Mystery cash found at L A airport linked to drug money
Nearly 2 million dollars in cash filled three suitcases at Los Angeles International Airport. A man in his mid twenties of possible Turkish descent checked the bags at a Pan American counter and vanished before pickup. Bags were blown open by police with a shotgun for a possible booby trap. no explosives found. Investigators say the money, mostly 20 and 100 dollar bills, likely came from drug trafficking.
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Los Angeles International
U.S. Customs Service
Pan American World Airways
Istanbul
Turkey
Customs Service
Maryanne Noonan
Aquino Replaces Cabinet Ministers Amid Coup Plot Fallout
Philippine President Corazon Aquino names Vicente Jayme as public works minister and Carlos Dominguez Jr. as natural resources minister to replace Rogaciano Mercado and Ernesto Maceda in a government reshuffle tied to foiled coup plots. She vows strong action to stabilize the state and backs a draft constitution set for February plebiscite. The reshuffle follows resignations of all 25 cabinet members and Enrile's defense post transfer.
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Philippines
Corazon Aquino
Aquino
Vicente Jayme
Philippine National Bank
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Rogaciano Mercado
Ernesto Maceda
Juan Ponce Enrile
Fidel Ramos
Enrile
Philippine Freedom
Ferdinand Marcos
Rafael Ileto
Legion of Honor
Ileto
Syria orders Germans to leave and recalls envoy
Syria recalled its ambassador from Bonn and ordered three West German diplomats to depart within seven days, trimming the staff of the Bonn embassy in a tit-for-tat move after West Germany cut four Syrian officials. Bonn expelled three Syrian diplomats and cut two more from the military attaché staff, and froze aid.
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Los Angeles Times
Damascus
Syria
Bonn
Foreign Ministry
West Germany
United States
Britain
West Berlin
Col
Haytham Saed
Mohammed Khouli
Hafez Assad
Ahmed Nawaf Mansour Hasi
Farouk Salameh
Saed
Shtawi Saifa
Willibald Dilger
Israeli nuclear worker charged with treason over secrets
Mordechai Vanunu, a Dimona nuclear site technician, was indicted on two counts of treason and aggravated espionage for allegedly disclosing atomic secrets to the London Times. If convicted he could face the death penalty. The case highlights Israel nuclear ambiguity and secrecy.
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Los Angeles Times
Jerusalem
Israel
Dimona
Mordechai Vanunu
Vanunu
London Sunday Times
Israel Radio
Amnon Zichrony
London
Rich Spanish treasure ship wreck could yield 1.6 billion
Miami AP report says 17th century galleon Nuestra Senora de la Maravilla sank in 1656 near the Bahama Banks with gold silver emeralds and artifacts. Salvage chief Herbert Humphreys Jr. estimates potential value 1.6 billion, second only to the lost San Jose. past finds include emeralds coins muskets porcelain and a solid gold Madonna statue.
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Nuestra Senora de la Maravilla
Bahama
Spain
Herbert Humphreys Jr
Memphis
Humphreys
San Jose
Nuestra Senora de Atocha
Key West
Salvor Mel Fisher
Women lag in quit smoking attempts say CDC report
A CDC study of 25 000 current and former smokers in 1985 across 21 states and DC finds men are more likely to attempt quitting than women. Median quit attempts: men 42.3 percent, women 39.8 percent. The report notes past campaigns targeted men and marketing has glamorized smoking for women.
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District of Columbia
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Center For Health Promotion and Education
Tom Novotny
Novotny
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