Six reportedly survive Colombia plane crash
An American Airlines Boeing 757 with 164 aboard crashed into an Andean ridge near Buga Colombia. By Thursday afternoon eight survivors were reported but later updates said seven were pulled from the wreckage and six remained alive. one later died in hospital. Surviving passengers, including 19 year old Mauricio Reyes, were treated for injuries as rescuers battled darkness and rugged terrain.
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Cocompia
American Airlines
Miami
Cali
Gonzalo Dussan
Noticiero 24 Horas
Red Cross In Call
RCN Radio
Mauricio Reyes
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Andres Reyes
Rela
Kansas City family aboard downed jet
Three members of a Kansas City family were aboard an American Airlines jet that crashed in Colombia, with Mercedes Ramirez 21 reportedly among the survivors. Her parents, Mercedes 58 and Benjamin Ramirez 63, were missing as relatives awaited official lists while rescuers found several survivors at the Cali area site. Sentence: At Cali airport relatives cried and some fainted as a dozen waited at a nearby military base in Buga for word on survivors.
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Kansas City
American Airlines
Colombia
Mercedes Ramirez
Stacy Dowling
Ramirez
Northwest Missouri State University
Dowling
Blue Springs
Mercedes
Sylvia
Benjamin Ramirez
Mauricio
Cali
Buga
Dole declines signing no abortion pledge in bid for GOP
Washington D C Bob Dole refused a second time to sign a pledge backing the anti abortion plank of the Republican platform insisting his record already supports the position Phyllis Schlafly and the National Coalition for Life urged him to join. In a separate incident a man with five sons died after a police standoff at a home after firing at officers and then shooting himself amid a protracted barricade and tear gas assault. investigators have not identified a specific target.
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GOP
Bob Dole
Republican Party
Phyllis Schlafly
Republican National Coalition For Life Organization
GOR
Amian
Pegely
Dawn
Norris
Fegely
Peace gains ease tensions in Bosnia Dayton aims
U S commander Maj Gen William Nash said leaders of Croat Muslim and Bosnian Serb units pledged to honor the Dayton peace terms and began mine clearing and force reductions ahead of deadlines. NATO chief Adm Leighton Smith and Defense Sec William Perry called the move encouraging as 20 000 American troops prepare to cross the Sava river into northern Bosnia.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.S
Bosnia
Dayton
William Nash
Nash
Washington
William Perry
U.S. Navy
Leighton Smith
Sarajevo
Haris Silajdzic
Germany
Sava
Croatia
White House to release Whitewater notes after deal
The White House agreed with House Republicans to make disputed Whitewater notes public, preserving attorney client privilege for future claims while allowing broader access. Senate leaders sought the same terms as the House, with a court challenge likely next week if needed.
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Washington
White House
House
Senate Whitewater Committee
Clinton
Jack Quinn
Senate
Whitewater
Alfonso D'Amato
Michael Chertoff
D’amato
House Passes Welfare Reform Bill Faces Senate Test
The House approved a sweeping welfare overhaul 245 to 178, signaling a major reform that would end federal aid for the poor and shift responsibility to the states. President Clinton vowed to veto, saying the plan deepens cuts on children and conflicts with his goal of moving people from welfare to work. Several moderate Senate Republicans expressed dismay, potentially blocking passage.
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House
Thursda
America
Clinton
Senate
Senate Democrats
Congress
Bill Archer
R-Tex
Ways and Means Committee
Dave Camp
R-Mich
Online events tease from AOL and services
A computer services roundup lists several on line talks and appearances on America Online and other networks with dates, speakers and venues such as Oprah Online Celebrity Circle and ABC. It invites readers to call for free software and check calendars for updates including possible cancellations.
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America Online
Oprah
Mark Hamill
Frank Marshall
Eine Movie
Follywood
Coliseum
Get Live
NFL
ABC
Cyberplex
Steven Leichter
Center Stage
Paul Gagnon
Atlantic Monthly
Odeon
Jim Cooper
Kathleen Madigan
Financial Writers
Business Outlook
CompuServe
Microsoft Network
Prodigy
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