Milosevic opponents mobilize in Yugoslavia protests
A convoy of 60 trucks blocked a key highway as opposition forces rally support for a nationwide strike against Slobodan Milosevic. Crowds cheered in Cacak, while miners walked off jobs and Belgrade saw traffic blockades. Opposition leaders urged mass action until Milosevic leaves power.
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Hurricane Keith Hammers Belize and Mexico’s Yucatan
Hurricane Keith makes landfall on the Yucatan Peninsula and Belize, forcing evacuations across Central America. Heavy rain spurs floods and mudslides, with at least two deaths and widespread property damage as winds top 120 mph and inland weakening follows. Red Cross reports villages Hit hard, residents frightened.
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Drexel among 123 canonized by pope in Rome ceremony
Katherine Drexel, Philadelphia heiress turned nun, joined 122 other saints in a Sunday canonization in the Vatican. Drexel used her $20 million inheritance to found more than 100 schools and missions for American Indians and Black Catholics, notably Xavier University in New Orleans. The ceremony honored missionaries killed in China and marked the anniversary of Communist China's founding.
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Ammonia Leak Evacuates Bonita Town Residents Return
A 30,000 gallon anhydrous ammonia tank on a cotton farm leaked on Saturday, forcing Bonita’s 260 residents to evacuate. State troopers in hazmat suits closed the valve, the cloud dissipated by afternoon, four people treated with oxygen, no serious injuries reported.
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Sea turtles released to track Pacific migration
Three Pacific loggerheads aged 35 to 42 years and weighing 250 to 300 pounds were released by Sea World and Hubbs Sea World Research Institute into the ocean to study their migration. Each carries a transmitter to report location and surface water temperature as they head toward Japan. A prior year’s effort suggested turtles ride a warm water band across the Pacific, ending when batteries expired near Hawaii.
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Sea World
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Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute
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Italian priest killed in LRA ambush near Mass
Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army fatally struck Rev. Raffaele Di Bari as he drove to Sunday Mass in northern Uganda. A nun and a catechist escaped unharmed before the car exploded. Di Bari had spoken out against the insurgency.
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Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Douglas Dies Suddenly
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Douglas died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday morning. The 58 year old former Marxist led the Dominica Labor Party, elected in January to tackle corruption and diversify the economy of the 66 000 person nation. An emergency meeting was called by his party in Portsmouth but no date for new elections was announced.
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