Burma Military takes control amid protests and clashes
Diplomats report widespread shooting and explosions as Burma’s military announces a takeover on radio broadcasts. Saw Maung named chairman of a 19 officer bloc to assume all powers and dissolve government bodies, while opposition leaders vow continued defiance and call for an interim government.
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Radio Rangoon
Saw Maung
Burma
Organization For Building Law and Order
Rangoon
Ne Win
Aung San Suu Kyi
U Tin Oo
Haiti's Avril rises after coup as church attacks rock capital
A witness described a shelled Delmas house as Avril, a former Duvalier adviser, took power after a night of violence. Dozens wounded or killed in church attacks, Namphy ousted amid gunfire at the presidential palace. Namphy fled to the Dominican Republic with his family.
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Prosper Avril
National Palace
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Henri Namphy
Col
Jean Claude Paul
Carl Michael Nicolas
Associated Press
Romain
Delmas
Avril
Jean Bertrand Aristide
Namphy
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Lubin
Jean-Claude Paul
Dessalines
Paul
Miami
Washington
State Department
Anita Stockman
Stockman
U.S
Santo Domingo
Fabio Herrera Cabral
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Herrera Cabral
Leslie Manigat
Ralphs backs NutriClean to certify pesticide free produce
NutriClean Inc led by Stanley P. Rhodes signs with Ralphs to certify store produce as pesticide free, aiming to become a national seal of approval. Rhodes argues it meets consumer demand amid fears of residues, while scientists debate the value and cancer risk of testing.
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Oakland
Ralphs
NutriClean Inc
California
Stanley P. Rhodes
Good Housekeeping
Rhodes
Wendell Kilgore
University of California, Davis
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Bruce N. Ames
University of California, Berkeley
Jennifer Curtis
The
Natural Resources Defense Council
Parents Question School Transfers After City Blast
Paula Georges of the Citywide Educational Coalition questions new public school system options. Wilson and his wife say transferring within the system won't solve their daughter's problem. Seven youths who admitted involvement in the April 15 blast were expelled or transferred, with no injuries reported.
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Paula Georges
Educational Coalition
Wilson
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