Paramilitary Release of Senator Sparks Colombia Talks
In Bogota the paramilitary leader freed Senator Piedad Cordoba after two weeks in captivity. Cordoba urged including Carlos Castano in peace talks as 2,000 Colombians fled to Venezuela to escape right wing militias amid a 36 year conflict.
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Colombia
Sen
Piedad Coroba
Venezuela
T S
Cordoba
Carlos Astano
Caracol
Necach
Andres Pastrana
Castano
United Self-Defense Forces of
Pastrana
Congress
Hong Kong vigil marks 10th Tiananmen anniversary
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents gathered in Victoria Park to commemorate the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. The event featured candles, speeches, and video tributes recalling the Beijing killings, with activists urging China to honor democratic rights and punish those responsible for the army assault. Former Tiananmen protest leader Wang Dan spoke via live hookup, urging continued civil society building in China. Authorities’ visa denials of exiled dissidents were cited as warning signs for Hong Kong’s democratic freedoms under one country, two systems.
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Hong Kong
China
Beijing
Tiananmen Square
Victoria Park
Tiananmen
K.C. Fung
Central Business District
Tung Chee-hwa
Wang Dan
Wei Jing-sheng
Wang
Airlines adopt 105 minute departure policy for on time takeoffs
Washington airports report major U S airlines moving to strict departure rules to improve on time performance. United Airlines launched a Time to Go effort in April while US Airways plans a June 15 start. Passengers must be seated 10 minutes before departure and risk losing seats if not checked in 20 minutes prior.
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Washington
U.S
al Crellin
US Airways
United Airlines
United
Hopkins
Jobless rate at 29 year low signals steady expansion
Washington unemployment edged down to 4.2 percent in May, a 29 year low, with black unemployment at a record low and teen and adult women rates at three decade lows. Payroll gains were only 11,000, the smallest since January 1996, amid a long expansion benefiting minority groups.
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Washington
Labor Department
Darla Moore named USC trustee after record gift
Palmetto State report notes South Carolina alumna Darla Moore, Rainwater Inc. president, named to the USC board by Gov. Hodges. Moore donated a record 25 million dollars for the Darla Moore School of Business, and Hodges praises her public school advocacy and business acumen for governance.
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USC
Columbia
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Darla Moore
Jim Hodges
University
Board of Trustees
Godfather of Soul donates for gun locks in Georgia town
James Brown contributed 4000 to fund 1000 gun locks for Augusta residents. Mayor Bob Young said the effort follows a Hendersonville Tennessee success and aims to provide free locks to gun owners, a first such program in the state.
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Charleston
James Greene
Greene
Joseph
Terry Jenkins
Joseph Jenkins
Ashley Pennington
Jack Guedalia
Pennington
James Brown
Georgia
Godfather of
Soul
Augusta
Bob Young
Hendersonville
Tenn
Brown
Young
Reeve Named to New York Spinal Cord Board
Governor Pataki appoints Christopher Reeve to a four year term on the Spinal Cord Injury Research Board. The board will advise on funded projects from a state special fund. Four researchers join as unpaid board members.
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Marcio Augusto Alves
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Press Trust of India
Himalayan Ranges
Cuba
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John Paul II
Santa Clara
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John Paul
Tiananmet
Palmetto State Report
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Pine Ridge Middle School
James R. Metts
Holbrook
Lexington County Detention Center
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Trict 2
Mullins
Brie Resources International Ltd
Chompany
Keith Hawkins
South Carolina Employment Security Commission
Hawkins
Williamsburg
Evil Knitwear Inc
Godfather of Soul’ and
Brian Cooke
Trump Taj Mahal Casino
Berle
Cooke
Glen McClain
Modestino Carbone
Carbone
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