Commuter train wreck in Tokyo kills two injures 102
At Higashi Nakano Station two 10 car trains collided killing the inbound train driver Teruki Hirano 28 and a passenger Yoji Abo 31. About 102 people were injured, 13 seriously, as firefighters freed passengers after the seven hour operation. Authorities suspect override of automatic braking while police investigate the cause amid railway pressure to maintain schedules.
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Higashi- Nakano
Teruki Hirano
Yoji Abo
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Abe
National Railway Workers Union
Etsuko Nakajima
First Israeli convicted in Arab death
A U S born Jewish settler in Shiloh, West Bank, was sentenced to five years with two suspended for killing Jodeh Muhammad Awad and wounding Rizek Awad Abu Na'im. The case marks the first Israeli civilian conviction in an Arab death during the Palestinian uprising. Ze'ev must also pay the slain man’s family over 1800 dollars as compensation.
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Israel Ze’ev
Chicago
Ze’ev
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Zvi Cohen
Justice Ministry
Jodeh Muhammad Awad
Rizek Awad Abu Na’im
Shiloh
Dov Berkovits
Ze'ev
Bhutto names 23 member Cabinet in historic move
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto announced a 23 member Cabinet selecting members of the previous government as advisers on foreign and economic policy. She also summoned back associates of her executed father to service. Sahabzada Yaqub Khan remains foreign minister, with V A Jaffrey as finance adviser and chief financial policy maker.
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Pakistan
UPI
Benazir Bhutto
Bhutto
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Pakistan People’s Party
National Assembly
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan
Khan
Washington
Paris
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
Geneva
Moscow
Afghanistan
U.S
V.A. Jaffrey
Jaffrey
Zia
Ishaq Khan
Roh replaces Chun era in sweeping South Korea cabinet reshuffle
President Roh Tae woo overhaul replaces all but three of 23 cabinet posts and the intelligence chief to shed the past regime's legacies. The move, praised by Roh as democratic reform, drew immediate opposition from Kim Dae Jung and Kim Young-sam parties who argued the process violates constitutional rules and fails to purge Chun Doo hwan era ties. Kang Young hoon named cabinet chief and Cho Soon named deputy premier.
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South Korea
UPI
Roh Tae-woo
Chun Doo Hwan
Roh
Chun
National Assembly
For Peace and Democracy
Kim Dae Jung
Democratic Unification Party
Kim Young-sam
Kang Young-hoon
Park Chung-hee
Cho Soon
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