56 bodies recovered after South Africa mine tragedy
Searchers working 1 1/2 miles underground pulled 56 bodies from a two-floor elevator carriage that plunged 1500 feet at the Vaal Reefs mine near Johannesburg. No survivors among about 100 miners. President Mandela declared a day of mourning and promised action on a government mine safety report.
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South Africa
Lauren Wilson
Anglo American Corp
Vaal Reefs
Johannesburg
Wilson
Nelson Mandela
Wives pleased despite detention in Iraq visit
Kathy Caliberti and Linda Barloon, wives of two Americans jailed in Iraq, returned to Amman after a 13 day visit to see their husbands. They praised the access granted and noted their move to Kuwait then home, while their spouses William Barloon and David Caliberti faced a March 25 eight year prison sentence for illegal entry. The report also notes a Mir spacewalk by Dezhurov Strekalov and Thagard, plus Bezek halting a cut in Palestinian phone service over a $5.5 million bill with Israel.
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Iraq
Baghdad
Kathy Caliberti
Linda Barloon
Amman
Kuwait
U.S
William Barloon
New Hampton
Iowa
David Caliberti
Jacksonville
Fla
Soan
Israel
Bezek
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Jericho
Yasser Arafat
Ebola quarantine tightens in Kikwit area Zaire
Officials close clinics and schools, halt air traffic, and urge residents to stay home to curb Ebola spread. WHO reports 49 cases and 27 deaths, with most infections in Kikwit and possible spread to Kenge, Mosango, and Yassa Bonga. Vaccines and cure remain unknown.
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Konswasa
Zaire
Kikwit
Mosango
Yassa Bonga
World Health Organization
Kenge
Kinshasa
WHO
Geneva
Leclair
War escalates as truce lapses in Chechnya
Moscow reports show Yeltsin announced a two week unilateral truce in Chechnya that lapsed as scheduled. Fighting intensifies with at least three Chechen rebels killed near Shali and up to seven Russian servicemen and 12 rebels killed 25 miles southeast of Grozny.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Chechnya
Shali
Grozny
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Kevin Orr
Frkes
Kikwit Area
Richard Leclair
Associated Press
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta
CDC
Sunelower
Patagonia
Rheem
House OF Denmark
Louisiana
Howard Pine
Howare Pine
North Lawrence
East Turnpike
Howard Pine’s Garden Center
Ganeesr
Yellowstone
Prairie Meadows
Bath
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