Evacuations by sea and air in Liberia and Kashmir clash
U S Marines evacuated 97 foreign nationals from rebel held Liberia led by Charles Taylor including four Americans from Buchanan. In Kashmir, Pakistan said its forces repulsed an Indian attack along the cease fire line while India denied the claim. Eurotunnel reported serious financing difficulties for 3 74 billion needed to finish the Channel tunnel with completion expected after a late November meet.
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India
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London
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English Channel
England
France
Channel
Judge approves nationwide plan to compensate asbestos claims
U S District Judge Jack Weinstein endorsed Eagle-Pickers class action to settle 65,000 asbestos claims, aiming rapid relief after 20 years of litigation. Mayor Marion Barry left the Democratic Party to run as an independent, saying he wants open options for a political comeback.
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U.S
Jack Weinstein
Eagle-Picker Industries Inc
Washington
Marion Barry
Gorbachev Grants Rights to Stalin Repression Victims
President Mikhail Gorbachev issued a sweeping decree restoring the rights of victims of Stalinist repression. He condemned collectivization era abuses and called the repressions unlawful while linking the move to moral revival, democracy, and legality. Western historians estimate up to 20 million died or vanished in the era.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Stalin
Judge blocks dial a porn phone law
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Helms Amendment aimed at minors accessing dial a pornographic phone service. The ruling bars FCC regulations from taking effect, citing likely First Amendment and due process rights violations.
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New York
U.S
Robert Patterson
Federal Communication Commission
Nancy Kilson
Patterson
Soldiers Arrive to Help Battle Northern California Fires
Army troops from Fort Carson and Fort Lewis mobilize to reinforce firefighters on the West Coast as California fires threaten thousands of homes. The Campbell complex in Tehama County scorched about 114000 acres while the Finley Lake fire near Red Bluff menaced about 400 homes in Manton and others in Mineral.
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9Th Infantry Division
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Tacoma
Wash
Oregon
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Burns
Ore
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Manton
Mineral
UPS Workers Ratify Three Year Contract Standdown
The Teamsters announced that UPS drivers and package handlers nationwide approved a new three year pact ret roactive to Aug 1. The deal passed 65 463 to 53 091 and covers about 146 000 workers. It provides a $1000 bonus for full time staff, $1.50 hourly increases over three years, and higher company health benefit contributions.
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Stamford
Swiss hostage freed in Lebanon release ends 10 months
Elio Enriquez, a 24 year old Swiss Red Cross worker, was handed over to Syrian officials in Lebanon and then to the Swiss ambassador in Damascus. Emanuel Christen, 33, another Red Cross orthopedic technician, was freed earlier. The pair were kidnapped October 6 in Sidon, 25 miles south of Beirut.
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Syria
Lebanon
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Red Cross
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Foreign Ministry
Eric Pfister
Emanuel Christen
Christen
International Committee of the Red Cross
Sidon
Beirut
Organization of the Palestinian Revolutionary Squads
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Ghazi Kenaan
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