Cameroonian soldiers bury 1500 gas victims after Nios eruption
In Souboum near Lake Nios Cameroon's troops worked to bury over 1500 victims of a volcanic gas release that followed a tremor. The disaster left most villagers fleeing, with cattle corpses lining fields and only one woman and her child surviving in Nios. The UN reports 1543 bodies counted and cattle losses exceed 7000.
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Souboum
Cameroon
Nios
James Tataw
Lake Nios
Chia David Wambong
Geneva
Switzerland
Springville Woman Believes Spouse Survives Cameroon Gas Disaster
Katherine Niji says her husband Ajaga 36 was in Tugi Cameroon during the poisonous gas release and believes he is alive though contact is impossible. She departs Iowa with two daughters after years in Cameroon where he taught rural sociology and consulted for the United Nations.
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Springville
Lake Nios
Cameroon
Katherine Niji
the Gazette
Ajaga
Tugi
Katherine
Iowa
University Center
Oschang
Iowa State University
Ames
Nji
Wum
United Nations
David and
Judith Langhurst
FBI fires agent amid Presser probe charges and fallout
FBI Director William Webster dismissed supervisor Robert S. Friedrick amid his trial on false statements to the Justice Department connected to the Presser investigation. The agency cited privacy in detailing the grounds for removal after an internal inquiry.
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Washington
FBI
William Webster
Teamsters
Jackie Presser
Bureau
Robert S. Friedrick
Justice Department
Lane Bonner
Friedrick
Mexican police charged in beating of U.S. agent in Guadalajara
Eleven Jalisco state judicial policemen face abuse of authority and injuring charges in Guadalajara for beating U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Victor Cortez Jr. after he was taken into custody on August 13, the attorney general's office said Tuesday.
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Mexico City
Jalisco
U.S
Guadalajara
Victor Cortez Jr
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Storm Charley Floods Ireland and Britain
Heavy rain from Charley drenched Ireland and Britain with gale winds flooding rivers and towns. At least six deaths were reported in Ireland and Britain confirmed five more missing as the storm moved across the region.
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London
Charley
Ireland
Britain
Ted Knight dies at 62 in California
Actor Ted Knight, famed for his role as Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and star of Too Close for Comfort, died at his Pacific Palisades home aged 62 after a cancer battle. He had recent urinary tract cancer surgery and complications from it.
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Ted Knight
Ted Baxter
Knight
Pacific Palisades
Sol Leon
Leon
Henry Bollinger
Ted Knight Career Highlights and TV Return Plans
Ted Knight portrayed Roger Dennis in The Ted Knight Show during spring 1978 on CBS and played a middle aged illustrator on Too Close For Comfort from 1980 to 1983 on ABC. He co starred with Rodney Dangerfield and Chevy Chase in Caddyshack, a 1980 golf farce. Syndicated Too Close For Comfort planned a new season filming mid month and a reappearance as The Ted Knight Show was anticipated.
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Knight
Roger Dennis
New York City
Ted Knight
CBS
ABC
AIDS virus found in African insects says Chermann
Paris AP. Insects from Zaire and the Central African Republic tested for AIDS carried the virus but researchers say there is no evidence of human transmission. Dr. Jean-Claude Chermann of the Pasteur Institute notes a natural reservoir may aid research while epidemiology shows no mosquito related human infection.
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Paris
Zaire
Central African Republic
Jean-Claude Chermann
Pasteur Institute
The
Paris Academy of Sciences
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