Number of Chinese defectors grows as diplomats seek asylum
United Press International reports Canada will sympathetically consider refugee requests from Chinese diplomats amid defections in Australia the United States Japan Britain and Canada. Defectors linked to Beijing crackdown could spur more asylum requests as nations review hearings for diplomats and embassy staff.
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Canada
China
Robert Peck
External Affairs Department
Ottawa
Australia
United States
Japan
Britain
Beijing
Joe Clark
Clark
Vancouver
British Columbia
Toronto
International Civil Aviation Organization
Montreal
Immigration and Refugee Board
Bob Hawke
Sydney
Dong Qi
Hawke
State Department
Margaret Tutwiler
San Franciso
Ma Qiuyun
Tokyo
Foreign Ministry
London
San Francisco
Real estate agent calls theft from HUD a sin
Marilyn Harrell of Temple Hills Maryland admitted at a House hearing she stole 5.5 million dollars from the Housing and Urban Development Department between 1985 and 1988 and gave two properties with about 450000 equity to charity. She said she plans to repay it in full and cited her religious beliefs. Lawmakers questioned the motive and potential impact on HUD programs.
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Washington
UPI
Robin Hud
Housing and Urban Development Department
Congress
Marilyn Harrell
Temple Hills
House
Government Operations Subcommittee On Employment and Housing
Harrell
HUD
Christopher Shays
R-Conn
Charles Schumer
D-N.y
Robert Wise
D-W.va
Shays
HUC
Maryland
Pooch missing after escape at O'Hare Airport
Korsair a Belgian Malinois valued at least 10000 remains missing after bolting from an open transfer cage on a United Airlines flight transfer. Police airline workers and an animal trainer search the 7000 acre area around O'Hare while the dog, trained to respond only to French commands, is probed for his whereabouts.
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Chicago
UPI
Korsair
O’hare
United Airlines
San Francisco
Lansing
Mich
Daniel Paul
Paul
France
United
Mike Spacucello
Spacucello
Sweden Presses Case Over Accused Chilean Terrorist in Alaska
The Swedish government engages Washington and Alaska officials after Sergio Buschmann, an alleged Chilean terrorist, is detained in Anchorage while en route from Australia. Sweden argues refugee status shields him from deportation, while Chile seeks extradition. The case intertwines with US requests to extradite two former Chilean officials over the 1976 Letelier assassination.
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Washington
UPI
Sergio Buschmann
U.S
Alaska
Buschmann
Anchorage
Interpol
Sweden
Australia
Chile
State Department
United States
Orlando Letelier
Ronnie Moffett
Letelier
Moffett
DINA
Quincy artist chosen to sculpt Reagan statue in Dixon park
Quincyan Kirk St Maur has been named to design and sculpt the boyhood Ronald Reagan statue to stand at the northeast corner of Galena and Second in Dixon. The commission chair Dr. Thomas Lawless said the project may take 1 1/2 to 2 years depending on park completion. St Maur, from Payson, has notable works in Mexico Europe California Oregon Illinois and Italy.
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Telegraph
Clark Kelly Dixon
Reagan
Thomas Lawless
Kirk St. Maur
Commission
Ronald Reagan
Quincy Area
Second Street
Galena Avenue
Dixon
Dixon Reagan
St. Maur
Galena
Second
Lawless
Payson
Adams County
Mexico
Europe
California
Oregon
Illinois
Church of San Michele
Buriano
Italy
Oregon State University
Richmond
Santa Fe
San Francisco Bay
Bush moves 1920 desk to Oval Office from study
The 1920 desk used by Bush as vice president was moved to the Oval Office, replacing the Kennedy desk. Donated by Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co, it had been in Bush’s vice presidential office since 1987 after earlier use by Ford, Carter, and Reagan staff.
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Washington
UPI
Bush
Oval Office
John Kennedy
White House
Marlin Fitzwater
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co
Fitzwater
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Michael Deaver
Ibara Bush
Pitawater
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Anthony Gallagher
Pooch
Spacacello
O'Hare
Lisa Howard
City Department of Aviation
Quincy
Clark Kelly
Bush Switches
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