Ferry Fire Sinks in Bangladesh Injuring Dozens
A ferry carrying about 150 people caught fire and sank off Patuakhali in southern Bangladesh. At least 11 were injured. officials denied reports of up to 100 missing. The vessel was over its legal capacity and the blaze started in the engine room with unknown cause. Passengers fled into the river and were rescued by fishing boats.
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Dhaka
Bangladesh
Patuakhali
Galachipa
Associated Press
Mandosawa Volcano Erupts Forcing Evacuations In Flores
The Mandosawa volcano in Central Flores erupted early today, sparking forest fires in East Nusa Tenggara. Villagers were evacuated to safety with no casualties reported. Governor Ben Mboi ordered medical aid and food supplies for affected residents. The volcano lies 13 miles from Ruteng.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Mandosawa
Flores
Nusa Tenggara Islands
Antara
Ben Mboi
Ruteng
Homeless Group Sues To Free Education Funds
The National Coalition for the Homeless sues the Education Department in U S District Court arguing Secretary William Bennett delays more than 5 million dollars in aid for homeless children's school enrollment. The suit seeks to advance grant application deadlines from April 30 to February 15.
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Washington
William Bennett
Maria Foscarinis
National Coalition of the Homeless
U.S
Congress
Foscarinis
Education Department
Charles Kolb
Health group denounces whiskey urethane limit plan
Washington AP. The Center for Science in the Public Interest calls the FDA accepted plan on voluntary urethane limits in whiskey as too little and late. The critique notes no coverage for wines and brandies or for products already on shelves or made before January 1 1989.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Bruce Silverglade
Center For Science In
Silverglade
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States Inc
Canada
Cosmonaut Romanenko Returns After 326 Days in Space
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko completes a 326 day mission aboard Mir and lands near Arkalyk Kazakhstan with Alexander Alexandrov and Anatoly Levchenko. Medicals follow, with reports that he feels well. Titov and Manarov continue a yearlong flight.
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Moscow
Yuri Romanenko
Kazakhstan
Tass
Arkalyk
Romanenko
Alexander Alexandrov
Anatoly Levchenko
Radio Moscow
Zakhstan
Alexandrov
Levchenko
Vladimir Titov
Musa Manarov
Mir
Titov
Manarov
U S Warns Israel Against Deporting Palestinian Youths
The U S warns Israel not to deport Palestinians including youths amid riot prosecutions in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Washington says deportations could spark more violence as military courts try demonstrators and several are sentenced for stone throwing. Egypt and Jordan oppose expulsions.
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U.S
Israel
Nablus
West Bank
Washington
Occupied Territories
Gaza Strip
Amram Mitzha
Mitzna
Israel Army Radio
Egypt
Jordan
Middle East
Dennis Harter
State Department
Harter
Israel Radio
Oded Eran
Dutch Mount Media Blitz For Clues In Kidnapping
Dutch police aired a three hour televised appeal about the kidnapping of Gerrit Jan Heijn, a Netherlands grocery magnate and Albert Heijn vice president, missing since September 9. The family received a fingertip and coded ads while authorities offered a 550000 dollar reward amid national shock.
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Bloemendaal
Netherlands
Gerrit Jan Heijn
Heijn
Ahold
Justice Ministry
Bennett Outlines Back-To-Basics Dream Curriculum
Education Secretary William Bennett proposes a 36 course high school core from English and science to Western civilization with only 25 percent electives. He cites James Madison High School as a symbolic model and praises schools that already offer strong core programs while questioning the omission of business and vocational tracks.
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Bennett
Washington
William J. Bennett
James Madison High School
U.S
United States
Madison High School
Bennett’s Department
Scott D. Thomson
The
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Thomson
IMF opens $8.4 billion aid fund for poor nations
IMF announces an $8.4 billion fund to help about 62 low income nations, mainly in sub Saharan Africa, meet obligations. Loans carry 0.5 percent interest, with up to five year grace and four to five year repayment options, to support three year balance of payments and growth programs.
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Washington
International Monetary Fund
sub-Saharan Africa
IMF
Michel Camdessus
Venice
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