Nicaraguan gunners claim down two helicopters near border
The Nicaraguan government said anti air craft gunners hit two helicopters that attacked a border post in Nueva Segovia and crashed after fleeing to Honduras. Honduras denied aircraft flew from its territory. Costa Rica planned to complain to the OAS as fighting with rebels intensified along the Costa Rica border.
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Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
Carlos Jose Gutierrez
Washington
Organization of American States
Foreign Ministry
Honduran
Los Arenales
Nueva Segovia
Rosa Pasos
Defense Ministry
Israeli pullout stalls as troops stay in southern Lebanon
NAQOURA PORT Lebanon AP hundreds of Israeli troops remain in south Lebanon despite a government vow to pull out by the third anniversary of the June 6 invasion. Sources say final withdrawal is near but no date given, with several dozen troops to linger for weeks.
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Naqoura
Lebanon
Israel
Tel Aviv
Shimon Peres
Peres
Europe 1
Yitzhak Rabin
Washington
Amal
South Lebanon Army
Christian
South Lebanon
Rosh Hanikra
Palestine Liberation Organization
Jezzine
Gray Wing
Inmate Indicted in Guard's Death at Texas Prison
Ramon Mata Jr., 36, already serving 30 years for murder, was indicted by a Walker County grand jury on capital murder charges in the stabbing death of Minnie Houston, 41, a Texas Department of Corrections guard. Houston was killed with a 15 inch butcher knife as she supervised inmate trustees at the Ellis Unit dining area.
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Huntsville
Texas
Walker County
Ellis I
Ramon Mata Jr
Frank Blazek
Mata
Texas Department of Corrections
Minnie Houston
Blazek
Mara
Ms. Houston
Billy Linville
TDC
Sheriff's Office
Charles Brown
Sikh militants rally at Golden Temple in Amritsar
About 5,000 Sikhs gathered at the Golden Temple to condemn the army assault a year earlier. The rally praised militants who died, urged defiance, and referenced Indira Gandhi's assassination. Security forces deployed over 100,000 in Punjab to curb violence.
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Amritsar
India
Indira Gandhi
Golden Temple
Punjab
Harchand Singh Longowal
AT&T rate hike splits opinions in Texas
AP reports AT&T Communications seeks a rate increase as PUC staff recommends $81 million, a concession amid losses since the 1984 Bell breakup. AT&T argues further relief needed while acknowledging some costs may be offset by tax changes and wage rises. Attorneys for Texas Municipal League back an $18 million increase, questioning who bears the costs.
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Public Utility Commission
At&t Communications
At&t
Tom Jones
At&t Texas
PUC
Bell System
Judy Poole
Jones
Dallas- Houston
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