Mother Teresa arrives in Rome after 12 hour flight
Mother Teresa, 86, needed oxygen upon arrival in Rome from India after a long flight as she begins a weeklong visit to witness vows of new Missionaries of Charity members and plan meetings with Pope John Paul II. She rested in a wheelchair and waved to well wishers.
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Rome
India
Italy
Missionaries of Charity
John Paul II
Vincenzo Bilotta
Poland
Washington
New York City
Rabin killer's mother asks court to prosecute
The mother of Yitzhak Rabin's assassin petitions the Supreme Court to prosecute a man she says coaxed her son Yigal Amir into killing the prime minister. Avishai Raviv, labeled an alleged right wing agitator, denies being an informant for Shin Bet.
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Yitzhak Rabin
Supreme Court
Avishai Raviv
Israel
Shin Bet Security Service
Raviv
Rabin
Yigal Amir
Tel Aviv
Shin Bet
Amir
Haaretz
Polish church bars funeral for pro abortion law advocate doctor
Dr Waclaw Dec a physician at the Lodz Medical Academy died in a car crash. The Roman Catholic Church denied a religious funeral in Lodz because he supported liberal abortion laws seen as conflicting with church teaching. The 1993 law restricting abortions was loosened after a government change last year.
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Poland
Waclaw
Medical Academy
Lodz
Dee
Hundreds of Substances Tied to Occupational Asthma
A Lancet report links about 250 workplace substances from henna and wood dust to flour and animal urines with potentially fatal asthma. It notes up to 10 percent of people have asthma and up to 20 percent of US sufferers face exposure at work. The study urges permanent avoidance of triggers and retraining if needed.
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London
the Lancet
United States
Katherine Venables
National Heart and Lung Institute
Moira Chan-Yeung
University of British Columbia
Lancet
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