Five Children Die in Chelsea Apartment Blaze
A Chelsea family unit survived as a father jumped from a burning third floor window and the mother was rescued seconds before flames consumed the home. Five children perished in the predawn fire despite alarms, with four firefighters injured. Jose Abreu broke multiple bones leaping 28 feet. both parents in critical condition at Massachusetts General Hospital burn unit.
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Mass
Alba Rodriguez
Chicago
Jose Abreu
Joseph von Handorf
Rodriguez
Abreu
Massachusetts General Hospital
Thatcher faints during speech in Chile
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher fainted briefly in Santiago while addressing Chilean businessmen. She had intestinal illness the previous day but insisted on delivering her 45 minute talk. A doctor said she was resting three hours later and expected to recover rapidly. She did not fall or suffer injury.
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Santiago
Chile
Margaret Thatcher
Thatcher
Jury selection in King beating civil suit in LA
Jury will pick a 10 member panel to hear Rodney King s multimillion dollar civil action against the city and police. The third trial arising from King s March 3 1991 beating will feature videotape of the incident and King s testimony. Police department policies will be examined.
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Los Angeles
Rodney King
King
Violence in Egypt kills 12 in 24 hours balance
In southern Egypt escalating clashes left at least 12 dead in 24 hours. Government forces and anti-terrorist troops conducted a dawn raid on a Balayza graveyard, killing a soldier and six militants. Earlier, militants ambushed a police vehicle in Sidfi, killing four officers.
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Egypt
Balayza
Interior Ministry
Sidfi
Rabin Warned of Mosque Tensions Before Hebron Shooting
In testimony at the state inquiry into the February Hebron massacre, Brig. Gen. Gadi Zohar said Prime Minister Rabin warned security chiefs last fall that prayer rights tensions could flare at the Hebron mosque where 30 Arabs were killed by a Jewish settler. The remarks echo a newspaper report that Rabin urged heightened alert against extremist Jewish acts.
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Jerusalem
Yitzhak Rabin
Hebron
Gadi Zohar
West Bank
Backlash in Mexico After Zapatista Land Seizures
In San Cristobal de las Casas two peasants who seized land following the January 1 uprising were killed on a weekend night, illustrating mounting anger and tension in southern Mexico despite a two month cease-fire. Two other peasant leaders fell to violence in recent weeks tied to the insurgency.
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San Cristobal DE Las Casas
Mexico
Zapatista National Liberation Army
Somali Leaders Agree on Interim Government Declaration
Somali faction leaders in Nairobi reached a consensus on forming an interim government and prepared to sign a declaration of national reconciliation. The talks spanned several days with all 15 factions, brokered by U.N. special representative Lansana Kouyate and overseen by U.N. operation spokesman George Bennett.
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Kenya
U.N
Somalia
George Bennett
Lansana Kouyate
House Democrats flip flops on Whitewater hearings
In a day of political reversals, senior House Democrats canceled a planned routine hearing and then moved to call for a full scale inquiry into the Whitewater affair. The shift points to potential testimony damaging to Bill and Hillary Clinton and questions about Madison Guaranty funding and campaign money.
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Jim Leach
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Leach
House Banking Committee
Thomas Foley
Gonzalez
House Democrats
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Gore Presses Latin Summit During Brazil Visit
Vice President Al Gore and wife Tipper arrived in Brasilia for a five hour stop to discuss the December Americas summit in Miami and a high tech exchange pact. The talks with President Itamar Franco involved economics and democracy, with officials urging review of a suspended 1991 intellectual property dispute.
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Tipper
U.N
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Buenos Aires International
Brasilia
Argentina
Brazil
Gore
Latin America
Bolivia
Clinton
Coal spill washes ashore on Perdido Key beach
Four Warrior and Gulf Navigation Co. barges sank March 1 in the Gulf near Pensacola Bay carrying 5600 tons of coal to a Gulf Power plant. The coal has been washing ashore in the Johnson Beach area of the Gulf Islands National Seashore on Perdido Key. Work to remove it began Saturday and should finish this week, ranger Alice Ruth said.
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Pensacola
Fla
Warrior and Gulf Navigation Co
Gulf of Mexico
Pensacola Bay
Gulf Power Co
Johnson Beach
Gulf Islands National Seashore
Perdido Key
National Park Service
Alice Ruth
Scientists explore two new leukemia treatments
Scientists report two promising approaches for leukemia at an American Cancer Society seminar. Monoclonal antibodies target cancerous marrow cells delivering radiation to kill them while a second method uses designed molecules to block critical leukemia gene signals. Early results show several patients achieving remission and extended survival. A blood test for early breast cancer and distinguishing benign prostate enlargement from cancer in men were also described.
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Tucson
American Cancer Society
David Scheinberg
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York
United States
Antibody Trial Shows Limited Survival Gain in Leukemia
The study notes median survival of three months for patients not receiving the antibody, with cautions that further research is needed. Most participants had acute myeloid leukemia, a disease causing about 6,400 U.S. cases annually. Researchers warn it is early to judge remission impact.
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United States
Scheinberg
Michael Bishop
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha
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