Cypriot students freed in Lebanon after captivity
Two Cypriot engineering students, Stavros Yannaki and Panayiotis Tirkas, held outside the American University of Beirut since April 28, were released through PLO mediation after an appeal by Cypriot President Spyros Kyprianou. They flew to Larnaca from Beirut then home to Nicosia.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Beirut
France
Damascus
Syria
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Spyros Kyprianou
Stavros Yannaki
Panayiotis Tirkas
Larnaca
American University of Beirut
West Beirut
PLO
Arafat
Yamaki
Tirkas
Kato Polemidhia
Father jailed after imprisoning child in basement cage
Douglas Sparrow 40, a carpenter, is jailed on one count of child abuse after police say he handcuffed and confined a child in a dirty basement cage for days without food or water. Sparrow’s 10 children were removed from the home and the mother was not charged.
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Baltimore
Douglas Sparrow
Sparrow
Department of Social
Protesters Thank 7-Eleven for Dropping Porn Sales
Cedar Rapids anti-porn demonstrators led by Rev. Larry Johnson cited Southland Corp. for ending Playboy and Penthouse sales. About 20 supporters replaced signs with softer messages “Thanks 7-11” and “7-11’s A Family Store” outside a local Cedar Rapids store.
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Gevcgic
Cedar Rapids
Larry Johnson
Southland Corp
Playboy
Penthouse
Southland
Johnson
America
U S Officials Say Noriega Rigged Panama Election
U S officials present conclusive evidence that General Manuel Noriega ordered the Panama Defense Force to overturn the 1984 presidential vote. CIA and embassy analyses allegedly show extensive fraud and direct ties to Noriega.
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Washington
United States
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Panama
CIA
Noriega
U.S
Nicolas Ardito Barletta
Reagan
Arnulfo Arias Madrid
Panama Defense Force
National Guard
Army
Senate Foreign Relations
Arias
Administration
George Shultz
Barletta
Shultz
Hugo Spadafora
Eric Arturo Delvalle
Latin America
Trucker Chase Ends in Van Crash Killing Four
A tractor-trailer fleeing troopers crashed into a van near Coldwater Alabama, killing four and injuring three. The truck driver was captured unharmed. the pursuit began after a weigh-station stop with Georgia officers initiating the chase. Victims’ names were not released.
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Coldwater
Ala
Doris Teague
Alabama State Troopers
Georgia Department of Transportation
Alabama
Teague
Georgia
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Georges Hansen
Orly
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Antenne 2
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Farouk al-Sharaa
Antenne-2
Jacques Chirac
Dad
Rick Smith
7-Eleven
Justice Department
Quik Trip
Equian
Jy Ted Han
Gazette
John McIvor
First Ave
New York Times
Manuel Noriega
Siebke Hout Jewelers
Pearl Savings Express
Oriental Dream Teei
2Nd Ave. SE
Westdale Mall
Mount Mercy College
Ates
AECO
Iowa
WATS
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