Bush backs Yeltsin amid reform pressure in Moscow
President Bush praised Boris Yeltsin as a courageous leader facing internal pressure from military leaders and reform opponents. In a CNN interview he pledged full support as Yeltsin arrives for talks aimed at a missile reduction accord that remains unsettled. Meanwhile in Chapel Hill, church members ousted by the Southern Baptist Convention rescinded a statement on homosexuality issued during the licensing of a gay divinity student, saying the move corrected a procedural error.
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Tanks and helicopters oust Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh
Azerbaijani units employed tanks and helicopters to drive Armenians from a northeastern Nagorno Karabakh area they had captured months earlier, according to news agencies. Other Caucasus violence in South Ossetia killed at least nine, while a Russian official warned of further action to annex South Ossetia if Georgia does not curb bloodshed. In Lebanon, two German relief workers, among Western hostages, were reportedly freed after three years in captivity, delivered to Lebanese security officials.
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Court clears kidnapping for prosecution in U S Mexico ties
The Supreme Court 6 3 rules that the United States may prosecute a Mexican doctor for torture killings of a DEA agent and pilot after abducting him, refusing to extradite Alvarez Machain. Chief Justice Rehnquist leads the majority defending the treaty limits while allowing U S discretion. Dissenters call the ruling monstrous. The decision also covers caps on Idaho death appeals, out of state business taxes, and cross state family dispute suits.
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Humberto Alvarez-Machain
Alvarez-Machain
Enrique Camarena
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Alfredo Zavala Avelar
Robert Bonner
Idaho
New Jersey
Missouri
Loui
Siana
Illinois
William H. Rehnquist
U.s.-Mexico
Earth Summit crowds hail landmark environmental drive
The Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro spanned 12 days and drew 118 heads of government among 178 nations. It produced the biodiversity and global warming accords, signaling that environment and development are now central global concerns and that wealthy and poor nations alike must act. Maurice Strong warned that unless momentum is sustained, the world faces tragedy while critics see the gathering as a catalyst for deep reforms and international cooperation.
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T.J. Glauthier
World Wildlife Fund
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Bush
Francois Mitterand
France
John Major
Britain
Helmut Kohl
Germany
Brazil Gains From Earth Summit Upgrades in Rio
Rio de Janeiro sees about 4 billion dollars in environmental loans, some new money, and better terms for debt. The summit refreshed Rio with improved roads, phones, streets, and security as 100 world leaders gathered. Locals doubt lasting benefits amid police and troops redeployment, while Brazil seeks global respect and tourism lift.
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Summit sets stage for U S investment in Russia
In Washington, Bush and Yeltsin prepare a legal framework to attract American private investment in Russia and ease tax rules. A first US Russia private sector conference will run alongside talks on a trade accord granting Most Favored Nation status. A bilateral investment treaty faces U S privatization concerns. Seventy Russian officials meet American business leaders to boost investment pace.
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Multiple Police Reports From Tazewell County Sheriff's Dept
A sequence of incidents includes a knife chase near the North Tazewell Post Office at 2:13 a.m. Sunday and a four-person injury collision on Stony Ridge at 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Additional items involve a possible car fire, a stolen red Mitsubishi, various property destructions, a DUI arrest of Larry Gene Thomas, a Friday alley fight near Mercer Street, vehicle thefts, loud music from a trailer, reckless driving on East Wyoming near Bluefield, domestic violence at Nashville Nite Life in Green Valley, and a Bluewell forgery case with five checks for $300 each under investigation.
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George Sloane
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Donald Reedie
Larry Gene Thomas
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M.L. Gills
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Charles Hall
Princeton Avenue
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Ease Mill Road
R.L. Kessinger
K.R. Earnest
East Wyomin
Nashville Nite
Green Valley
C.J. Smothers
Bluewell
Criminal Investigations Division
D.B. Bailey
State fire marshal to probe Von Court blaze in Princeton
The state fire marshal will investigate a downtown Princeton Von Court apartment fire that injured two. A fourth floor fire on Mercer Street caused burns to a female resident and a firefighter minor injuries. damage estimated at 12000 dollars. Another January blaze also affected the building.
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Cigarette blamed as car veers off embankment in Virginia
Michael W. Vestal of Jolo drove a 1992 Geo Metro off Route 16 on Stony Ridge, rolling 150 feet down a embankment. Passengers Betty Jo Riffe Lois Riffe and Mack Riffe sustained serious injuries. Vestal charged with reckless driving. All treated and released.
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Ratcliff
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Lois Riffe
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Ratcliffe
Tazewell Community Hospital
Community Calendar of Local Meetings and Blood Drive
The schedule lists a Red Cross blood mobile at the GTE building in Bluefield from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday June 17. On Thursday June 18 Phyllis S. Brown will address the Welch Area Chamber of Commerce at the McDowell Public Library in Welch about mental illness support and research, with a light lunch for attendees. Also on June 18 the Gary Lions Club meets at Gary Lions Park with a covered dish by the ladies for a joint session with their guests. Beaver High School’s 1957 class gathers at 916 Groveland on Friday June 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Bluefield
Phyllis S. Brown
Mercer County Alliance
Welch Area
Gary Lions Club
Gary Lions Park
Beaver High School
Groveland
Bluefield Boards to Convene Tonight and Wednesday
Governmently notes announce a 7 30 p m meeting of Bluefield West Virginia Board of Directors this evening and a Parking Commission session at 11 a m on Wednesday June 17 in Bluefield West Virginia with authorities set to discuss local governance matters.
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