Plane crash near M1 highway leaves many dead or missing
Rescue teams worked eight hours after the Kegworth crash on the M1 near Sutton Bonington. Police reported 76 injured and confirmed 118 passengers and eight crew aboard a new 737. One person remained alive in the wreckage as officials feared the worst.
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Tony Butler
England
Leicestershire Ambulance Service
Derbyshire
Joe Weston- Webb
Sutton Bonningale
Britain
London-Belfast
Colin Roberts
Kegworth
Kevin Hunt
British Midland
Michael Brandon
Jet crashes near Kegworth after engine fire
Residents recall a twin engine jetliner diving from the sky and crashing near East Midlands Airport minutes after an engine failure. The British Midlands Boeing 737-400 bound for Belfast avoided the town center but exploded on impact. Witnesses compare the scene to Lockerbie and describe eerie night sounds and scorched embankments.
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Warrington Weeks
Pan Am
New York
Lockerbie
Scotland
Heathrow
Department of Transport
Michael Cowan
Kegworth
England
David Harris
British Midland Airways
East Midlands
Harris
Kegworth Village
George Mellors
British Midlands
London
Belfast
Robert Angwin
Soviet admits cutting chemical weapons as Libya inquiry looms
Shevardnadze says the Soviet Union will destroy its chemical weapons stockpiles and invite other nations to visit its plant while noting a shift from production to abolition. Shultz calls verification difficult as U.N. empowered inspection is proposed. He notes Libya plant allegations and U.S. data on global chemical weapons capacity.
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Lynn Hansen
Bureau of Multilateral Affairs
U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Hansen
Tarik Aziz
Israel
Iraq
Iran
Soviet Union
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
U.S
U.N
Shultz
Libya
Tripoli
United States
Priest murdered after saying Mass in LaCombe
In LaCombe, Rev. William O'Brien was beaten to death after Mass as a thief stole hundreds of dollars from parishioners. Arthur Thompson, 39, of LaCombe, was arrested nearby after an officer found blood on his hands and money on the front seat. Thompson faces first degree murder armed robbery and aggravated burglary charges.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
O’brien
Ciko
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