell died during a disciplinary session using handcuffs. Investigators from the Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation examined the case and the home stated handcuffs are not approved for discipline.
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Yahnig
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
Skull Find Shakes Theory Of Evolution
The 2.5 million year old skull of an adult male Australopithecus boisei, found near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya, challenges the idea of a single primitive human species. Scientists say the discovery prompts reevaluation of long held beliefs about early human ancestors and raises questions about evolution.
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Skull Find
Shakes Theory of
Nairobi
Kenya
Richard Leakey
National Museums
Alan Walker
England
Walker
Lake Turkana
Boisei
Artificial heart work to continue after Schroeder death
William J. Schroeder dies at 54 after strokes, but Dr. William DeVries and his team vow to press on with artificial heart implants. The surgeon emphasizes the device as a bridge to transplantation, cites lessons from the experiment, and notes improved stroke management and device durability.
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Louisville
William J. Schroeder
Schroeder
Humana Hospital Audubon
William DeVries
DeVries
Bill Schroeder
Murray P
Haydon
Paper mill loses bid to move bridge over Cooper River
U S District Judge C Weston Houck ruled Westvaco Corp cannot block construction of the Mark Clark Expressway bridge over the Cooper River. The decision permits the project to proceed while ordering further environmental study on fog and ice risks and mitigation. Public safety cited, but halt not granted.
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Charleston
U.S
C. Weston Houck
Westvaco Corp
North Charleston
Cooper River
Mark Clark
East Cooper Area
James Island
Westvaco
Houck
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Interior Minister says kidnappers move hostages between secret prisons
Interior Minister Abdallah Rassi disclosed in an AP interview that kidnappers in Lebanon are relocating American and French hostages to multiple secret prisons. He noted uncertainty over current locations, citing Baalbek, Wadi Abu-Jamil, and Shiite outskirts as possible holds amid sixteen foreigners missing including four Americans and seven French nationals.
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Lebanon
Abdallah Rassi
Associated Press
Hafez Assad
Rassi
Baalbek
Wadi Abu-Jamil
Islamic Jihad
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