Rediscovering Irish roots in St. Paul celebration
Irish-born Brendan Shortall adjusts to his first American St. Patrick's Day in St. Paul while serving as executive director of the Irish American Cultural Institute. The group, now with about 16 000 members, links U S audiences to Irish culture as it marks its 24 year history.
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Chris Manahan
Metrotown
ST. Paul
Minn
Brendan Shortall
Dublin
Irish American Cultural Institute
ACD
Eoin
Owen
St Patrick
Reagan Urges Congress to Approve 100 Million for Nicaraguan Rebels
President Reagan in a Sunday Oval Office address pressed Congress to vote yes on 100 million dollars in aid to contra rebels in Nicaragua. He framed the aid as preventing a Soviet beachhead in North America and defending the southern frontier. Senator Sasser urged negotiation and noted past US support yielded no military gains.
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Reagan
Congress
Soviet Union
North America
Nicaragua
Oval Office
Central America
House
Managua
James Sasser
Sasser
United States
Anastasio Somoza
Tennessee Democrat
White House
Spain says Marcos asylum not granted
Spain will not grant asylum to ex president Ferdinand E Marcos of the Philippines. Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez and a ministry spokesman said the NYT report that Marcos wanted to move to Spain is not important.
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Spain
Francisco Fernandez Ordonez
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
Europa Press
Fernandez Ordonez
New York Times
Marcos
Hawaii
Mexico
Panama
United States
Foreign Ministry
Inocencio Arias
Felipe Gonzalez
Arias
Drugged guards sleep as outlaws flee Indian jail
International fugitive Charles Sobhraj and six convicts escaped Tihar Central Jail after guardians were drugged with candy and fruit. Police launched a nationwide alert, sealing New Delhi borders as investigators detail the jailbreak and Sobhraj’s long criminal history across Asia.
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India
Charles Sobhraj
Sobhraj
Vietnam
Thailand
Nepal
Singapore
Greece
Asia
Tran van Phing
Paris
Sorbonne
Randhir Singh
Tihar
Ajay Aggarwal
S.R. Yadav
Aggarwal
France election leaves Mitterrand to face hostile parliament
Final results show conservatives near a majority with 285 of 289 seats after counting 98 of 100 departments and two overseas. The National Front won about 33 seats while Socialists hold 203, with overseas territories still uncounted.
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Paris
National Assembly
Francois Mitterrand
France
Rally For the Republic
Union For French Democracy
Assembly
National Front
Weather brief notes for U.S. World and regional updates
A compact weather update covers U.S. and world regional notes with brief regional forecasts and conditions for the day. Expected conditions include normal temperatures with spot showers in some coastal areas and mild to moderate wind patterns across inland regions.
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N.Y
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Iowa
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