Woman survives three days in Hotel New World rubble
In Singapore rescuers aided by an Irish subway engineer pull a 30 year old woman from the Hotel New World debris after 80 hours trapped. Officials report 12 bodies recovered with as many as 45 more possibly buried as a commission of inquiry is named.
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Chua Kim Choo
New World
Chua
Lim Siam Kim
Home Affairs Ministry
Lim
Frank Connolly
Ireland
Connolly
Lee Kwan Yew
New Jersey Loses Suit On Liberty and Ellis Islands
A New Jersey judge dismissed a suit by Rep. Frank Guarini and others seeking to invalidate the 1833 compact that gave New York jurisdiction over Liberty and Ellis Islands. The ruling cites lack of standing and sovereign immunity, with appeals planned. The case also sought return of sales tax collected on Liberty Island.
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New Jersey
New York
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Frank Guarini
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Liberty
Ellis Islands
Hudson River
U.S. Supreme Court
Humphreys
Guarini
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Thomas Kean
Federal Judicial System
David Fishlow
Robert Abrams
Liberty Island
Screen Actors Guild President Patty Duke Ties Knot
Patty Duke married Army drill sergeant Michael Pearce after meeting during a TV movie in which she played a housewife who became an Army pilot. The ceremony occurred Saturday night at Love's Chapel in the South Lake Tahoe area with Rev. Donald Yanaviak officiating.
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Patty Duke
Michael Pearce
Love’s Chapel
South Lake Tahoe
Donald Yanaviak
U S official faults Mexico over drug smuggling flow
Commissioner William von Raab accused Mexican law enforcement of corruption and ineptitude aiding a border drug trade. He described border smugglers using air drops and warned Customs cannot fire on planes, citing lack of cooperation from Mexico. He urged stronger enforcement along the 2000 mile frontier.
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Mexico
U.S
William von Raab
Southwest
South Florida
United States
von Raab
House Select Committee On
U.S. Customs Service
Rep
Clay Shaw
R-Fla
Shaw
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
State Department
Mitterrand and Chirac discuss new government in cohabitation encounter
President Francois Mitterrand met Tuesday with Jacques Chirac for more than two hours about forming a new government. Chirac may be asked to serve as premier, a decision not confirmed by either side. Election results gave Chirac's coalition a slim majority, starting cohabitation in France for the first time since the Fifth Republic's creation.
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Francois Mitterrand
Jacques Chirac
Chirac
Rally For the Republic
France
Mitterrand
Tive
Elysee Palace
Jean-Louis Bianco
Bianco
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Interior Ministry
Giscard
Union For French Democracy
National Assembly
National Front
Charles de Gaulle
Fifth Republic
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