Israeli rescues 47 year old in West Bank abduction case
Shaul Mishaniya a 47 year old Israeli gold merchant was abducted by two Palestinians in Tulkarem and rescued in a nearby village after a large search by helicopters and hundreds of security personnel. He said he is healthy and thanked the army. The commander said Mishaniya was held in an empty well before being found.
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Jerusalem
West Bank
Tulkarem
Shaul Mishaniya
Mishaniya
Israel Radio
Yitzhak Mordechai
Mordechai
Tel Aviv
Parents Students Seek to Save School
In Johannesburg, Johannesburg Girls High School faces closure for lack of pupils though demand from potential students remains high. The 102 year old white‑only institution could become South Africa's first multiracial government run school if it shifts policy amid a Save Our School campaign led by students teachers and parents. Candice Bond a 15 year old student voices pride in a possible integration and multiracial future. Organizers claim 12000 signatures support the bid though the government has not signaled a reversal.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Johannesburg Girls
Candice Bond
Bell Atlantic and CWA near tentative settlement
Bell Atlantic and striking CWA members report a tentative agreement after talks in Washington while local issues remain at Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone and its four subsidiaries. CWA cites unresolved local disputes on work rules and outside contracting as preventing a full return to work.
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Washington
Bell Atlantic
Communications Workers of America
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Larry Plumb
CWA
Bill Bickers
C&p
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Bell of Pennsylvania
Diamond State Telephone
Plumb
C&p Telephone
Peter Catucci
Bush hails Poland shift as Solidarity leader takes power
President Bush pledges U S support for Poland's new coalition government as Solidarity leads a non communist regime, praising both old and new regimes amid a honeymoon visit by Danish premier Poul Schlueter and his wife Anne Marie. Bush and Schlueter discuss Europe changes and the narcotics war aboard a boating trip.
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Kennebunkport
Maine
Bush
Poland
Solidarity
U.S
Poul Schlueter
Anne Marie Wessel Schlueter
Schlueters
Schlueter
Europe
White House
FEC Seeks National Voting Standards
The Federal Election Commission pursues voluntary standards for computerized voting systems to ensure accuracy and fraud avoidance. A 20 member advisory panel is meeting to discuss the draft proposal intended for state election authorities nationwide.
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Washington
Federal Election Commission
FEC
National Clearinghouse On Election Administration
Aiken Standard Subscription and Contact Information
The notice lists subscription rates for Home Delivery and payment details for The Aiken Standard. It provides contact numbers for subscriptions, advertising, and news ideas, plus office hours, address, and mailing info for Aiken Communications Inc.
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Aiken Standard
Rutland Drive
Aiken Standard, P.O
Aiken, S.C
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Aiken
S.C
Woman named to Japan cabinet post amid sex scandal
Mayumi Moriyama, 61, named chief Cabinet secretary replacing Tokuo Yamashita after his resignation over an extramarital affair. She becomes the first woman to hold the post as Prime Minister Kaifu seeks to restore public trust amid ongoing Liberal Democratic Party scandals.
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Tokyo
Toshiki Kaifu
Mayumi Moriyama
The
Environment Agency
Tokuo Yamashita
Liberal Democratic Party
Sousuke Uno
Moriyama
Yamashita
Kaifu
Kyoko
Labor Ministry
Kinji Moriyama
Science and Technology Agency
Soichiro Tawara
Tawara
LDP
Noriko Kimoto
Japan
Masaya Ito
Liberal Democrats
Uno
Mayumi Moriyama Named Chief Cabinet Secretary Amid Scandals
Tokyo official residence where Moriyama beams a smile after replacing Yamashita as chief cabinet secretary following a sex scandal that prompted resignations by Yamashita and others. Opposition leaders seize chance to attack LDP amid party losses as Doi and Nakiyama criticize gender and accountability.
Gang Sought To Block Interracial Dating
A Brooklyn shooting left 16 year old Yusef Hawkins dead after a gang of white teens aiming to block interracial dating attacked him and three friends as they looked at a used car. Police say 10 to 30 youths armed with bats and a gun carried out the killing. the shooter’s identity was not confirmed and the jilted boyfriend was being sought.
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New York
Benjamin Ward
Freddy Stewart
America
Ward
Ist
Alice McGillion
Yusef Hawkins
Bensonhurst
Brooklyn
Robert Colangelo
Hawkins
McGillion
Poland's Mazowiecki Faces Historic First Day as PM
Poland's new non communist Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki opened his term by meeting with U S senator Robert Dole and Soviet ambassador Vladimir Brovikov. He pledged to form a cabinet, seek broad parliamentary participation, and tackle a $39 billion foreign debt and 200 percent inflation.
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Warsaw
Poland
Tadeusz Mazowiecki
East Bloc
U.S
Communist Party
Solidarity
Mazowiecki
Senate
Robert Dole
Rkan
Vladimir Brovikov
Soviet Union
Union
Lech Walesa
Bush
East Germany
Sejm
Slidarity
Defense
Interior
Wales
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Aiken Standard - Pbm
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Tokyo Yamashita
Noboru Takeshita
Takako Doi
Japan Socialist Party
Eiko Nakiyama
Democratic Socialist Party
Gang
al Sharpton
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