Transit unions bargain in bid to avert New York strike
With three days left before a contract deadline the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Transport Workers Union held all night talks at a midtown hotel. Lawyers for both sides prepared for court action as the state seeks an injunction. The union warned a strike could begin at 12 01 am Friday if no deal is reached.
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New York
Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Transport Workers Union
Manhattan
Fire at Mather Nursing Center kills two, injures seventy
A blaze at the Mather Nursing Center in Ishpeming Township Michigan trapped 108 elderly residents. Firefighters evacuated 122 beds in 14 degree weather, breaking windows as two died and at least 70 were injured during the snowy incident.
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Ishpeming Township
Mich
Michigan
Mather
Detroit
Strong earthquake strikes near site of Oct 8 tragedy
A magnitude 6.7 quake centered in the Hindu Kush region of northeastern Afghanistan shook nearby Pakistan as officials sought to reach isolated communities to assess damage and injuries. The event occurred two months after a deadly quake in the area.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Pakistan
U.S. Geological Survey
Hindu Kush
Critics crown Brokeback Mountain best film of 2005
New York Film Critics Circle named Brokeback Mountain the year’s top film while Ang Lee won best director. National Board of Review gave Best Picture to Good Night, and Good Luck. Los Angeles critics also backed Brokeback Mountain.
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New York
New York Film Critics Circle
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
George Clooney
Edward R. Murrow
Joseph McCarthy
Ang Lee
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Williams death row case ends with execution order
Stan ley Williams, founder of the Crips, had final appeals exhausted as Governor Schwarzenegger declined to block his execution at San Quentin. Williams, 51, was scheduled to die by injection for four 1979 holdups murders, amid debates over redemption and innocence claims.
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Stanley Tookie Williams
U.S. Supreme Court
Williams
San Quentin
Schwarzenegger
Jesse Jackson
San Quentin State Prison
Editor Gib ran Tueni killed in Beirut car bombing
Lebanese journalist and An-Nahar editor Gib ran Tueni, a sharp Syria critic and lawmaker, was killed by a car bomb after returning to Lebanon. A new U N probe linked Syrian involvement in Hariri's killing, with Mehlis alleging intelligence officials knew in advance.
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Gibran Tueni
Tueni
An-Nahar
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
France
United Nations
Rafik Hariri
U.N
Detlev Mehlis
Hariri
Mehlis
Bashar Assad
Insurgents Denounce Iraq Election as Satanic Project
Iraq began early voting as soldiers, patients, and prisoners cast ballots three days before the general election. Insurgent groups labeled the process satanic but offered no explicit threat to polling sites. Bush urged voting while noting imperfections and wider Iraqi challenges.
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Philadelphia
Bush
White House
Dan
Bartlett
Al-Qaida
Iraq
Bin Laden No Longer Head of Al Qaida Operations
U S envoy to Pakistan asserts there is no evidence bin Laden can direct al Qaida from his mountain lair. Ambassador Crocker says bin Laden is not the operational head, while al Qaida No 2 Zawahiri praises continued resistance and a book author notes bin Laden retains ideological influence.
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bin Laden
al-Qaida
New York
Ryan Crocker
Osama bin Laden
Crocker
al-Qaida No. 2
Ayman Al-Zawahiri
Taliban
Al-Zawahiri
Peter Bergen
al Qaeda
Bergen
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Albert Owens
Whittier
Yen-I Yang
Tsai-Shai Chen Yang
Yu-Chin Yang Lin
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U.N. Security Council
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Iowa
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Maharis
Peace Palace
Maharishi Health Spa
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Centerpoint
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Coopersmill
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