Avalanche Kills Seven Skier Victims In Rogers Pass Region
A massive slide in Rogers Pass Glacier National Park eastern British Columbia killed seven skiers including some high school students and left 10 survivors airlifted to Glacier Park Lodge. The group of 14 students and three Alberta counselors had limited details available about the victims.
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Revelstoke
British Columbia
Glacier Park Lodge
Bob Pearce
British Columbia Ambulance Service
Pearce
Alberta
Rogers Pass
Glacier National Park
Canada
Foreign journalists freed after 11 days by ELN in Colombia
American photographer Scott Dalton and British reporter Ruth Morris were released in Arauca after 11 days in ELN captivity. They were flown by Red Cross to Bogota and then to the US Embassy, ending a high profile kidnapping in one of Colombia’s most violent regions.
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Saravena
Colombia
Scott Dalton
Conroe
Texas
Ruth Morris
California
Bogota
Arauca
Los Angeles Times
National Liberation Army
ELN
Red Cross
Carlos Rios
Morris
Dalton
Mass marches in Paris and across France defend pension system
More than 150000 protesters flooded streets across France on Saturday to oppose government pension reforms. Major unions and labor federations organized about 100 rallies nationwide despite snow, urging defenders of a generous but strained system that lets workers retire earlier.
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Jean- Pierre Raffarin
Paris
France
Opposition Leaders Launch Great Sign-up to Recall Chavez
Venezuelan opposition parties plan a Sunday petition drive to force a constitutional amendment reducing Hugo Chavez term from six to four years and call for elections later this year. They target 1.8 million signatures from about 12 million voters, aiming to top the required 15 percent threshold.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Chavez
Carlos Ocariz
Justice First
Globovision
Jimmy Carter
Bush budget would boost IRS to chase tax scofflaws
The Bush administration plans a $2.23 trillion 2004 budget to intensify IRS enforcement targeting tax cheats both rich and poor. The proposal adds $138 million for audits of high income earners and offshore planners, and seeks private collection agency help while warnings persist about taxpayers' rights. The plan aims to reduce fraud via data gathering for earned income tax credits and to widen federal deficit rhetoric amid Enron era scrutiny.
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Bush
IRS
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
White House
Treasury Department
Pamela Olson
Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Enron
Bush Medicaid plan would give states vast new power
The Bush administration proposes letting states shape Medicaid programs for the poor with new authority to cut or add benefits and manage eligibility. States would receive extra federal funds initially but face later reductions, while Democrats vow to challenge Congress approval.
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Washington
Congress
Health and Human Services
Tommy Thompson
Wisconsin
Bush
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