Three Executed for Killing U.S. Engineer in China
Three men aged 25 to 32 were executed in Guangdong after appeals were rejected for the March 23 killing of Leonard Phillips, a 42-year-old American engineer from Athens Tennessee. Phillips worked at a Duracell plant in Dongguan and was stabbed in his hotel room while installing equipment.
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Guangdong Province
Leonard Phillips
Athens
Tenn
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Phillips
Dongguan
Hong Kong
TAD Technology Services
Duracell
Blas the first 1996 hurricane nears Mexico coast
Blas, the season's first hurricane, strengthened to 115 mph with gusts over 132 mph hundreds of miles off the southern Pacific coast. Forecasts expect it to reach 154 mph before Thursday, posing little risk to Mexican shores as it moves offshore toward the Pacific.
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Mexico City
Blas
Pacific
Richard Pasch
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Manzanillo
Clinton visits Xi'an as China summit probes ties with Beijing
President Clinton arrives in Xi'an for talks with Chinese leaders and business groups amid security tightness and diplomatic protests over press access. He aims to push for political and human rights progress while seeking deeper Sino American cooperation on satellite launches and Asian stability.
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China
Clinton
Radio Free Asia
Ment
Netting
Beijing
Congress
Foreign Ministry
Tang Guoqiang
Tang
United States
George Bush
America
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
Air Force One
Voters face polls amid bombing in Newtownhamilton
Northern Ireland voters head to the polls to form a new 108 seat Assembly as a car bomb in Newtownhamilton wounds a 13 year old and disrupts polling. Sinn Fein candidate Conor Murphy notes morale low amid renewed violence claimed by the Irish National Liberation Army. Police guard the over 1,200 polling stations.
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Northern Ireland
Newtownhamilton
Down
Conor Murphy
Newtownhamilton High School
Murphy
Sinn Fein
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish Republican Army
Windows 98 publicity boosted by Justice suit
The Windows 98 release attracts buzz mainly from the Justice Department antitrust case against Microsoft. Industry analyst Tim Bajarin notes Janet Reno might have helped the publicity, while the OS remains a modest upgrade over Windows 95.
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Calif
Bill Gates
Janet Reno
Microsoft
Justice Department
Tim Bajarin
Creative Strategies Research International
Campbell, Calif
Teen Plea Planned in Kentucky School Shootings
National roundup reports 15 year old Michael Carneal plans to plead guilty claiming mental illness to seek leniency as he faces Oct 5 trial on three murder and five attempted murder counts for the Heath High School attack. James Byrd Jr race killing outlined in Texas case. CNN hires Floyd Abrams to review nerve gas report accuracy with findings to be disclosed.
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Michael Carneal
Heath High School
Michael
Thomas Osborne
Carneal
Jasper
Texas
James Byrd Jr
East
John King
Shawn Berry
Lawrence Brewer
Berry
Brewer
Byrd
U.S
Atlanta
CNN
Floyd Abrams
Abrams
Jeff Greenfield
Local newspaper editor contacts and office hours
The article lists office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and several contact numbers for subscriptions, editorial ideas, and department extensions. It identifies editor and publisher contact details and an email address.
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Hunter
Edtovial
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