Fundamentalists win Algeria multiparty vote ahead of NF
Islamic Salvation Front leads local elections for about 15 000 seats on 1 341 municipal and 48 provincial councils amid 60 percent turnout boycotts. Officials say results do not yet affect the National Assembly. The ruling FLN trails the Islamist bloc and the Rally for Culture and Democracy in early tallies.
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Algiers
Algeria
Mohamed Salah Mohammedi
Islamic Salvation Front
Mohammedi
National Liberation Front
Rally For Culture and Democracy
People’s National Assembly
Bush Vetoes Survive as Democrats Fall Short on Amtrak Bill
President Bush's veto remains intact after Democrats failed by three votes to reach a two thirds override on a bill to fund Amtrak. Republicans argued for a substitute bill to keep passenger rail aid, provided the Interstate Commerce Commission provision is removed.
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Washington
Bush
Amtrak
Interstate Commerce Commis- Bush
AIDS Spreading To Developing Countries Warns WHO
WHO official Michael Merson warns AIDS shifts to the developing world. 6 to 8 million infected now, with half in developing nations. By decade’s end 70 to 80 percent, possibly 90 percent by 2010, could be in Africa Asia South America and the Caribbean.
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Washington
Michael Merson
World Health Organization
Africa
Merson
Caribbean
Retail Sales Slide for Third Straight Month in May
Washington reports May retail sales fell 0.7 percent to 146.84 billion dollars, the third consecutive monthly decline. Auto purchases eased, with vehicles down 0.6 percent in May, aiding the broader pullback as economists mull cooling demand and credit restraint impacts.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Manufac
Tanker Fire Now Under Control
Galveston Texas fire crews declared the Mega Borg fire controlled after four days of flames as salvage boats and Coast Guard teams battled a sweeping crude slick. The 886 foot tanker, carrying 38 million gallons of crude, lies listing with one deck awash fifteen miles long and six hundred yards wide, 57 miles southeast of Galveston.
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Galveston
Texas
Gulf of Mexi
Southern Baptists Elect Fundamentalist President
The Southern Baptist Convention chose Rev. Morris Chapman of Texas as president with 58 percent of the vote, defeating Rev. Daniel Vestal of Georgia. Chapman vows to push biblical inerrancy and remove officials not aligned, signaling a strong shift toward fundamentalist leadership within the 14.9 million-member denomination.
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New Orleans
Southern Bay
Morris Chapman
Wichita Falls
Texas
Chapman
Daniel Vestal
Atlanta
Southern Baptist Convention
Stan Hastey
Southern Baptist Alliance
Vestal
Jerry Vines
Jacksonville
Fla
Earlie
Gorbachev Proposes Loose USSR Federation and German Role
Gorbachev signals a looser Soviet federation to counter secession and softens stance on German reunification. He suggests a united Germany could be an associate NATO member while joining a new pan European security order. Russian parliament backs stronger republic laws as Baltic leaders meet. Landsbergis hints at possible end to embargo.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Germany
Kremlin
Gorbachev
Latvia
Lithuania
Estonia
Vytautas Landsbergis
Protests End as Bucharest Police Clear City Square
Hundreds of club wielding officers dispersed a nearly two month hunger strike in University Square Bucharest arresting over 100 protesters. Photojournalists report beatings as authorities remove demonstrators who demanded a 10 year ban on ex communists and independent media. Police move at 3 55 a m as 200 protesters remained in the square.
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Bucharest
Romania
University Square
Ion Miescu
Tliescu
National Salvation Front
Circus Stars Say Show Must Go On
The 115 member Great reas Bim Bom troupe stranded after being kicked from motels and losing their animals. They blame a U S business and claim they cannot access equipment or animals, though they still want to perform for American hosts who previously aided them. The group arrived in March for a two year tour under a contract with International Showbusiness Inc. funded by Kuwaiti investors.
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Reas Bim Bom
U.S
Emil Kio
United States
International Showbusiness Inc
Clearwater
Fla
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