Columbia Man Sentenced for Buying Fake Cocaine
Federal judge sentences 39 year old Charles Wallace Martin Jr to nine years in prison after he paid $20,000 for 610 grams of a white crystalline powder he believed to be cocaine. The purchase occurred in a Lexington fast food restaurant last May and authorities arrested him at the scene.
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Columbia
Charles Wallace
Wally”’ Martin Jr
U.S
Vinton D. Lide
Martin
Lide
Lexington
Lexington County Sheriff's Department
State Law Enforcement Division
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Armed forces on full alert in Philippines for communist anniversary
The Philippine armed forces activated full combat alert nationwide at 8 a.m. to counter possible New People's Army attacks on the 18th anniversary of the group. NPA has grown to about 24,000 fighters across 73 provinces since its 1969 founding.
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Manila
Philippines
Armed Forces
Honesto Isleta
Philippine
Luzon
New People’s Army
Beirut Car Bomb Kills Seven on Seaside Boulevard
A car bomb on Ramlet al-Baida in west Beirut killed seven people and wounded 12, including a Lebanese army soldier and his fiancee in a Renault near a BMW packed with about 165 pounds of explosives. No group claimed responsibility amid a spike in attacks after Syrian troops arrived February 22 to restore order.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Ramlet al-Baida
Spring Break Moves To Daytona Beach Statewide crowd surge shifts to Daytona Beach
Thousands of sun seekers converge on Daytona Beach as spring break spreads from Fort Lauderdale. Police report crowds unlike 24 years on the force and officials forecast near 500000 students, boosted by MTV broadcasting from Daytona Beach for a second year.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Noel Ouellette
Ouellette
MTV
Young Liver Patient in Pittsburgh Downgraded to Critical
Ronnie DeSillers a 7 year old from Florida who received a liver transplant February 24 was moved to ICU March 21 awaiting a second transplant after a viral infection attacked the new liver. He was placed on a respirator early Saturday as the infection spread to his lungs and his condition became unstable.
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Pittsburgh
Ronnie DeSillers
Florida
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Lynn McMahon
Iranian Gunboat Attack Kills Seven Aboard Tanker Sedra
An Iranian gunboat fired a Seakiller missile at the Sedra a Singapore-registered tanker in the Persian Gulf. The pre-dawn strike 10 miles off Umm al-Quwain caused a massive fire with flames up to 300 feet and left seven dead and one missing among the crew.
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Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Umm al-Quwain Emirate
United Arab Emirates
Thatcher Arrives in Moscow for Talks
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arrives in Moscow for a five day visit to test East West relations and seek verifiable arms control. She is welcomed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa at the Kremlin and reviews an honor guard at Vnukovo.
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Margaret Thatcher
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Raisa
Georgievsky Hall
Grand Kremlin Palace
Vnukovo
Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Thatcher
Nikolai Ryzhkov
Eduard Shevardnadze
Glasnost
Carter calls for international Middle East peace conference
Former President Jimmy Carter said Egypt Jordan and Syria back an international peace conference with Palestinian representation in any talks He met Bethlehem Mayor Elias Freij and urged PLO participation while noting limits of Camp David-style agreements He also visited Hebron and Beit Omar outlining U S backed aid for a Palestinian family.
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West Bank
Jimmy Carter
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Middle East
Carter
Israel
Palestine Liberation Organization
Elias Freij
Lebanon
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Gaza (Strip
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Strategic Heights
PLO
Moscow
Jerusalem
U.S
Palestine Press Service
Camp David
Hebron
Rosalynn
Morris Draper
Beit Omar
Americans near ambush site during Nicaragua protest march
American protesters trekking through Nicaragua to oppose U S aid for Contras report a bloody ambush site. Brian Willson of San Rafael says gunfire and a mortar attack have accompanied the 70 mile march from Jinotega toward Wiwili as President Ortega attends harvest ceremonies in Matagalpa.
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Nicaragua
U.S
Brian Willson
San Rafael
Calif
San Ramon
Daniel Ortega
Matagalpa
Willson
Ortega
Vietnam
Jinotega
Wiwili
Aiken Standard Classified and Contact Information
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Guard Training To Be Revamped In Moscow Embassy
Washington officials review new procedures for training and deployment of the 1500 member Marine Corps security force abroad after spy allegations against two Marines at the U S Embassy in Moscow. Defense and State departments say they remain committed to using Marines.
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Washington
State and Defense Departments
U.S
Moscow
Marine Corps
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