Amin Survives Weekend Assassination Bid, Uganda in Turmoil
Two gunmen shot at Ugandan President Idi Amin near Entebbe on Saturday. Kampala and Entebbe were put under roadblocks as troops hunted him. Amin, about 52, and 6 feet 6 inches tall, has survived numerous past assassination attempts and remained missing to officials.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
the Nation
Kampala
Amin
Entebbe
Uganda
Mustafa Adrisi
Janani Luwum
Bayatibire
Baganda
Radio Uganda
Fire blocked near Los Alamos as forest blaze nears containment
Firefighters halted a raging forest fire within three miles of Los Alamos New Mexico after four days of burning over 10 000 acres. Some 1000 firefighters from California New Mexico and Arizona worked with retardant drops and heavy equipment to encircle the 15 square mile blaze threatening Bandelier National Monument and nearby canyons. Officials expect containment within a few days though the city remains calm with no danger reported.
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Los Alamos
N.M
UPI
Bandelier National Monument
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Santa Fe National Forest
Energy Research and Development Administration
Ed Richardson
Ray Earl Ray to learn jail placement decision
Nashville based report says Attorney General Griffin Bell will decide by Tuesday whether James Earl Ray will be admitted to a federal prison. Gov. Blanton has urged federal custody after Ray and five other Brushy Mountain escapees were hunted through 86 hours. Ray was recaptured last week and may be sent to Leavenworth Marion or Atlanta.
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UPI
Griffin Bell
James Earl Ray
Ray Blanton
Ray
Brushy Mountain State
East Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Missouri
Bell
Carter
Leavenworth
Kan
Marion
Ill
Atlanta
FDA may delay saccharin ban over bladder cancer link
FDA Commissioner Donald Kennedy says the plan to ban saccharin may be delayed by a few months due to new study findings linking artificial sweeteners to bladder cancer in men. The study from the National Cancer Institute of Canada, to be published in Lancet, could push for a stricter ban if validated.
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UPI
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Lancet
National Cancer Institute of Canada
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Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
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