Arafat Accepts Saudi Plan to End Tripoli Fighting
PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat accepted a Saudi mediated scheme to withdraw his forces from Tripoli and start talks with rival Palestinian factions. The plan, reportedly supported by Syria, calls for a cease fire, Palestinian withdrawal and political dialogue, though official confirmation remained elusive.
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Syria
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Rafik Nasishe
Fatah
El Salvador Votes to Hold Presidential Election March 25
The Constituent Assembly approved a March 25 presidential election by 52 to 6. The vote tests the government’s legitimacy and the strength of right wing forces led by Roberto D Aubuisson, who is linked to death squads, against Christian Democrat Jose Napoleon Duarte, a former left-leaning president.
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Roberto D’aubuisson
D’aubuisson
Washington
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French couple charged in nine infant murders near Brive
Officials charged farm couple Jean-Pierre Seymarie and Rolande Leymarie with the murder of nine babies born over nine years. Remains were found buried in the couple’s courtyard in an isolated hamlet. The Leymaries, who have two children, confessed to the killings. Investigators gave no motive.
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Rolande
Leymaries
Paris Club agrees debt reschedule for Brazil
Western creditors including the Paris Club approve a 3.8 billion dollar debt deferral for Brazil. The accord follows the IMF decision to resume lending and a near 6.5 billion dollar loan package from commercial banks.
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Brazil
Paris Club
International Monetary Fund
Gazette Wire Services
Fatal hotel blaze at Travel Master Inn downtown Dayton
A trash can fire gutted the Travel Master Inn in downtown Dayton Ohio early Wednesday. A 50 year old man died and 18 people were injured as the blaze followed a clerks extinguishing of an earlier trash fire and deactivating smoke alarms. Cause of the fires under investigation.
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Travel Master Inn
Home care cheaper for respirator dependent kids
A Massachusetts study reports home care for children needing respirators costs far less than hospital care. Savings average 50 to 95 percent per child, with overall system savings over 1 million dollars yearly, while parents note improved family relations.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Tragic topless club accident with rising piano
In San Francisco at the Condor Club a trick baby grand piano rose and crushed a nightclub assistant manager and a nude woman. Police identify the man as Jimmy the Beard. The woman was found incoherent and taken to Mission Emergency Hospital for evaluation.
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John Harrington
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Jimmy the Beard
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Rescue Teams Seek Survivors After Mindanao Ferry Sinks
Philippine authorities and Go Thong shipping report 169 confirmed survivors from a ferry carrying 388 when it sank near Mindanao during a typhoon. Officials say 67 remain in hospitals and at least four dead, with lifeboat sightings on remote islands awaiting confirmation.
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Bob Go Thong
Go Thong Shipping Lines
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