France to honor 200 veterans with D-Day hotel rooms
France guaranteed 200 British and Canadian World War II veterans would keep their hotel reservations for the June D-Day ceremonies. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said reservations canceled to free space for foreign dignitaries will be honored for the 50th anniversary events. Britain and Canada protested the priority given to officials.
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Shell find supports and gunman theory in Hebron attack
A police ballistics expert testified that a shell found at the Hebron mosque massacre site was fired from a rifle whose owner is unknown, reinforcing a second gunman theory. Tests on victims at Hebron’s Ahli Hospital revealed fragments from three bullet types, and justices ordered 10 fragments evaluated that had not been handed to police.
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Hebron
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Airliner crashes in Netherlands kills three near Schiphol
A KLM Saab 340B en route to Cardiff crashed into a muddy field near Schiphol after reporting engine trouble. The pilot, Gerrit Leendert Lievaart, was killed. Twenty one aboard were injured as the aircraft failed to request emergency procedures and plunged ~75 feet above the runway before the crash.
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Bank blast in San Nicolas de los Garza kills two
An explosion at the Banco Mercantil del Norte branch in San Nicolas de los Garza near Monterrey killed a security guard and a cleaning woman and injured 13 bank employees. Firefighters feared more bodies as the building caved in and 22 houses were damaged. Officials blamed a gas accumulation in a transformer, while residents doubted gas presence.
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Mexico
Alfonso Rodriguez
Nuevo Leon
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Fernando Vallejos Cortez
Rodriguez
Salvador Esquivel
Colosio slain in conspiracy as prosecutors name suspects
Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was killed in a conspiracy involving at least seven men, including some hired to protect him. Mario Aburto Martinez confessed to the March 23 killing, aided by at least six others, with four security personnel implicated. Prosecutor Montes Garcia said videotapes and photos show the security team clearing a path for Aburto. Five suspects were in custody. two others remained sought. Motive remains unclear, FBI reportedly doubts a broader conspiracy.
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Arizona Hispanics closely follow Mexico events poll shows
A Rocky Mountain Poll finds 90 percent of Arizona adult Hispanics have closely followed Mexico events on Univision or Telemundo since Colosio’s assassination and the Chiapas uprising. About 83 percent see violence worsening, 86 percent watched Colosio murder coverage, with 217 interviews and a 6.7 percent margin of error.
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