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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1992
Page
2
Rival guerrilla factions fighting over Afghanistan's new Islamic government reach a consensus to abandon combat as a dispute resolution method. Negotiated by a neutral party, the accord includes the creation of a peacekeeping force.
Washington lawmakers advance a 1500 page energy package to ease Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing for new plants. The House passed a 254 to 160 vote, aiming to cut construction time from 14 years to about six, drawing Sierra Club criticism over public safety input. Officials say nuclear power will help meet future electricity needs despite Bush administration veto threats.
Bangkok authorities lift 9 p.m. curfew and free about 3,000 detainees after Thai king's mediation halts four days of bloodshed. Suchinda Kraprayoon faces a path to power via a constitutional amend ment with only elected lawmakers eligible for the premier post. Demonstrators, praying at Democracy Monument, mourn dead and fear the coup's lasting grip.
JARRATT Va Coal miner Roger Keith Coleman was executed in the electric chair for the 1981 rape and murder of Wanda McCoy, his sister in law, after the Supreme Court denied his final appeal. He maintained innocence, had offered a lie detector test, and spoke his final statement as the prison chaplain read it.
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