Jamaica to process Haitians on Caribbean island facility
Washington officials say an agreement with Jamaica will establish a processing center for Haitian refugees on Jamaica. The plan reportedly to be announced in Kingston today reflects days of negotiations.
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U N halts Kigali operations after peacekeeper killed
U N and peacekeepers suspended all activities in Kigali after a Senegalese captain was killed by mortar fire. Rebels are suspected of firing the shell, with authorities reporting an escalation of violence following Rwanda's president's death. Fewer than 2,000 evacuees have been moved from about 35,000 sheltered in the city.
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Five drown at Florida riptide with no lifeguard on duty
Five holiday swimmers drowned and six others were pulled under by a riptide at AMERICAN BEACH Florida where lifeguards were not on duty. Victims included Johnny Hills Jr 11 Phillip Jerome McWhite 23 and Lydia Sapp 46 all from Jacksonville. Two other adult women were from out of state with relatives not yet contacted. We think one boy got in trouble and others tried to help.
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Supreme Court lets governments bar groups from public events
The court rejected an anti abortion group’s claim of free speech violation after its exclusion from Frankfort Kentucky's 1990 Great Pumpkin Festival. It also upheld limits on hydroelectric stream flow and allowed religious postings to be blocked in a Georgia courthouse.
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Gore unveils plan for electronic benefits delivery
Vice President Al Gore announced an electronic benefits transfer program that would replace paper Social Security, welfare checks and food stamps with ATM access for recipients without bank accounts. The system aims to go nationwide in 1999 with pilots already under way in nine states this year.
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