Shamir vows to resist U S pressure on peace talks
In Jerusalem prime minister Yitzhak Shamir pledged to withstand U S pressure for Middle East concessions and warned he may resign if Likud votes him out. In Abu Dis, soldiers killed two Palestinians during clashes with stone throwers as border guards confronted masked activists amid the planned Likud meeting on February 7.
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Yitzhak Shamir
U.S
Middle East
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Abu Dis
Shamir
Likud
Ariel Sharon
Israel
Gaza Strip
Weather vane fetches 770000 at New York auction
A 19th century copper and zinc weather vane depicting a well dressed rider sold for 770000, a record for American folk sculpture. Stephen Score of Essex Massachusetts bought it. The sale highlighted Bernard Barenholtz's collection, who co founded Creative Playthings and died last August, with other items fetching high sums.
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Sotheby’s
Stephen Score
Essex
Mass
Matthew Weigman
Bernard M. Barenholtz
Creative Playthings
Barenholtz
New England
Weigman
Foresee Amazon destruction at conservation congress
A US biologist Archie Carr warned at a field station near Caracas that total destruction of the Amazon is likely, blaming the Brazilian government for opposing rainforest protection. The First Pan American Congress on Conservation of Wildlife through Education gathered biologists and educators from the Americas to promote a conservation ethic among youth, sponsored by the New York Zoological Society and Wildlife Conservation International.
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Venezuela
U.S
Amazon
Archie Carr
Associated Press
Caracas
New York Zoological Society
Wildlife Conservation International
Chinese leaders press the flesh in Grass Roots visit
Beijing residents rested after New Year celebrations while top leaders toured homes and factories in a show of Communist Party unity. Jiang Zemin and Tian Jiyun visited a rural village, Li Peng toured a coking plant and Tiananmen Square, as CCTV aired handshakes and baby hugs in a campaign style. Deng Xiaoping appeared at a Shanghai New Year’s Eve party.
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Communist Party
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Tian Jiyun
Li Peng
Tiananmen Square
Pro-Democracy Movement
Deng Xiaoping
Shanghai
Cuomo and bishop at odds in trial coverage
A compact news brief notes Cuomo clashing with a bishop as trial proceedings unfold on the Exxon Valdez case. A separate item mentions a girl recanting her rape story, with sparse details and no graphic wording.
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Cuomo
Dromedary caravan campaigns against drugs in Riyadh
A festive five day caravan led by camels cars and a horse drawn cart kicked off in Riyadh to promote an anti drug campaign. The event features balloons helicopters tents leaflets and performances by Saudi actors with U S participation including Prince Sattam and Ambassador Freeman Jr. The tour aims to spread drug awareness across 12 Saudi cities and then other Arab nations.
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Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Malaz Sports Stadium
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Prince Sattam
U.S
Charles W. Freeman Jr
Jet 52 crash: engines not running at impact officials say
Investigators confirmed none of Avian Flight 52's four engines were operating when the fuel-starved aircraft crashed into a hillside in Cove Neck New York killing 73. A fourth engine was recovered from mud later with debris indicating no engine power at impact. Most survivors remain hospitalized with many in critical condition.
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National Transportation Safety Board
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Lee Dickinson
Long Island North Shore
Nassau County
Peter Franzone
Avianca Airlines
Hostages Alive Claim In Beirut Based On Hezbollah Source
The Sunday Correspondent reports unnamed senior Hezbollah sources in Beirut say Western hostages in Lebanon are alive and well. It cites a wake conversation heard by Hala Jaber describing McCarthy and Sutherland held in a southern Beirut basement with guards instructed to keep them healthy.
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Beirut
Hala Jaber
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John McCarthy
Thomas Sutherland
Party of God
Iran
Iranian Revolutionary Guards
Israel
Terry Anderson
Middle East
Associated Press
McCarthy
Weather Update Douglas County Zone 15 and others
Zone by zone forecast shows mostly sunny to sunny days with highs mainly in the mid to upper 40s, tonight mostly clear with lows around 20, and Monday increasing cloudiness with highs in the mid 40s. Southwest to west winds 5 to 20 mph featured. official readings list Saturday high 42 and low 21 with no precipitation.
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Nationalists, troops clash in Azerbaijan amid border fighting
In southern Azerbaijan armed nationalists and troops clashed leaving five dead. A partial truce on the Armenian border held as hostages were exchanged. The Peoples Front offered to negotiate with Soviet officials and to restore order and production while authorities arrested dozens to crush the front. Death toll in Baku rose to 197 since ethnic violence began on January 13.
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Moscow
Azerbaijan
Tass
Interior Ministry
People’s Front of
People’s Front
Baku
Dmitri T. Yazov
Hajizade
Hamizade
Vladimir Dubnyak
Travel outlook for Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Colorado
Missouri shows showers southeast today with most of state sunny otherwise highs 40 to 45. Tonight fair with lows in the 20s. Monday mostly sunny with highs 40s. Nebraska partly sunny and breezy today with upper 30s to low 40s highs. Tonight fair with teens lows. Monday increasing cloudiness with 40s. Oklahoma fair today and tonight with west highs near 40 to mid 50s southeast highs in 50s. Monday partly cloudy with highs in the 50s. Colorado scattered mountain snow showers today and tonight with partly cloudy elsewhere. Monday partly cloudy with snow in mountains and northwest. Road conditions listed by Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Turnpike Authority.
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