Oil price hike hints from OPEC and U S policy clash
The AP reports OPEC nations hint price increases with an September vote on whether to raise costs. Iran and Saudi Arabia push inflation as a justification while Ford seeks 10 to 15 percent hikes. Congress extends domestic price controls to Dec 1 amid debates on phasing out subsidies.
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Promarket voters take early edge in British referendum
Britain shows early leads for staying in the European Common Market as 68 regions report tallies. Promarket majorities appear across Wales, Scotland, the Midlands and outlying areas, while antimarket figures strain to question an inevitable yes.
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Prisoner escapes via movie plot hijacked helicopter
A hijacked helicopter plucked an inmate from Southern Michigan Prison in Jackson and flew to the Munith area where the pair swapped to a car. Police chased, a roadblock stopped a getaway car driven by a woman, and a manhunt with tracking dogs and a state police helicopter followed the suspects, believed to be Robert Brown and an unnamed accomplice.
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USAID agrees to pay 2700 Laos workers extra severance
U S Agency for International Development officials in Vientiane agreed to pay 2700 local AIft workers an extra three months severance, adding about half a million dollars to costs tied to closing the USAID mission. Demonstrations outside the AID HQ grew through the day as workers demanded the bonus amid broader Laos political shifts and nearby Saigon reports of a Provisional Revolutionary Government meeting.
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Judges order records opened in malpractice suit
A federal judge ordered four malpractice insurers accused of antitrust violations to disclose their financial records to eight Rhode Island doctors. The broader scene shows California hospitals suffering losses from a doctors’ work slowdown tied to rising malpractice costs, with furloughs and reduced hours.
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Drought Devastates Ethiopians and Somalis Across Ogaden
Thousands of nomads and millions of livestock have perished in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia as months of drought devastate the Ogaden Desert region. Rain offers guarded hope, but relief workers warn recovery will take years and billions. Many survivors face displacement and a shift from nomadic life to settled farming amid deteriorating water and sanitation conditions.
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