Soapbox Seeker Barricades Capitol Office Loftily
Florida State University junior Marshall Ledbetter, 22, barricaded himself in a state Capitol office for five hours demanding pizza dough nuts and access to CNN and other foods, using a two way radio during the standoff. A hostage negotiator cited his aim to take money from the wealthy and give to the poor.
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Tallahassee
Fla
State Capitol
Marshall Ledbetter
Ledbetter
Florida State University
CNN
Pinatubo erupts with stones and gas near refugee camps
Volcanic blast from Mount Pinatubo erupts sending molten rock and noxious gas over three northern provinces. Refugees flee crowded evacuation centers as stones the size of tennis balls pound Angeles and strike Clark Air Base and Subic Bay Naval Station while tens of thousands seek shelter in tents and camps.
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Manila
Reuter-Cp
Pinatubo
U.S
Philippine
Angeles
Clark Air Base
Subic Bay Naval Station
Asia
Clark unity minister choice faces skeptical Canadians
An Angus Reid-Southam poll of 1,508 Canadians conducted May 23 to June 2 shows 60 percent think Prime Minister Mulroney was merely playing politics by appointing Joe Clark to head the unity portfolio. Canadians are evenly split on Clark's ability to resolve the constitutional crisis and the country’s problems amid criticism over the al Mashat affair.
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Ottawa
Unity
Joe Clark
Angus Reid-Southam
Brian Mulroney
Clark
They All Thought It Was Some Kind of Intellectual Dreaming
A fragment from Page A6 notes a discussion where participants described a concept as an intellectual dreaming. The remark hints at speculative ideas and varied interpretations among the group.
Grain movers back as Vancouver grain terminals reopen
Ottawa passed a fast track bill ending the five day lockout at West Coast terminals after losses to Prairie farmers. The law bars walkouts at Prince Rupert and appoints a mediator arbitrator to resolve an 18 month dispute between the Grain Workers Union and BC Terminal Elevator Operators Association.
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Ottawa
Vancouver
Senate
Prince Rupert
Canadian Wheat Board
Marcel Danis
Grain Workers Union
B.C
Associa
Henry Kanes
Grain Workers’ Union
Alberta Wheat Pool
Eric Harris
Harris
New Democrat
Joy Langan
Commons
Immigration bid to block ex spy from Canada asylum
Ottawa seeks to deny Hussein Ali Samaida refugee status after alleged meetings with Canadian Security Intelligence Service officers. If denied, he faces deportation to Tunisia, where his father was born. The refugee panel reconvenes July 9 to decide if a second hearing is warranted.
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Southam News
Ottawa
Mohamed al-Mashat
Canada
Hussein Ali Samaida
Saddam Hussein
Mukhabarat
Secret Service
Saddam
Security Intelligence Service
Mississauga
Ont
Sumaida
Tunisia
Immigration Department
Mulroney
al- Mashat
Samaida
The
Reg Williams
David Share
Williams
Hull
Gerry Maffre
Federal Immigration Policy
Andre Juneau
Juneau
UN security force takes over Dohuk as coalition withdraws
UN guards assumed full control of Dohuk in northern Iraq as coalition troops pull out. The departure leaves about 48 personnel from the United States Britain the Netherlands and France with UN officials warning that funding gaps could cripple peacekeeping.
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Amadiyah
Iraq
Dohuk
U.S. Army
John Curd
Incirlik
Turkey
United States
Britain
Netherlands
France
U.S
Geneva
Strong 6.3 quake rocks Georgia killing children and destroying villages
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Georgia near Bakuriani at 3:59 am local time, killing at least seven people and wiping out eight villages in South Ossetia. Rescue helicopters were dispatched as tremors were felt in Tbilisi and Sochi.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Japan
South Sandwich Islands
Republic of Georgia
U.S
Rebecca Phipps
National
Tbilisi
Bakuriani
Black Sea
Sochi
Institute
Olga Krylovskaya
Iberia
Yeltsin predicts slow change in Soviet economy
Russian president elect Boris Yeltsin promised steady reform across the republic saying no noticeable economic improvement will occur before the end of next year. He praised the reform mandate, noted Gorbachev’s mixed record, and planned direct elections after a new constitution.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Russia
Russian Federation
Soviet Union
Bering Sea
Europe
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Georgia
Anatoly Lukyanov
Supreme Soviet
London
Soviet Communist Party
Lukyanov
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Bernhard Langer
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Minn
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