American Airlines pilots ignore judge in largest sickout to date
American Airlines groundings surge as pilots defy U S District Judge Joe Kendall order ending the sickout. About 2 400 of 9 400 pilots called in sick causing 1 170 cancellations and more than 380 000 travelers stranded nationwide amid disrupted schedules and rescheduling chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
American Airlines
American
Los Angeles
Jennie Sussman
Eiffel Tower
Paris
U.S
Joe Kendall
AMR Corp
Union
Griffin
Miami
Cincinnati
Italian court ruling on rape sparks protest
In Rome lawmakers in jeans protested a Court of Cassation ruling claiming rape could not occur if the victim wore jeans. The decision overturned a 1998 conviction and drew criticism from politicians and women’s groups who organized a skirt strike and condemned the ruling as sexist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Sonia Viale
Parliament
Equal Opportunities Commission
Court of Cassation
Carmine Cristiano
Cristiano
Rosa
Il Messaggero
Alessandro Mussolini
National Alliance
Massimo D’alema
U S orders embassy staffers to leave Ethiopia
The United States ordered non emergency embassy staff and their families plus Peace Corps volunteers to evacuate Ethiopia amid renewed Ethiopian Eritrean border fighting. Clinton officials say Anthony Lake has been deployed four times to urge regional negotiations and halt the conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
United States
Peace Corps
Eritrea
Clinton
Anthony Lake
Also Mentioned on This Page
AMR
John Hotard
Jim Philpot
Reno Air
George
Midge Griffin
Chicago
O’hare
Ecuador
Horn of Africa
Orig
Coral Ridge Mall
Coralville
North Face
Dillard's
Visa
MasterCard
American Express
Discover
Carte Blanche
Diner's Club
Women’s & Children’s Winter Boot
Crossroads Center
Waterloo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!