Rival Armies Enter Tiananmen in Turbulent Assault
Diplomats report soldiers entering buildings inside the Tiananmen compound while residents say troops did not stay long. Witnesses describe bullets flying through windows as tanks and troops from the 27th 38th armies and Shen Yang move into Beijing amid martial law.
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Tiananmen
U.S
Eving
Associated Press
Fred Krug
The
Chicago Tribune
Krug
Imperial Palace
Uave
27Th Army
2Th
38Th
China
Shenyang
Yang Shangkun
Beijing
Zhao Ziyang
Three Day Forecast Shows Warmth and Thunderstorms
A multi region forecast predicts thunderstorms tonight with 20 percent odds and mid 60s lows. Thursday brings partial cloudiness and 20 to 50 percent thunderstorm chances with mid 80s highs. Friday through Sunday trend to hot, mostly 90s, with scattered storms and mid 60s nights.
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Midlands
Rain brings relief but South Carolina faces hot dry summer
Agricultural meteorologist Dale Linvill says storms arrived at exactly the right time easing a drought for corn soybeans and hay in a wide belt from Allendale to Florence. Farmers like John Ryan in Ridgeland delayed harvests hoping for rain but expect below average rainfall and hotter temperatures through June July and August with reservoirs and rivers below full capacity though not in danger yet.
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South Carolina
Dale Linvill
Extension Service
Linvill
Allendale County
Florence County
OAS Extends Panama Mediation Deadline by Six Weeks
The Organization of American States gave Panama mediators six more weeks to negotiate a democratic transfer of power. A Panamanian official argued no solution is possible while the country remains under what he called United States threats. Foreign ministers reviewed the Panama situation after authorizing envoys from Ecuador Guatemala and Trinidad to aid. Debate showed little progress toward a transfer of power.
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Organization of American States
Panama
United States
OAS
Ecuador
Guatemala
Trinidad
U.S. Relocation Talks Amid Beijing Embass y Refuge and Airline Hurdles
U S envoy asks staff to depart but embassy facilities remain open. Families of 428 Americans may leave while Air lines consider extra China service. United cites no added flights. Fang Lizhi seeks refuge in the Beijing Embassy with wife and child. Bush orders DOJ not to move against visa expired Chinese nationals. callers reach a State task force at 202-647-0562.
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Ms. Tutwiler
Baker
U.S
Fang Lizhi
Beijing
State Department
China
Kim Hoggard
Coal Miners Invoke Early Union Battle
Blair West Virginia reports on striking coal miners tracing the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain and citing current UMW efforts against Pittston Coal Group Inc in Virginia and West Virginia. Marchers head toward Charleston to rally with machinists and witness political stance by Gov. Caperton.
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Blair
W.va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
David Whitman
UMW
Pittston Coal Group Inc
Virginia
Union
Rifles
Blair Mountain
Terry Collins
Pittston
Charleston
John Tomblin
New Beckley Coal Co
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Joe Hopkins
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Justice Department
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Gaston Caperton
Weltods Sunce Jativary
Carl White
Heritage Square
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