Solidarity Confident Heading Into Polish Elections
Solidarity boosts turnout hopes as it contests all 100 Senate seats and 161 of 460 Sejm seats in Poland's freest elections in 42 years. Polls expect about 80 percent turnout. Poland’s 1989-like vote is watched for credibility and reforms.
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Ed's Party stirs Lockerbie memory in Scotland
In Lockerbie Scotland an event named Ed's Party drew mixed feelings as families and townspeople gathered for a day of burgers bagpipes and rock. Some victims relatives protested Pan Am's involvement calling the event a PR stunt while supporters stressed community healing and resilience for 270 victims from 24 nations.
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Joe Horgan
West Point
Pan Am 103
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New York
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Kenneth
Susan Cohen
Port Jervis
N.Y
Israeli Shot by Egyptian Patrol Near Eilat in Gulf of Aqaba
In the Gulf of Aqaba near Eilat Egypt’s coast guard fired warning shots at an Israeli motorboat when Shlomo Yisraeli refused to stop in Egyptian waters. He was shot in the leg and stomach, treated locally, then taken to an Israeli hospital in serious condition. The incident sparked conflicting accounts from Israeli and Egyptian officials.
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Police Detain 21 at Rightist Rally in Munich
Police detained 21 people as leftist demonstrators hurled eggs tomatoes stink bombs and paint at about 1000 supporters of the German People's Union during an election rally. The party seeks to drive foreigners from West Germany and opposes most European Community policies ahead of the June 18 European Parliament elections.
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Frankfurt tightens security after Hamadi hijack verdict
Airport security at Frankfurt Airport was stepped up after indications of a planned Middle East terrorist attack. The alert ties to the May 17 1987 Hamadi murder and air piracy conviction for the 1985 TWA hijacking in which U S Navy diver Robert Stethem was killed and 39 Americans held 17 days.
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Christian Jalezke
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Mohammed Ali Hamadi
Hamadi
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Robert Stethem
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