Mutinies, massacres, and aid floods hit early 2000s Sri Lanka India and Russia
Mutinous Sri Lankan troops abandon an outpost amid a multi city assault as Tamil separatists push through bases. Zimbabwe frees three American missionaries after a government shift. Indian cyclone relief reaches 3,000 villagers amid critique of planning. Grozny air strikes kill at least 32. total civilian deaths exceed 4,100 with talks urged but rejected.
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Colomba
Sri Lanka
Bhadani
India
Grozny
Russia
Chechnya
Moscow
Aslan Maskhadov
Jungle crash survivor Noris Villarral’s two week trek home
In the Amazon, a Cessna 207 lost altitude and crashed near San Juan de Manapiare. Eleven year old Noris Villarral, with Ismael Rodriguez, walked through jungle for days on plants and water seeking help. They endured bites, hunger, and danger as helicopters resumed aid.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Amazon Jungle
Noris Villarreal
San Juan de Manapiare
Notis
Noris
Miguel Perez Carreno Public Hospital
Aguaysat Airlines
Puerto Ayacucho
Amazonas State
Ismael Rodriguez
Ismael
Perez Carreno Hospital
Fies
Maria Vasquez
Villarreal
Barak Extends Evacuation Deadline for West Bank Outposts
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak extended the deadline for Jewish settlers to evacuate illegal West Bank outposts. Spokesman Gadi Baltiansky said evacuees should move out voluntarily by midweek, after earlier deadlines of Friday and Sunday. Settlers argue all 42 outposts are illegal. Israel has trimmed removal targets to 12 with self-evacuation conditions.
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Jerusalem
Ehud Barak
West Bank
Gadi Baltiansky
Associated Press
Barak
Baltiansky
Israel
Settlers’ Council
Gaza
Flag boycott costs South Carolina hundreds of events and visitors
Tourism leaders estimate about 80 groups canceled events in South Carolina since the NAACP boycott began over the Confederate flag. Officials warn dozens more untracked cancellations will follow as planners adjust their books, reflecting a tourism impact tied to the flag dispute.
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Columbia
South Carolina
NAACP
Palmetto State
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Statehouse Dome
Sponseller
Lessure
Tan
State Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department
24Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Karl Elebash
Death penalty undecided in deputy shooting case Greenville
Prosecutor Bob Ariai has not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty for Cory Sentell Harris charged with the August killing of Deputy Marcus Whitfield. Sheriff Johnny Mack Brown says he doubts there is enough evidence for a death penalty conviction. Harris faces a murder charge in Greenville County.
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Greenville
Bob Ariai
Greenville County
Johnny Mack Brown
Greenville News
Cory Sentell Harris
Harris
Marcus Whitfield
Amian
Names on Justice Award Highlight Kaczynski Family Ties
Albany based David Kaczynski brother of Theodore Kaczynski received the Justice Award from the New York State Bar Association sharing the honor with his wife Linda Patrik. He redirected the million dollar federal reward to aid crime victims and aid fund creation for victims of crimes by paranoid schizophrenics.
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Albany
N.Y
David Kaczynski
Theodore Kaczynski
New York State Bar Association
Justice
Linda Patrik
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Amazon
Carlos Arteaga
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Tose
Tom Sponseller
The
South Carolina Hospitality Association
Palmetto State Report
R.T
Ricoh
Rock Hill
Rock Hill Bank & Trust Financial Corp
Jim Ferguson
Ferguson
K-Mart
Anderson
Kmart Corp
Steven Smith
Connie Millwood
Kmart
Los Angeles
Alan Cumming
Cumming
Rooster Hannigan
Disney
ABC
Kathy Bates
Wichita
Kan
Susan McDougal
Independent Counsel
Clinton
Ms McDougal
Kaczynski
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