Simpson jurors confront racist Fuhrman tapes in trial
Jurors in the O J Simpson double murder case watched the Fuhrman tapes revealing racist remarks as the defense hinges on his credibility. They showed revulsion and fatigue, with several witnesses like Laura Hart McKinny set for cross examination under possible Fifth Amendment protection.
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Los Angeles
Mark Fuhrman
O.J. Simpson
Fuhrman
Simpson
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Laura Hart McKinny
McKinny
French inventor to sell 50 million pop open oysters
Yves Renaut, an unemployed engineer, says Read will produce 50 million ringed oysters for France this winter. The process, described to Liberation, uses a wire and plastic tab to gently pry oysters open after a salty bath, letting consumers eat them served as readily as salmon.
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Paris
Reuter
Read
France
Yves Renaut
Liberation
Swot Rees Crackdown Prompts Odd Phrases
A garbled OCR style line repeats a phrase about Swot and BSS SANS SN N é x y. The text includes a stray note about high tomorrow and low tonite, with no clear event or names to tie to a location or organization.
RCMP seek new talks with natives at Gustafsen Lake
In British Columbia police aim to renew negotiations with rebel aborigines after gunfire near the Gustafsen Lake camp. RCMP moved armored vehicles to protect emergency teams as tensions persist between militants and regional First Nations leaders.
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100 Mile House
B.C
CMP
British Columbia
Cpl
John Ward
Alexis Creek
Gustafsen Lake
RCMP
Nuclear test defies global rage at Mururoa Atoll
Vance carried out the first of a series of disputed nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. The blast occurred 12:30 p.m. local time in a tunnel 550 to 900 metres underground, equalling less than 20 000 tons of TNT. France defended the program as essential to long term nuclear reliability and deterrence.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Vance
Mururoa Atoll
South Pacific
Mururoa
Col
Abel Moutier
French Defense Ministry
Paris
Hiroshima
France faces protests over eight underground nuclear tests
Defence Minister Millon defended the tests as protecting vital interests amid Chirac’s plan to conduct up to eight underground blasts in the south Pacific. Greenpeace led protests near the Mururoa site, while critics like Michael Szabo called Chirac a political and environmental criminal. Canada deplored the test and urged a global ban.
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Charles Millon
Jacques Chirac
France
South Pacific
Chirac
Francois Mitterrand
China
Greenpeace
Mururoa Atoll
New Zealand
Michael Szabo
Radio New Zealand
Andre Ouellet
Canada
Ouellet
NATO intensifies air strikes on Serbs near Sarajevo
NATO and UN announce renewed air attacks targeting Serb positions around Sarajevo to force removal of heavy weapons and reopening of routes. Strikes occurred around the capital with claims of civilian casualties while peace talks loom. Canadian peacekeepers prepare to return home as UN operations scale back after the August offensive.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
ATO
NATO
Chris Gunness
Zagreb
Croatia
Donje Bilajne
Canada
Pte
Alain Belanger
Sudbury
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United Nations
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