Fifty four more hostages freed in Sierra Leone
UN says rebels released 54 captives after three weeks of captivity. Peacekeepers were handed to Liberian custody at Foya then flown to Monrovia. Arriving in Freetown, the group appeared thin and weak. Three injured Kenyans were treated by ambulance. Several freed hostages, including seven Kenyans, 42 Zambians, one Malaysian, and one Norwegian, showed malaria symptoms.
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Foya
Liberia
Monrovia
David Wimhurst
Wimhurst
ITN in Thousand Oaks Sees Revenue Boom From China Trade
International Technologies Network Inc. in Thousand Oaks, with 14 employees, has grown from 400000 to a projected 12 million in annual revenue as demand rises for linking US tech firms with Chinese partners for joint manufacturing. A trade-relations push in Congress could boost ITN and similar firms if permanent normal trade relations with Beijing are approved.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Tiny
International Technologies Network Inc
China
United States
ITN
Congress
Beijing
Motorola
Lucent
IBM
Colombia militia seeks to shape image in civil conflict
In San Pablo Colombia paramilitaries defend their roles amid a 35 year civil war saying they are not evil finally. They describe themselves as humble workers with families and argue they receive training from US backed forces using equipment paid by American taxpayers.
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San Pablo
Colombia
Militiamen flee to Israeli border at Tumulus Crossing
At the Israeli Lebanese border frightened militiamen fled into Israel while hundreds of Lebanese civilians surged into southern Lebanon causing chaos around the security zone. Israeli gunships fired as two civilians were seriously hurt amid intensified fighting ahead of a planned July 7 pullout.
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Israel
Lebanon
Cone
Iraeli
Hezbollah
Oprah Encourages Salem College Graduates at Commencement
Oprah Winfrey urged Salem College's 206 graduates to persevere in a commencement speech introduced by Maya Angelou. The remarks praised women who refuse to take no for an answer, echoing the private women's college tone and spotlighting the audience's energy.
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Oprah
Salem College
North Carolina
Oprah Winfrey
Sam
Winfrey
Women's College
Chicago
Maya Angelou
Nineteen killed as plane crashes in Pennsylvania pines
A Jetstream 31 carrying 19 people from a Caesars Atlantic City trip crashed near Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport amid engine trouble. NTSB reviewed air traffic tapes while rescuers reached the dense forest site nine miles south of the airport. cockpit voice recorder recovered. bodies taken to a temporary morgue.
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Wilkes-Barre
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
National Transportation Safety Board
George Black
NTSB
Wilkes- Barre/Scranton
Executive Airlines
Atlantic City
Caesars
Rise in concealed permit numbers in South Carolina
South Carolina shows a sharp rise in concealed weapon permits with 25 407 approved through mid May, up from 1 233 before the 1995 law change. Gun advocates cite crime drops while critics question the high share of residents seeking permits as the NRA national convention opens in Charlotte.
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Columbia
Rick Daniel
Gun Owners of
South Carolina
National Rifle Association
Charlotte
N.C
Daniel
Senate
John Land
Clarendon County
Bridge collapse injures over a hundred at speedway
In Concord North Carolina a pedestrian bridge at Lowe's Motor Speedway collapsed injuring more than 100 racing fans carrying grills and coolers after the NASCAR all star race. About half were treated locally with two in critical condition.
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Concord
N.C
Don Goins
Speedway
Roger Dunham
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte
U.S. Highway 29
Charleston Gazette Birth of Country Bought at Auction
The South Carolina and American General Gazette issue from Aug. 2 14 1776, containing the Declaration text, was sold at Christie’s to the Post and Courier Foundation for 140000. Charleston Library Society curator Warren Ripley calls it the “most important” issue and notes it’s the paper’s only surviving copy. The Post and Courier plans to authenticate preserve and share it with the Charleston Library Society and the community.
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Post and Courier Foundation
Post and Courier
South Carolina
American General Gazette
Christie's Inc
Warren Rip
Ley
Charleston Library Society
Coover
The
Ivan V. Anderson Jr
Gazette
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