Man found guilty of mental assault in Ohio case
Edward Elliott, 52, was convicted of mentally assaulting his 6-year-old son after the bludgeoning death of Elliott’s wife Barbara in 1988. Sentenced to 10 to 17 years, the case marks a rare use of Ohio’s mental illness protection provision linked to a crime. Prosecutors say the boy developed PTSD after discovering the body.
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Clinton urges 33.2 billion crime bill passage in Congress
President Clinton backs a 33.2 billion crime bill aimed at boosting law enforcement. He says major law enforcement groups support it while lawmakers prepare for House and Senate votes, with opposition centering on an assault-style firearms ban backed by many groups but opposed by the NRA.
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Senate
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Janet Reno
Deschamps
National Rifle Association
Employers snooping rise in monitored workplaces
Washington AP report says employers in 19 industrialized nations increasingly use computers cameras and listening devices to spy on workers. The ILO estimates up to 20 million Americans or one sixth of the workforce face electronic monitoring, with telephone surveillance often excluded.
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International Labor Organization
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ILO
Marines Join Fight Against Washfires Near Entiat
Marines deployed in Entiat River valley to aid in battling the Tyee cluster fires. Battalions built in 550 troops each to relieve exhausted civilian crews, working 12 hour shifts and mopping up behind lines. The Hatchery Creek fire near Leavenworth had damaged the town and its water plant, while the larger Tyee blaze destroyed several homes and outbuildings.
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Forrest Lindsey
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Lindsey
Cascade Range
Bob Walker
U.S. Forest Service
Leavenworth
Hatchery Creek
Tyee
Dysentery crisis hits Rwandan refugees in Zaire camps
Dysentery overtakes cholera as the major disease among more than a million Rwandan refugees in eastern Zaire. Doctors Without Borders reports rising child toll and costly treatment. UNHCR and UNICEF appeal for funds as aid efforts scale up with water tankers and sanitation work. U.S. troops remain in refugee relief role.
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Zaire
U.N
Samantha Bolton
Doctors Without Borders
Bolton
Ray Wilkinson
U.n.’S
Geneva
Sadako Ogata
Ogata
Red Cross
U.S
U.N. Children's Fund
High Commissioner
Finland
U.S. Army
Kibumba
United States
Defense
William Perry
Rwanda
Haiti braces for possible U.S. invasion under siege rule
At the presidential palace the mood is grim as military-backed President Emile Jonassaint declares a state of siege while the U.N. Security Council paves the way for a multinational force to restore democracy. Argentina pledges troops and Dominican border surveillance is set to deter smuggling. Officials speak of resignation amid fear of intervention.
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Haiti
Emile Jonassaint
U.N. Security Council
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Carlos Menem
Madeleine Albright
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Jonassaint
Carl Denis
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