Brazil leader apologizes for family quarrel
President Fernando Collor de Mello spoke to the nation apologizing for the upheaval sparked by his brother Pedro Collor’s charges of corruption and drug use. He refused to resign, urged an investigation, and faced Congress debating a separate inquiry opposed by Collor.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Fernando Collor de Mello
Collor
Congress
U.N
Rio de Janeiro
Pedro
Pedro Collor
Paulo Cesar Farias
Fernando
Veja
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party
Dutch prostitutes see little benefit in legalization
Parliament legalized the sex trade to tax it and regulate health and labor standards. Prostitutes warn the changes may increase exploitation and favor managers over individual workers. Local governments gain licensing and registration powers next year.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Margot Alvarez
National Prostitutes Union
Marian Soutendjk
Meester de Graaf Foundation
Red Light
Yvonne
Israel Attacks Lebanese Camps as Syria Returns Fire
Israeli warplanes fired dozens of rockets at suspected guerrilla camps in southern Lebanon and dodged Syrian anti aircraft fire. Police said four Shiite guerrillas were wounded in the fifth air strike in six days. Syrian threats and possible limited retaliation were discussed as Israel seeks to press Lebanon and deter Hezbollah.
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Sidon
Lebanon
Israel
Hezbollah
Jerusalem
Yitzhak Shamir
Syria
Ehud Gol
Gol
Middle East
Shamir
Farouk al-Sharaa
Coast Guard Returns Haitians to Home Under New Policy
The Coast Guard sent three boatloads of Haitians back to Port au Prince under an executive order allowing immediate repatriation without prior asylum hearings. Seventeen of the returnees sought asylum after arriving, while officials advised them of the option to apply at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.
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Coast Guard
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S
Bush
Jean Claude Bateaux
Ecumenical Center For Human Rights
Socialist Congress of Democratic Movements
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Escanaba
Port-au- Prince
Dennis Hawkins
Jim Howe
Miami
Howe
Diplomat Philip Habib dies of heart attack in Burgundy
U S diplomat Philip Habib aged 72 died of a heart attack during a private visit to Puligny Montrachet in Burgundy. He helped arrange the Camp David summit and led the U S Vietnam talks in Paris in 1969 and later served as ambassador to South Korea and deputy secretary of state for the Far East.
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Paris
Philip Habib
U.S
Camp David
Vietnam
Habib
Puligny-Montrachet
Burgundy
South Korea
Far East
State Department
Richard Boucher
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