Mir space station mission delayed due to unpaid bills
The next crew launch to Mir will occur Aug. 13, ten days later than planned after Russia failed to pay electricity bills. Deputy Mission Control chief Viktor Blagov cited a two week Baikonur power blackout and a cash shortage that threatened Mir’s future, with a promise to pay $600 million and keep the station in orbit until June 1999. Yuri Semyonov of Energiya confirmed the postponement was linked to the blackout and financial strain.
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Mir Space Station
Viktor Blagov
Mir
Space Agency
Yuri Semyonov
RKK Energiya Corporation
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Russia
Kazakstan
London subway workers vote for second summer strike
Rail Maritime and Transport union members backed a 24 hour walkout starting Sunday night over job security amid plans for private firms to assist running the system. Government assurances on jobs and pensions remain elusive. The halt involves over 2 million daily riders. In Aqaba a mud brick structure may be the oldest church in Jordan dating to the late third century, potentially the world’s oldest church building. Archaeologists caution awaits further study to confirm.
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London
Subway
Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
London Underground
Ies
London Transport
Denis Tunnicliffe
Red Sea
Aqaba
Jordan
Sawsan Fakhiri
Dura Europa
Euphrates River
Syria
Sea of Galilee
Israel
Belfast standoff risks renewed Belfast violence
Protests by day and rioting by night persist in Belfast over the Orange Order march ban. Officials report a toll of 12 shootings, grenade blasts, widespread arson and vandalism, with 91 rioters arrested and no deaths yet. Orange leaders vow to press on, while Catholics threaten counterprotests near Garvaghy Road and Drumcree.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Orange Order
Donegall Pass
Lower Ormeau
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Garvaghy Road
Drumcree
Britain
Appubove
John Thorpe
Owen Murphy
Scots Guards
Low key funeral marks end of Romanov era
The planned July funeral for Czar Nicholas II and his family in St. Petersburg aims for humility and frugality reflecting Russia's finances and mixed feelings about the Romanovs. The service will be modest with wooden grave markers and a parish priest, as Yeltsin and Patriarch Alexei II decline attendance.
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Moscow
Russia
Nicholas II
St. Petersburg
Peter and Paul Fortress
Boris Yeltsin
Alexei II
Ivan Artishevsky
Peter the Great
Artishevsky
Allies press Kosovo cease fire amid mounting fighting
The United States and European countries demanded an immediate Kosovo truce and crackdown on funds to ethnic Albanian rebels. Serb police launched their heaviest attack on Morina and nearby villages, killing five and wounding several as regional tensions rise. The Contact Group warned sanctions could target Kosovo Liberation Army militants unless they pursue peace, with KLA control estimated at about 30 percent of Kosovo.
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Puerto Oriente
Bogota
Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia
Kosovo
Morina
Kosovo Information Center
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bonn
Balkans
Kosovo Liberation Army
KLA
Richard Gelbard
U.S
Russia
Germany
Britain
France
Italy
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