Kostunica sworn in as Yugoslavia's new leader in Belgrade
Vojislav Kostunica took the presidential oath in Belgrade in a ceremony seen as a popular victory over Slobodan Milosevic. Milosevic loyalists delayed the oath as arrests and detentions followed, with security forces detaining officials and Milosevic aides moving to disrupt sensitive documents and funds.
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Indians halt Denver Columbus Day parade after arrests
In Denver on Saturday, American Indian Movement leader Russell Means and about 140 others were arrested as about 140 protesters blocked a Columbus Day parade by Italian Americans. The event resumed after nearly an hour, with barricaded streets and heavy police presence.
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Reno among women inducted into Hall of Fame
In Seneca Falls New York nineteen women were inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, highlighting Sylvia Earle a marine biologist and deep submersible pioneer alongside living honorees Janet Reno Leontine Kelly and Frances Kelsey. Eudora Welty attended as the sole surviving honoree.
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U.S
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Europe
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Plane crash near Martha's Vineyard kills former NJ legislator and family
A 1977 Mitsubishi twin-engine plane crashed in Manuel F. Correllus State Forest shortly before landing at Martha's Vineyard Airport. Police say air traffic control lost contact during final approach. Pilot Charles B. Yates acknowledged an altitude alert with I am correcting. Weather was overcast with two miles visibility.
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United settles passengers' Milwaukee tarmac case
United Airlines reaches a class action settlement with 168 passengers stranded on a Milwaukee tarmac for six hours on Christmas Eve 1997. Circuit Judge Boharic approves cash settlements of 500 and a 500 voucher per person, with up to 200 for uninsured losses. The suit claimed the Flight 1536 diversion abandoned travelers with no food or working restrooms until the flight was canceled.
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Verdict cuts damages in Wonder Bread racial bias case
A San Francisco judge trimmed a verdict against Interstate Bakeries Corp, reducing punitive damages from 121 million and 11 million in lost wages and pain and suffering to 27 million. The trial found 19 black workers at the Wonder Bread plant faced promotions being denied and racial slurs from coworkers and managers after a two month trial and nine days of deliberations.
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Harvard Yenching Library reports rare Chinese books stolen
Harvard University library says forty one ancient Chinese books and two scrolls valued over one million dollars disappeared from the rare book room in March. Nancy Cline calls the loss huge and says FBI involvement followed the theft. the items later appeared in the FBI Stolen Art File alert system.
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