Soviets End Jamming of Polish Broadcasts
VOA director says after seven years Moscow halted jamming of its Polish services to Poland and Eastern Europe. BBC also reports cessation, allowing Polish broadcasts across the region for first time since martial law in 1981.
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Beth Kinsley
Word watchers banish 'alternative lifestyles'
A 1988 New Year’s banished word list from Lake Superior State University’s Unicorn Hunters names phrases to quit. Items include safe sex, on a roll, irregardless, cutting edge, orientate, garageable, task as a verb, and living in poverty, with commentary on usage and implications.
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Ohio
Columbus
Fire kills four as security bars trap residents in LA apartment
In Los Angeles a fire at a south downtown tenement trapped residents behind burglar bars. Firefighters pried open a dead bolt but a pregnant woman Rosalyn Jones, 32, and her three children Demetrius Jones, 9, Antonio Jones, 12, and Ryan Nicole Craft, 3, died of smoke inhalation. Over 50 residents displaced after the blaze began about 2 a.m. in a poor neighborhood.
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Lebanon Army Declares Blockade After Hijacked Helicopter Incident
The Lebanese army bans all ships from a Druse coast zone south of Beirut from 8 a.m. Saturday after a Druse militia member stole a missile-equipped helicopter. Observers warn enforcement could provoke reprisal from Walid Jumblatt’s Druse faction and renew civil conflict.
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Thirteen Dead as Bangkok Hotel Fire Sparks Escape Feats
A New Year blaze at the First Hotel in Bangkok killed 13 people and injured 36. Guests jumped into a pool and climbed buildings to flee smoke, while investigators work to determine the cause. Among the dead is an American, with several other nationalities counted among victims.
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Aref Hawak
Daniel James Ryan
Jacksonville
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Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Ross Petzing
Jackson Treated At Greenfield Hospital For Back Pain
Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson was taken to Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield Massachusetts for routine back pain. A nursing supervisor confirmed he received physical therapy and was released after about two hours. Campaign aide Steve Cancian cited a normal checkup due to long working hours.
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Jesse Jackson
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Boston
New Hampshire
Steve Cancian
Folk artist Clementine Hunter dies at 100 plus in Louisiana
NATCHITOCHES La AP Folk artist Clementine Hunter who painted rural scenes in childhood visions died Friday at Natchitoches Parish Hospital. She began painting in her late 50s with discarded brushes, had no formal training, and gained international fame. Her age was listed as over 100.
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Clementine Hunter
Hunter
John Bullard
New Orleans Museum of Art
Lottie Campbell
Natchitoches Parish Hospital
Israel uses force to keep calm during Fatah Day unrest
In Jerusalem and the occupied territories a massive security deployment limited disturbances on the Fatah Day anniversary. Israeli forces doubled patrols in the West Bank and Gaza, with 650 officers in Jerusalem and armored cars deployed to East Jerusalem.
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West Bank
Gaza Strip
Yasser Arafat
PLO
Israel
East Jerusalem
David Kraus
Occupied Territories
Clashes Erupt at Al Azhar Mosque Amid Pro Palestinian Protests
In Cairo police fought hundreds of anti Israel demonstrators around Al Azhar after Friday prayers. Protesters chanted Islamic slogans amid global tensions over Israel's actions in the West Bank and Gaza. Civilians fled as riot police moved to disperse the crowd.
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Israel
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Gaza Strip
Al-Azhar Mosque
Readable OCR line of numeric codes sequence
A list of numbers appears in sequence with spaces separating entries including 8200 8300 8310 8320 8340 8350 8360 5005 5015 5020 5035 5055. The fragment suggests catalog or index values without clear context or descriptors.
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