VOA Avoids Commentaries on China Protests to Prevent Incitement
Voice of America limits China protest coverage to eyewitness reports and independent Western corroboration. Director Richard Carlson says no editorials or analyses are aired to avoid influencing VOA's 50 million listeners amid student demonstrations and government responses.
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Washington
Voice of America
China
U.S
VOA
Richard Carlson
Hsinhua
I.F. Stone
Carlson
Paraperm EW gains FDA approval for extended wear lens
The FDA approves Paragon Optical s Paraperm EW gas permeable contact lens for up to seven days of continuous wear. The lens rides on a tear layer and circulates tears to flush debris, a contrast to soft lenses.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
United States
Paragon Optical Inc
Mesa, Ariz
Donald J. Ratkowski
Pooh Sticks Championship Draws 240 In Rainy Thames Banks
In Little Wittenham England fans braved rain to watch the International Pooh Sticks Championship on the Thames near Abingdon. The fundraiser drew 240 people and raised about 327 dollars for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution as children tossed sticks from a bridge and chased their downstream float.
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Christopher Robin
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Thames
Abingdon
Lynn David
David
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Britain
Ireland
Electric worker badly burned in Savannah substation blast
A Savannah Electric and Power Co supervisor, Robert A. Ross, 60, was severely burned in a 4160-volt explosion while restoring power to a blackout area. He is in serious but stable condition with second and third degree burns over about 40 percent of his body at Humana Medical Center in Augusta. Substation manager Alton Brown sustained minor injuries.
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Electric Company
Robert A. Ross
Savannah Electric and Power Co
Humana Medical Center
Augusta
Savannah
Swann Seiler
Alton Brown
Mail Carrier Also A Ticket Collector
Jim Muller a Queens mailman has accumulated nearly 60 parking tickets over 20 years while working in New York. He won the second annual Parking Ticket Competition run by the New York City Alternate Side of the Street Parking Calendar. Muller says he drives to his routes despite being told to take the train and has spent about 500 to 700 dollars on tickets.
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Jim Muller
Queens
New York City
Muller
Labour Protest Marchers in Manila Demand Sanchez Reinstatement
About 5,000 members of the May 1st Movement rallied from the Labor Ministry to Malacaang Palace to protest the dismissal of Labor Minister Augusto Sanchez. Police blocked passage at a bridge as protesters chanted anti Aquino government slogans and urged support for Franklin M. Drilon.
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Philippines
Augusto Sanchez
National Ceasefire Committee
Leto Villar
Magist Movement
Cora
Zon Aquino
Sanchez
Franklin M. Drilon
Drilon
Aquino
Juan Ponce Enrile
Labor Ministry
Mrs. Aquino
Malacanang Palace
Arson Declared In Puerto Rico Hotel Fire Lawsuit Effort
Lawyers seeking representation for Dupont Plaza Hotel survivors plan to ask a federal court in San Juan to seal the charred building and preserve casino videotapes. They aim to appoint a trustee for the tapes to show early events of the New Year’s Eve blaze that killed 96 people.
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Hector Rivera Cruz
Dupont Plaza Hotel
Carlos Lopez Feliciano
FBI
San Juan
Dupont Plaza
John P. Coale
Washington
Coale, Kananack & Murgatroyd
Guerry R. Thornton Jr
Acree & Thornton
U.S. District Court
Thornton
Bruce Shulman
Libyan Troops Said In Chad As Crisis Deepens
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi claims hundreds of Libyan soldiers are in Chad to free captured countrymen. Chad accuses Libyans of raids. France and the United States estimate several thousand Libyans in northern Chad with heavy air and ground support.
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Muammar Gadhafi
Chad
Libya
Gadhafi
Liberation
JANA
U.S
Alain Juppe
Hissene Habre
Goukouni Oueddei
France
Habre
Tripoli
Rome
Kremlin
Goukouni
Students burn papers in continuing Peking protest
About 500 Peking University students burned copies of the Peking Daily to protest official press accounts of pro democracy rallies. Reform minded officials around Deng Xiaoping criticized the protests while students urged Deng to respond to an Open Letter and warned of further action if no reply arrives.
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Peking University
Deng Xiaoping
Bao Tong
Zhao Ziyang
People’s Daily
China
Deng
Peking Daily
Aiken Standard Contact and Office Information
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Aiken, S.C
Emergency Numbers Publicized by The Aiken Standard
The Aiken Standard lists emergency numbers as a service. Established in 1867 the paper is published weekday afternoons and Sunday by Aiken Communications Inc at 124 Rutland Drive Aiken South Carolina 29802.
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Aiken Communications Inc
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