Briefs from Across The Nation And Paired Incidents
AP reports Mark Fuhrman will not be prosecuted due to a five year statute of limitations. In Wisconsin a 14 year old is charged after firing five rifle shots at a school door. In California four more respiratory therapists are fired over a terminal patient killings probe. A Texas official survives a small plane crash into Lake Ponchartrain. others remain missing. Tobacco firms plan 5 cent price hikes per pack amid potential new rules.
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Los Angeles
Mark Fuhrman
Justice Department
Myron Marlin
Marlin
Fond DU Lac
Wis
Oakfield Middle School
Glendale
Calif
Glendale Adventist Medical Center
Mark Newmyer
Newmyer
Efren Saldivar
New Orleans
Texas
Lake Ponchartrain
Carmen Rivera-Worley
Denton County
West Jefferson Medical Center
Ex CIA tech specialist charged in spy case
Former CIA technology officer Douglas Groat, 50, faced in U S District Court on charges of informing two foreign governments about U S covert code breaking and attempting to extort more than 500000 dollars from the agency. Groat pleaded not guilty and remained in custody until a bond decision.
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Chicago Tribune
Washington
CIA
U.S
Douglas Fred Groat
Groat
Agency
Central Intelligence
George Tenet
Aldrich Ames
Wilma Lewis
U.N. panel urges moratorium on U.S. executions
The United Nations Human Rights Commission calls a moratorium on U.S. executions. It accuses states of arbitrary and discriminatory use of the death penalty against juveniles the mentally ill and the retarded and urges the federal government to halt all executions until compliance with international standards. The report by Bacre Waly Ndiaye drew sharp rebukes from U.S. lawmakers including Sen. Jesse Helms.
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Washington Post
United Nations
Congress
U.N. Human Rights Commission
United States
Bacre Waly Ndiaye
Senegal
Geneva-based
Rights Commission
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Ndiaye
U.N
Salvadoran guards admit orders behind 1980 nun killings
Four Salvadoran National Guardsmen told human rights attorneys they were urged to kill three American nuns and a lay worker after their commander claimed the act had military approval. They implicate a fifth sergeant, Colindres Aleman, who is jailed separately. The disclosures revive debate over U.S. backing of El Salvador's military during the civil war. The State Department says higher orders did not exist and questions evidentiary impact remains.
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Lawyers Committee For Human Rights
Luis Antonio Colindres Aleman
Hashimoto defends Japan policies amid Asia crisis
Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto defended his government's actions as East Asian currencies sink and Sony chair Ohga warns Japan is near collapse. He signaled Indonesia’s IMF bailout talks, while Clinton urged bolder measures to stimulate demand as Tokyo faces a weak domestic market and limited import openness.
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London
Ryutaro Hashimoto
East Asia
Sony
Japan
Hashimoto
Indonesia
International Monetary Fund
Thailand
South Korea
IMF
Suharto
Norio Ohga
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New York
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William Henry Harrison
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford University
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Douglas Groat
Helms
Glenn Myers
Newburg
Newsday
el Salvador
Colindres Aleman
Scott Greathead
State Department
James Rubin
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Collins Rd
Liberty Plaza
CAL
Burlington St
Holiday Inn
Shanti
Avhad, M.D
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Third Avenue
14Th Street
Leravaue
Northtowne
Scrivmens Cycling & Fitness
Blairs Ferry Rd
Wed
Mattress Factory
Wiley
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