Haitian coalition calls for boycott of Jan elections
A broad Civil Society coalition representing nearly 50 groups says it will boycott the January 17 vote run by the ruling junta. It demands a return to constitutional law and reinstatement of the original Provisional Electoral Council amid deadly November violence.
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Jean-Claude Duvalier
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Marc Bazin
Gerard Gourgue
Sylvie Claude
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Chamber of Deputies
Clovis Desinor
Army
Claude Raymond
Police storm Brazilian prison to rescue hostages riot ends
In Charqueada, Rio Grande do Sul, 27 hostages were rescued after a night raid at Jacui prison. Police, using tear gas, faced gunfire as they entered the overcrowded facility amid a seven-prisoner rebellion that began earlier in the day.
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Isaura Colling
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Colling
Porto Alegre
Paulo Solano
Teen charged with murder in Texas blaze
In San Antonio Texas 19 year old Roland San Roman was charged with capital murder after a fatal fire in a housing project claimed the life of 5 year old Kara Holmes. He was arrested Monday at his home and held on 250000 bond. The fire occurred Sunday in the same area.
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U S Protest Over Colombia Release of Cocaine Trader
The State Department protests the release from a Bogota prison of Jorge Luis Ochoa, a leading cocaine smuggler, claiming assurances he would not be freed pending extradition. U S weighs sanctions including tougher Colombian export checks.
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Jorge Luis Ochoa
United States
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Bogota
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Charles Gillespie Jr
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Walker begins seven year term for bank fraud and perjury
Former Illinois Governor Dan Walker, 65, started a seven year federal sentence after pleading guilty to bank fraud and perjury tied to loans from a savings and loan he owned with his wife. Separate notes report Murdoch may face selling the New York Post and Boston Herald to satisfy a cross ownership rule, and school evacuations in Hammond Indiana and Walnut Grove Alabama due to carbon monoxide poisonings.
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Edison
Ron Hill
Walnut Grove
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New York Side Serves Drinks After Massachusetts License Suspended
An inn straddling two states serves alcohol only to patrons on the New York side after Massachusetts liquor authorities suspended the license. Owner Cynthia Alper said the Massachusetts portion is small, with four tables, while the New York side seats 150. The suspension runs January 1 to 19, with a hearing scheduled, after missed hearings and failure to transfer the license since purchase of the inn a year ago.
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New York
Massachusetts
Cynthia Alper
Hillsdale
Alper
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publishing Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 lists publish days, address at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa 52401 and subscription rates by carrier motor route and by mail. It notes no mail subscriptions in some areas and AP rights for local news and dispatches.
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Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
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Gazette
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AP News
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Inc
P.O
Palestinians vow retaliation for Lebanon air raids
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine says it will strike back against Israel for weekend air raids in Lebanon that killed 20 people. Abu Fidah Omran spoke at Ain Hilweh camp’s mass burial and warned the next attack would be more painful.
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Beirut
Lebanon
DPA
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Abu Fidah Om
Ran
Ain Hilweh
Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Ahmed Jibril
Omran
Islamic Resistance
Fatah Revolutionary Council
Afghan court convicts French journalist Guillo of spying
An Afghan court convicted French journalist Alain Guillo of spying and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. Guillo, 45, was captured on September 12 after entering Afghanistan from Pakistan with Afghan National Front guerrillas. He previously entered Afghanistan nine times since 1980 to make films and to engage with armed opposition groups.
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Pakistan
Alain Guillo
Afghanistan
Guillo
Afghan National Front
Radio
Kabul
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