Bush to announce labor and energy picks today
President-elect George Bush plans another key appointment as he fills all Cabinet posts except labor and energy. Possible candidates for energy include Peter Johnson Henson Moore and Lt Gen James Abrahamson while labor contenders include Constance Horner and Patricia Diaz Dennis.
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Washington
George Bush
Peter Johnson
Bonneville Power Administration
Louisiana
Henson Moore
James Abrahamson
Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
Pentagon
Constance Horner
Office of Personnel Management
Patricia Diaz Dennis
Federal Communications Commission
Army Grounds 234 Chinook Helicopters for Transmission Check
The Army halted operations on its CH-47D Chinook fleet to inspect possibly faulty transmissions. Ten Chinooks have been involved in accidents since 1985 and 16 soldiers died in incidents this year. officials say no link to transmission faults has been proven yet.
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Washington
Army
Paige Eversole
Fog blamed in deadly Cookeville pileup
Dense fog caused a 28 car crash in Cookeville Tennessee killing one holiday traveler and injuring twenty others officials said. Clinton Gregory of Nashville reported minor injuries after his car was near the front of the wreckage.
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Cookeville, Tenn
Clinton Gregory
Nashville
Robbers Target Southeast Asian Immigrants in Minneapolis
Police warn Southeast Asian communities in Minneapolis after at least a dozen robberies in a week. A Hmong woman lost a purse with $5,500, and officials say suspects specifically target people carrying money.
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Minneapolis
Carl Johnson
St. Paul
Paul Adlemann
Murder conviction set aside in baby blues case
Santa Ana California AP report A judge overturned the second degree murder verdict against Sheryl Massip 24 saying evidence failed to prove malice aforethought and that postpartum mood influenced the act. Massip testified the baby’s crying and her post partum condition drove her actions.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Sheryl Massip
Superior Court
Robert Fitzgerald
Ecologist Francisco Mendes Shot Dead in Amazon Ambush
In Xapuri Brazil gunmen killed Francisco Mendes a 44 year old ecologist who led anti deforestation campaigns. Police said threats to his life had been reported two weeks earlier and the attack occurred Thursday night at his home near the Bolivian border.
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Brazil
Amazon
Francisco Mendes
Xapuri
Mauro Sposito
Mexican inmates seize hostages in Tepic prison riot
Armed inmates angry over denied Christmas pardons took 15 people hostage at a state prison in Te Opay. The warden and a convict died in a gunfight during the incident. The mutineers initially demanded an armored car and high powered firearms but later indicated they did not want the vehicle. Francisco Flores, state government spokesman, said the hostage situation was ongoing.
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Tepic
Mexico
Francisco Flores
Soviets halt six nuclear power projects after Chernobyl
Moscow AP report says six Soviet nuclear power projects were halted due to quake risks or stricter standards following the Chernobyl disaster. Nuclear power minister announced the pause on Friday, detailing safety concerns and policy shifts shaping the industry.
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Soviet Union
Chernobyl
Troops Move Into Bethlehem To Guard Christmas Pilgrims
Israeli forces entered Bethlehem to guard Christian pilgrims as Christmas activities were scaled back in sympathy with the ongoing Palestinian uprising. Police and soldiers prepared for potential unrest while residents faced restricted celebrations in the 35 000 population West Bank town.
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West Bank
Poland approves bills to boost private sector and investment
The Sejm passed two laws to end state control of the economy and encourage private ownership and foreign investment. The Law on Economic Activity eliminates size limits on private firms and grants equal legal treatment to private, cooperative, and state entities. licensing remains for 11 sensitive sectors.
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Poland
Sejm
PAP
Mieczyslaw Wilczek
Pope says Palestinians and Jews share identical right to homelands
In a 20 minute meeting with Yasser Arafat at the Vatican the pope urged negotiations and peace in the Holy Land. He repeated that both Palestinians and Jews have an identical fundamental right to their own homelands where they can live freely with dignity and security.
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Yasser Arafat
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Eoaid
Joaquin Navarro
Navarro
Palestine Liberation Organization
Israel
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Alon Liel
Foreign Ministry
Holy Land
John Paul
PLO
Paul VI
Computer smuggling case hailed as iceberg tip by official
Eddy Goran dus Haak, a 42 year old Brussels based secondhand computer dealer, is charged in a major export smuggling operation to the Soviet bloc. U S authorities estimate a network of about six US and as many European firms involved with roughly 30 people. Haak pleaded not guilty and bail was denied. he faces up to 35 years if convicted.
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New York Times
Miami
Soviet Bloc
Eddy Gorandus Haak
Patrick O’brien
Customs Service
United States
Europe
O’brien
Haak
Brussels
Belgium
Pentagon retracts eight arms firms under probe to four
The Defense Department says only four arms makers are under investigation for illicit possession of secret documents, naming Boeing General Dynamics Martin Marietta and Sanders Associates. Four other firms previously tied to the inquiry are not under investigation, and no disciplinary action against the prior witness is planned.
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New York Times
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Defense Department
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General Dynamics
Martin Marietta
Sanders Associates
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U.S
District of
Virginia
Ameco Division
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