Global briefs mix Libya sanctions debate and Noriega custody
United Nations sanctions against Libya draw Islamic Conference criticism as Libya seeks to deflect attention from Pan Am Flight 103. In Texas, pathologist Erdmann faces autopsy fraud charges amid exhumation of a murder victim. In Yugoslavia, Bosnia violence flares as EC weighs recognition of independence. In Miami, Noriega remains in custody amid ongoing drug and racketeering proceedings.
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Saudi Arabia
U.N. Security Council
Libya
Muammar Gaddafi
Organization of Islamic Conference
Jeddah
United States
Britain
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Egypt
Israel
Yitzak Shamir
Sinai
Wubbock
Texas
Ralph Erdmann
Erdmann
Steven Losch
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Capital Punishment Project
New York
Losch
Hilton Merriman
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Bosnia-Hercegovina
European Community
Tanjug
Bosnia
Jure Pelivan
Noriega
Miami
Manuel Noriega
Panama
Yeltsin vows to fight for reforms in parliament
President Boris Yeltsin pledged to use full authority to push radical reforms despite parliament efforts to trim his powers. He spoke to supporters ahead of Congress of People's Deputies sessions on a new constitution as critics demand changes to his decree power amid rising prices and falling production.
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Thomas Gi
Associated Press
Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Russia
Congress of People’s Deputies
Yeltsin
Soviet Union
Grand Kremlin Palace
Gennady Barbulis
Congress
Manezh Square
Kremlin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Dear Abby advice column reader letters
A compiled set of reader questions and Abby’s responses cover bounced wedding gifts, marital strain, and personal habits. Topics include how to handle a twice bounced check, therapy, living with a spouse, and a brief note from Arlene and Bud about a mailed tip.
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Abby
Smiths
Smith
Arlene
Bud
Council Bluffs
Iowa
P.S
Cops Work Off Duty Pro Bono To Pressure Funds
In Oslo thousands of police and sheriff's officers volunteered off duty to arrest criminals for free. They argue state funding lags behind rising crime and expect the move to pressure lawmakers to boost law enforcement budgets. Terje Odegaard leads the police association as 3,000 officers doubled on duty.
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Oslo
Norway
Terje Odegard
The
Police Association
Joyce letters opened by National Library in Dublin
The National Library of Ireland released Joyce letters and papers retrieved from Nazi occupied Paris, including exchanges with T.S. Eliot Ezra Pound and Henri Matisse. The archive is clouded by diplomatic documents suggesting Ireland failed to protect Paul Leon who retrieved the papers. Leon, a Russian Jew, is believed to have died in Nazi custody in 1942.
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Dublin
Ireland
James Joyce
National Library
Paris
Joyce
T.S. Eliot
Ezra Pound
Henri Matisse
Paul Leon
Leon
Likud Feud Fallout Fails to Break Levy Resignation
Israel's Foreign Minister David Levy agrees with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to stay in the cabinet after a power-sharing deal halts a resignation threat. The accord, amid Sephardic Ashkenazic tensions, aims to shore up Likud before the June 23 elections despite lingering internal strains and U.S. policy divides.
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Levy
Shamir
Likud
Moshe Arens
Labor Party
Inadequate rules govern military plane use
Milwaukee Journal reports a GAO draft finding that travel on military airplanes is inadequately regulated costing about 150 million dollars annually. Air Force and DoD policies fail to deter abuse while Andrews AFB flights exceed 75 per month, per the draft for Rep. Frank Horton.
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Milwaukee
The
Milwaukee Journal
General Accounting Office
Congress
Andrews Air Force Base
Air Force
Department of Defense
Frank Horton
R-N.y
Weakened National Park Service at crossroads
A 14 member panel found the National Park Service weakened by internal issues and external pressures and near unable to perform its core protect resources mission. The report to Park Service Director James Ridenour cites a gap between potential and current state and warns of a crossroads in its history.
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National Park Service
Washington Post
Washington
Park Service
James Ridenour
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